In a study published today in Genes & Development, Dr Christian Speck from the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre's DNA Replication group, in collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), New York, reveal the intricate ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 31, 2014
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A "valley of death" is well-known to entrepreneurs—the lull between government funding for research and industry support for prototypes and products. To confront this problem, in 2013 the National Science Foundation (NSF) ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 31, 2014
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Pacific leaders warned Thursday that entire island nations will disappear under the waves unless action is taken to address climate change.
Environment
Jul 31, 2014
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It has long been known that biomass burning – burning forests to create agricultural lands, burning savannah as a ritual , slash-and-burn agriculture and wildfires – figures into both climate change and public health.
Environment
Jul 31, 2014
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As our lives and businesses become ever more intertwined with the Internet and networked technologies, it is crucial to continue to develop and improve cybersecurity measures to keep our data, devices and critical systems ...
Internet
Jul 31, 2014
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(AP)—Twitter says government requests for user data grew sharply in the past six months as more countries asked for a greater amount of information about users.
Internet
Jul 31, 2014
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By tracing nearly 3,000 genes to the earliest common ancestor of butterflies and moths, University of Florida scientists have created an extensive "Tree of Lepidoptera" in the first study to use large-scale, next-generation ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 31, 2014
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The Universe is home to a variety of exotic objects and beautiful phenomena, some of which can generate almost inconceivable amounts of energy. ASU Regents' Professor Sumner Starrfield is part of a team that used the Large ...
Astronomy
Jul 31, 2014
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The resurrected Tropical Depression Genevieve appears squeezed between three other developing areas of low pressure. Satellite data from NOAA and NASA continue to show a lot of tropical activity in the Eastern and Central ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 31, 2014
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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a novel method for creating self-assembled protein/polymer nanostructures that are reminiscent of fibers found in living cells. The work offers a promising new way ...
Materials Science
Jul 31, 2014
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