Dr. Dentcho Genov, an assistant professor of physics and electrical engineering at Louisiana Tech University and a Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI)…
Sep 10, 2009
For many of the types of fish we buy in stores or order in restaurants, the chance that an individual dies from fishing is several times higher than dying of natural causes.
Sep 10, 2009
Will we soon see the flowers of Edinburgh in full bloom in the depths of winter?
Sep 9, 2009
A new study by the University of East Anglia (UEA) suggests computers are now better at lip-reading than humans.
Sep 9, 2009
Children in Africa with sickle cell anaemia are dying unnecessarily from bacterial infections, suggests the largest study of its kind, funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Sep 9, 2009
BOSTON -- The virus responsible for PML (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy), a rare brain disease that typically affects AIDS patients and other…
Sep 9, 2009
A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers has found a strong association between the common sexually…
Sep 9, 2009
MOSS LANDING, CA -- Like the robotic rovers Spirit and Opportunity, which wheeled tirelessly across the dusty surface of Mars, a new robot spent most of July traveling across the muddy ocean bottom, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) off the California coast.
Sep 9, 2009
Alexis Webb enters a small room at Washington University in St. Louis with walls, floor and ceiling painted dark green, shuts the door, turns off the lights and bends over a microscope in a black box draped with black cloth.
Sep 9, 2009
Collaboration with health biotech companies in developing countries represents a major opportunity for companies in developed countries to strengthen their market reach and innovation potential, acording to the results of a new study.
Sep 9, 2009
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- A large team of researchers has successfully sequenced the entire genome of one of the most famous pathogens in world history - the cause of…
Sep 9, 2009
NEW YORK -- A new type of stem cell discovered in the prostate of adult mice can be a source of prostate cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the…
Sep 9, 2009
A study led by MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) investigators is providing new insight into the mechanism of neonatal seizures, which have features very different from seizures in older children and adults.
Sep 9, 2009
Boston, MA -- In a national survey of businesses that looks at their preparations for a possible widespread H1N1 outbreak, Harvard School of Public Health…
Sep 9, 2009
