News articles tagged with 'nucleus' (Page 9)
Overactive nerves may account for ringing in the ears
— 13 Jan 2008 19:02 | HealthDo your ears ring after a loud concert? Nerves that sense touch in your face and neck may be behind the racket in your brain, University of Michigan researchers say. Touch-sensing nerve…
Common molecule notifies immune system of prostate cancer
— 12 Jan 2008 19:12 | HealthIn experiments with mice, researchers have found that the body's immune system can use a surprisingly common molecule to recognise prostate tumours. The molecule comes from a protein…
New route for heredity bypasses DNA
— 5 Jan 2008 15:01 | BiologyA group of scientists in Princeton's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology has uncovered a new biological mechanism that could provide a clearer window into a cell's inner…
Hubble zooms in on heart of mystery comet
— 15 Nov 2007 14:00 | AstronomyNASA's Hubble Space Telescope has probed the bright core of comet 17P/Holmes, which, to the delight of sky watchers, mysteriously brightened by nearly a millionfold in a 24-hour period…
Smile, protons, you are on camera
— 9 Nov 2007 13:07 | PhysicsRadioactivity, discovered more than 100 years ago and studied by physicists ever since, would seem to be a relatively closed subject in science. However, since the 1960s, the pursuit…
RIT study confirms supermassive black holes produce powerful galaxy-shaping winds
— 31 Oct 2007 22:50 | AstronomySupermassive black holes can produce powerful winds that shape a galaxy and determine their own growth, confirms a group of scientists from Rochester Institute of Technology. The RIT…
Three first-ever isotopes created at NSCL
— 24 Oct 2007 17:00 | PhysicsResearchers at Michigan State University's National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, NSCL, have created three never-before-observed isotopes of magnesium and aluminium. The results…
Bacteria use plant defence for genetic modification
— 19 Oct 2007 17:58 | BiologyBacteria that cause tumours in plants modify plant genomes by skilfully exploiting the plants' first line of defence. Utilising the plant's own proteins, bacterial genes infiltrate…
Stem cell nuclei are soft hard drives
— 12 Oct 2007 11:06 | BiologyBiophysicists at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that the nuclei of human stem cells are particularly soft and flexible, rather than hard, making it easier for stem cells…
Nuclear physicists examine limits of the oxygen
— 14 Sep 2007 17:24 | PhysicsPhysicists at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University have made a unique measurement of an exotic oxygen nucleus, leading scientists one…