Baltimore, MD— As all school-children learn, cells divide using a process called mitosis, which consists of a number of phases during which duplicate copies of the cell's DNA-containing chromosomes are pulled apart and separated into two distinct ...

UK researchers have identified a biological mechanism that could explain how the Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate were stabilised over the past 24 million years. When CO2 levels became ...

Setting the stage for possible advances in pain treatment, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland ...

The elusive trigger that allows plants to 'see' the gas nitric oxide (NO), an important signalling molecule, has been tracked down by scientists at The University of Nottingham. It is the first ...

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Neuroscientists from the University of Leicester, in collaboration with the Department of Neurosurgery at ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke Medicine have shown that continuing spinal cord stimulation appears to produce improvements in symptoms of Parkinson's disease, and ...

Bigger really is better – at least it was for early prehistoric life. A NASA research group featuring University of Toronto Mississauga professor Marc Laflamme has helped to explain why some ...

Only six of the previous Winter Olympics host cities will be cold enough to reliably host the Games by the end of this century if global warming projections ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new national study provides surprising evidence of how cohabitation contributes to the number of long-term relationships ...

Silicon-based electronics has certain limits, in the physical sense of the word: this type of circuit can never become "nano" because of the physical laws ...

This news release is available in German. Each cell in our body is unique. Even cells of the same tissue type that look identical under the ...

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Jan-2014 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Ms Rachel Tan Rachel.Tan.C.H@nccs.com.sg 659-754-0842 SingHealth NCCS scientists discover gene regulation is dependent on protein ANP32E Architecture of DNA is maintained by a protein called ANP32E; Cells lacking ANP32E lacked proper chromatin structure; ANP32E's ability to strip histone H2A.Z from DNA can alter gene expression; Findings ...

Swedish archaeologists in Jordan led by Professor Peter M. Fischer from the University of Gothenburg have excavated a nearly 60-metre long well-preserved building from 1100 B.C. ...

The accuracy and range of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, which are used in everything from passports to luggage tracking, could be vastly improved thanks to a new system developed by ...

The findings of the scientists of the Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research ...

To test whether female mate choice enhances the health and disease-resistance of offspring, either through immune resistance, tolerance to infection, ...

The ribosome can be thought of as a decryption device housed within the cell. It is able to decipher the genetic code, which is delivered in the form of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), and translate it into ...

When capturing images at the atomic scale, even tiny movements of the sample can result in skewed or distorted images – and those movements are virtually impossible to prevent. Now microscopy ...

Humans are able to smell sickness in someone whose immune system is highly active within just a few hours of exposure to a toxin, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A new systematic review of data published in more than 40 studies of freshman alcohol interventions finds that there are many effective ways for colleges to mitigate common drinking ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23—In work that has major implications for improving the ...

New Rochelle, NY, January 23, 2013-The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandates adequate enrollment of women in post-approval studies (PAS) of medical ...

People improve their performance more when they practise with a partner rather than on their own, according to a new study. The research could ultimately help people rehabilitating ...

A visit to the Natural History Museum, London, yielded an unexpected surprise for Dr. Joseph Parker, a UK biologist based in New York at Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History. Among ...