Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California, San Francisco have identified for the first time how tiny genetic factors called microRNAs may influence the differentiation ...
Mar 5, 2008
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Scientists have solved a 40-year-old puzzle by identifying the origin of the intense radio waves in the Earth's upper atmosphere that control the dynamics of the Van Allen radiation belts — belts consisting of high-energy ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 5, 2008
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The European Union has voted to support climate change proposals to cut emissions and increase energy efficiency.
Environment
Mar 5, 2008
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Two U.S. departments said they plan to invest $18.4 million for biomass research, development and demonstration projects over three years.
Other
Mar 5, 2008
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U.S. officials released a flood into the Grand Canyon to try to undo damage caused by the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam in the 1960s.
Environment
Mar 5, 2008
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Technician Yung-Yung Sung huddles over her desk twisting carbon wires—each half the diameter of a single strand of human hair—along curved grooves on a ceramic plate. Even Sung's skilled fingers can't prevent wires from ...
General Physics
Mar 5, 2008
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It's hard to study a creature when you only catch fleeting glimpses of it. Up until recently, that was one of the big stumbling blocks for marine biologists and ecologists, but advances in electronic tracking technology have ...
Mar 5, 2008
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A team led by a Purdue University researcher has achieved images of a virus in detail two times greater than had previously been achieved. Wen Jiang, an assistant professor of biological sciences at Purdue, led a research ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 5, 2008
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Hardware piracy, or making knock-off microchips based on stolen blueprints, is a burgeoning problem in the electronics industry.
Computer Sciences
Mar 5, 2008
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The same gasoline-powered portable generators that keep the lights burning, the freezer cold, and the house warm when a storm shuts off the electricity, can also kill you in minutes if you fail to follow safe practices.
Other
Mar 5, 2008
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