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Aryn Young, a research assistant at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas and one of Burgess' former TCU students, is recording his running monologue on how the native grassland he helped create on BRIT's grounds represents the very heart of Fort Worth.

Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Also Included In: MRSA / Drug Resistance ; Alzheimer's / Dementia Article Date: 20 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Frontiers in Endocrinology Differential roles of orexin receptors in the regulation of sleep/wakefulness Takeshi Sakurai, the lead author on the 1998 article that first described orexin, here ... (more)

This Editorial coincides with the release of the San Francisco declaration on research Assessment , the outcome of a gathering of concerned scientists at the December 2012 meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology.

The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg is working with a sample of the new coronavirus that's causing clusters of infections abroad - but can't share the material with other researchers across the country despite the public health urgency.

The amount of time asthma patients spend soaking up the sun may have an impact on the illness, researchers have suggested.

Barbara Brown-Elliott, MS, supervisor of the internationally known Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory at UT Health Northeast, is receiving the 2013 Scherago-Rubin Award from the American Society for Microbiology today during its annual meeting in Denver.

A new study shows how complex biochemical transformations may have been possible under conditions that existed when life began on the early Earth.

Covers various aspects of metalloprotein/ metalloproteomics, dealing with the different issues related to the intracellular and extracellular metal-binding proteins, including their structures, properties and functions Exhaustively reviews all catalytically and biologically crucial metal ions and to find at least one interacting protein for other ... (more)

A Scottish breast cancer charity has called for the same genetic testing criteria to be in place north and south of the border.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a huge problem all over the world: For example, 25 -- 50 per cent of the inhabitants in southern Europe are resistant to staphylococci .

Hour after hour, Brian Dunn lofted his fly line into the turquoise-blue water of this shimmering desert lake north of Reno.

Their advocates say they are a store of knowledge, which could help tackle many global problems and offer a chance to live in a timeframe not bound by instant messaging, but across the world many botanical gardens are having to face challenges, often related to funding.

An international team of scientists using a new X-ray method recorded the internal structure and cell movement inside a living frog embryo in greater detail than ever before.

If you're worried about your chances of developing breast cancer, this doesn't mean you have to go under the knife like actress Angelina Jolie.

After using her hands to serve others throughout her four years at Rome High School , Juhi Varshney has decided to let service dictate her years to come.

Allergies to tree pollen are in full bloom in the Midwest-and when spring allergy season begins, it comes on fast, according to local allergists.

With obesity reaching epidemic levels in some parts of the world, scientists have only begun to understand why it is such a persistent condition.

Young scientists from North and South High Schools took awards at the WAC Lighting Foundation Invitational Science Fair.

The ground-breaking underwater marine biology lectures were the first of their kind, adding to the teaching, educational and learning experience during dives on tropical coral reef systems.

Catalytic centre in Atg3. In the absence of Atg12-Atg5, a catalytic Cys234 is oriented away from Thr213 which is essential for Atg3 activity.