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DNA fingerprinting pioneer discovers role of key genetic catalyst for human d...

One of the key drivers of human evolution and diversity, accounting for changes that occur between different generations of people, is explained by new research published today (Sept 5) by world-renowned scientist Pro...

?Slow light? on a chip holds promise for optical communications

SANTA CRUZ, CA--A tiny optical device built into a silicon chip has achieved the slowest light propagation on a chip to date, reducing the speed of light by a factor of 1,200 in a study reported in Nature Photonics (published online September 5 and ...

MIT researchers create new self-assembling photovoltaic technology that repai...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been struggling to do for decades: converting sunlight into stored energy, and doing so reliably day after day, year after year. Now som...

SDSC?s CAIDA Internet research group part of new NSF awards

A research project involving the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of a series of awards aimed ...

Moonstruck primates: Owl monkeys need moonlight as much as a biological clock...

PHILADELPHIA ?- An international collaboration led by a University of Pennsylvania anthropologist has shown that environmental factors, like temperature and light, play as much of a role in the activity of traditiona...

Death of the "doughnut"

Something has been eating Charlie Kerfoot's doughnut, and all fingers point to a European mollusk about the size of a fat lima bean. No one knew about the doughnut in southern Lake Michigan, much less the mollusk...

For some women, preventive mastectomies pay off

SAN ANTONIO, TX (Sept. 3) ? A long-term study of women with a genetic predisposition for breast or ovarian cancer showed that those who elected major preventive surgeries had a significantly reduced risk of those cancers. The study, published Sept...

Global warming?s silver lining: Northern countries will thrive, grow

Move over, Sun Belt. The New North is coming through, a UCLA geographer predicts in a new book. As worldwide population increases by 40 percent over the next 40 years, sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States...

Biophysical Society names 2011 award recipients

The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2011 Society awards. The eight recipients will receive their awards at the Society's 55th Annual Meeting on Monday, March 7, 2011 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, M...

Biophysical Society announces 2011 society fellows

The Biophysical Society is delighted to announce its 2011 Society Fellows. Fellows are chosen based on their demonstrated excellence in science, contributions to the expansion of the field of biophysics, and support of the Biophysical Society. The ...

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