(AP)—Egypt has announced that a team of European archaeologists have found a nearly 2-meter- (6 ½-foot-) tall alabaster statue of a pharoanic princess, dating from approximately 1350 B.C., outside the southern city of ...
Archaeology
Mar 7, 2014
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Researchers from Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, BGI, University of Copenhagen and other institutes have successfully cracked the genome of high oil content crop sesame, providing ...
Biotechnology
Mar 7, 2014
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Allowing the federal terrorism risk insurance act to expire could have negative consequences for U.S. national security, according to a new study from the RAND Corporation.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2014
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Luminescent metal nanoclusters are a new class of materials consisting of several, to tens of, metal atoms. These materials not only provide the missing link between atomic and nanoparticle behaviors in metals, but also present ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 7, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A team of University of Notre Dame researchers led by Mayland Chang and Shahriar Mobashery have discovered a new class of antibiotics to fight bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ...
Biochemistry
Mar 7, 2014
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Neural development is an extremely complex and highly orchestrated process, involving genetic cascades during which dozens of genes are activated at specific times and places. Polycomb-group (PcG) proteins play an important ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 7, 2014
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(Phys.org) —This stunning new Hubble image shows a small part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to our own. This collection of small baby stars, most weighing less than the sun, form a young stellar ...
Astronomy
Mar 7, 2014
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A Western Australian study has found that restricting trawling to 20-40 per cent of fishing areas in Shark Bay can mitigate the long-term impacts of commercial trawling in the region.
Ecology
Mar 7, 2014
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A University of Otago zoology expert has welcomed the Government's launch of a threat management plan to try and ensure the threatened New Zealand Sea Lion's survival.
Ecology
Mar 7, 2014
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A detailed assessment of a new, smaller type of nuclear reactor has been published to help policymakers decide on the best way to meet the growing demand for energy.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 7, 2014
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