The impact of HIV in Zimbabwe since the early 1980s is explored in new research published this week in the journal PNAS. Researchers found that HIV’s impact on Zimbabwe’s population as a whole has…

Sheets of highly organized epithelial cells line all the cavities and free surfaces of the body, forming barriers that control the movement of liquids and cells in the body organs. The organized…

Between 5 and 10 degrees of cooling was the success criteria for the first milestone in a project involving magnetic cooling at Risø National Laboratory – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and…

When white dwarf stars explode, they leave behind a rapidly expanding cloud of 'stardust' known as a Type Ia supernova. These exploding events, which shine billions of times brighter than our sun,…

NASA scientists have detected the first signs that tropical rainfall is on the rise with the longest and most complete data record available. Using a 27-year-long global record of rainfall assembled…

When human heart muscle cells derived from embryonic stem cells are implanted into a rat after a heart attack, they can help rebuild the animal's heart muscle and improve function of the organ,…

Here's a reminder for our second SciFoo Lives On session in Second Life tomorrow Monday August 27, 2007 16:00 GMT/12:00 ET. Berci and I will be the moderators. I've put up a one page poster to…

Boys with difficulty reading actually respond better to female teachers, according to a new Canadian study. Research shows that boys develop higher positive self-perceptions as readers when they…

According to a new study, visual information is processed on a daily schedule set within the eyes themselves rather than one dictated by the brain. The researchers found in mice that the eyes’ normal…

Working with embryonic mouse brains, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists seems to have discovered an almost-too-easy way to distinguish between “true” neural stem cells and similar, but less potent…