DUSSELDORF, Germany, December 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kythera Award, founded in 2001 by the author and artist Gabriele Henkel, is awarded annually to particularly deserving artists with respect to…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil and AMSTERDAM, December 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Petrobras and Avantium announced today that they have started a research collaboration for the development of new catalysts for…

Although most scientists believe tuberculosis emerged only several thousand years ago, new research from The University of Texas at Austin reveals the most ancient evidence of the disease has been…

BERLIN, December 7 /PRNewswire/ -- CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe has finished following three full days of interactive panels with top international executives discussing new business models and growth…

Until recently, a student solving a calculus problem, a physicist modeling a galaxy or a mathematician studying a complex equation had to use powerful computer programs that cost hundreds or…

Creating a strongly oil-repelling, or “oleophobic” material, has been a long-standing challenge for scientists since there are no natural examples of such a material. “Nature has developed a lot of…

Described as a hotspot of botanical diversity, there are more than 20,000 indigenous plant species in South Africa. Several thousand of them are used by traditional healers every day in that country…

It’s a rare case of all light and no heat: A new study reports that a laser can be used to switch a film of vanadium dioxide back and forth between reflective and transparent states without heating…

Esquire magazine scribe Tom Junod recently wrote something that made me question my judgment and his sanity - namely that Franziska Michor Is the Isaac Newton of Biology Now, the last time someone…

Violence is a frequent occurrence in television shows and movies, but can watching it make you behave differently? Although research has shown some correlation between exposure to media violence and…