Enclosed are new, functionally relevant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in regulatory sequences of the human AQP5 gene which encodes a water channel…
NASA announced today that GLAST has been renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The new name honors Prof. Enrico Fermi (1901 – 1954), a pioneer in…
“Now I can finally answer,” says Dickinson, the Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).Using high-resolution, high-speed digital imaging of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) faced with a looming swatter, Dickinson and graduate student Gwyneth Card have determined the secret to a fly's evasive maneuvering. Long before the fly leaps, its tiny brain calculates the location of the impending threat, comes up with an escape plan, and places its legs in an optimal position to hop out of the way in the opposite direction. All of this action takes place within about 100 milliseconds after the fly first spots the swatter. …
The four full days of cutting-edge molecular life science research on display in Nice this week mark the seventh and last ELSO congress. The organisation will…
With the new reflection-technique created by a Bremen research institute, reflective surfaces can be measured more easily and quickly than before. Changes in…
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has awarded £300,000 to the Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History, a joint initiative of the…