A survey conducted by Johns Hopkins faculty found strong support among their peers for working more closely with the minority, inner-city community that surrounds the institution.
Dec 20, 2010
Maritime transport causes about 4% of global man-made CO2 emissions which makes its carbon footprint approximately as high as Germany's.
Dec 20, 2010
One issue confronting the efficiency of wind as a promising renewable energy source is the wind itself -- specifically, its changeability.
Dec 20, 2010
Australian researchers have identified a way to measure the structure of membrane proteins despite being damaged when using X-ray Free-Electron Lasers (XFELs)…
Dec 20, 2010
A virus previously thought to be associated with chronic fatigue syndrome is not the cause of the disease, a detailed study has shown.
Dec 20, 2010
Evidence pointing to the effects of monensin emerged in a project investigating the effects of nearly 5,000 drugs and micromolecules on the growth of prostate cancer cells.
Dec 20, 2010
Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. -- The nucleus of a cell, which houses the cell's DNA, is also home to many structures that are not bound by a membrane but nevertheless exist as distinct compartments.
Dec 20, 2010
Our flawed understanding of how decisions in the present restrict our options in the future means that we may underestimate the risk associated with investment decisions, according to new research by Dr Ole Peters from Imperial College London.
Dec 17, 2010
Sociologists have long known that a college education improves the chances that an individual will volunteer as an adult.
Dec 17, 2010
50 million years ago, mountains began popping up in southern British Columbia. Over the next 22 million years, a wave of mountain building swept (geologically…
Dec 17, 2010
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, December 17, 2010 -- As middle ear infections increase during the winter months, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)…
Dec 17, 2010
(Boston) - Current diagnostic procedures for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) fail to adequately reflect research into the broad nature of a traumatic event, according to a study that will appear in the January print issue of Psychological Bulletin.
Dec 16, 2010
Results of a five-year monitoring effort to repair seagrass damaged in a boat grounding incident suggest that restoration techniques such as replanting seagrass can speed recovery time.
Dec 16, 2010
WASHINGTON -- The rapid advances in information technology that drive many sectors of the U.S.
Dec 16, 2010
