Albinism is a genetic defect characterized by a loss of pigmentation. The neurosensory retina, which is not pigmented, exhibits pathologic changes...

There currently are systems that can determine with relative accuracy the source of a sound, but these systems rely on a central unit to process...

Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions at the Tijuana Estuary, San Diego County, California - The Tijuana Estuary is a unique coastal plain and...

A Physical Model for Widespread Near-Surface and Fault Zone Damage Induced by Earthquakes - Seismic observations indicate that material velocities...

Scripps researchers are studying CO2 sequestration to determine if it is a viable solution to combat global warming.

Biotic response of Tethyan bathyal ostracodes through the Eocene-Oligocene Transition from the Massignano Composite Stratotype Section (east...

Talk given by Jonathan Eisen at U. Washington (Biomedical Research Integrity Series) on August 7, 2008

Tidal Bore on the Severn River - Tides progress up the Severn River in SW England as a tidal bore moving faster than 6 m/s. During spring tides,...

Development Geology of the Antelope Shale: Section 1Y, Cymric Field, San Joaquin Valley, California - The Antelope Shale reservoir in Section 1Y,...

Use of stable isotopes in studies of forest-atmosphere H2O and CO2 exchange - Stable oxygen (18O/16O) and hydrogen (2H/1H) isotopes at...

Background Delphi surveys with panels of experts in a particular area of interest have been widely utilized in the fields of...

Background Binding of peptides to Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecules is the single most selective step in the...

In the spinal cord, motor neurons (MNs) with similar muscle targets and sensory inputs are grouped together into motor pools. To date, relatively...

Background Both food insufficiency and HIV infection are major public health problems in sub-Saharan Africa, yet the impact...

The vast majority of wind turbines are today erected in wind farms. As a consequence, wake generated loads are becoming more and more important. We...

Specific protein associations define the wiring of protein interaction networks and thus control the organization and functioning of the cell as a...

Background The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) evolved from a common ancestor. Still not...

Background The ability to predict antibody binding sites (aka antigenic determinants or B-cell epitopes) for a given protein...

Background The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that inactivation of virtually any component within the pathway containing the...

Human land use of forested regions has intensified worldwide in recent decades, threatening long-term sustainability. Primary effects include...

A documentary about volcanic eruptions.

Stem Cells - Making Sense of Stem Cells 02

This piece follows an earlier Editorial, “Ten Simple Rules for Getting Published” [1], which has generated significant interest, is well read,...

I spent the summer of 2008 modeling the light absorption of nanowire solar cells.

Simulation of tumour cord growth where conversion of the tumour to glycolytic (anaerobic) metabolism takes place under hypoxia. This video shows...

This is a study and translation of the section on pericarditis in Al Taisir book written by the Muslim physician Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar) who lived...

Mickey Kosloff shares his poster presentation at the Experimental Biology 2008 conference.

The proteasome is a multisubunit structure that degrades proteins. Protein degradation is an essential component of regulation because proteins can...

TIME DILATION: an experiment with mu-mesons This classic film documents an experiment done in 1963 the results of which can only be explained...

The first orthogonal weaving example of Nitinol. The 'Thermal Shape Memory Alloy' is characterized by its extraordinary ability to recover any...

Scripps researchers are studying CO2 sequestration to determine if it is a viable solution to combat global warming.

Understanding the molecular mechanisms responsible for the regulation of the transcriptome present in eukaryotic cells is one of the most...

The proteasome is a multisubunit structure that degrades proteins. Protein degradation is an essential component of regulation because proteins can...

Michael Turner shares his poster presentation at the Experimental Biology 2008 conference.

The precise establishment of gene expression patterns is a crucial step in development. Formation of a sharp boundary between high and low spatial...

The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists from around the world. On more than 9000 World Wide Web pages, the...

Olga Glinskii shares her poster presentation at the Experimental Biology 2008 conference.

The aging nervous system is known to manifest a variety of degenerative and regressive events. Here we report the unexpected growth of dendrites in...

Earth's magnetic field has been steadily weakening since 1845, when scientists began tracking it. Its strength has waxed and waned throughout...

Die letzte Ausgabe vor der Sommerpause: Darin ein Gespräch mit Sven Keßen (Begrenzte Wissenschaft) zum Thema Wissenschaftsblogs und...