The protein LIMP-2 is vital for both humans and animals. If it is absent – due, for example, to a hereditary disease – substances of an unknown nature, probably lipids, accumulate in the organism. Up to now, scientists ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 28, 2013
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(Phys.org) —The MIT News Office is reporting that the University's Space Power and Propulsion Laboratory (headed by Paulo Lozano) is seeing progress with micro-sized thruster design to power the next generation of self-propelled ...
A recent project by University of Alberta researcher Robert Hayes yielded more than just a way to reduce the use of precious metals in controlling emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles. His work also boosted the engine's ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 28, 2013
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(Phys.org) —The central dogma of biology is that DNA gives rise to mRNA, which then gives rise to protein. Thus, it has been widely assumed that changes in specific mRNA levels are always accompanied by commensurate changes ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 28, 2013
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A professor from Northumbria University, Newcastle, is calling for a new minimum wage to be adopted for clothing factory workers in Bangladesh.
Economics & Business
Oct 28, 2013
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Current trends show worldwide demand for carpet rising five percent annually, with production projected to reach 18.6 billion square meters per year by 2016. Good environmental performance and sustainability are now key priorities ...
Engineering
Oct 28, 2013
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As published this month in Nature Geoscience, researchers and industry partners have produced the first major 'cat scan of the earth'. Their work reveals a new chart of the sub-continental lithosphere mantle and its potential ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 28, 2013
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Europe's heaviest-ever cargo carrier to the International Space Station undocked on Monday after completing its mission, and will burn up in Earth's atmosphere on Saturday, the NASA space agency said.
Space Exploration
Oct 28, 2013
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An EPFL PhD student has developed a technique for analyzing hundreds of images of cells in just a few mouse-clicks.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 28, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that long and slender stone tools were made by human ancestors at least a million years ago – nearly twice as long ago as generally thought.
Archaeology
Oct 28, 2013
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