» UCLA researchers clarify function of glucose transport molecule
02/07/08 23:00 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
UCLA scientists have solved the structure of a class of proteins known as sodium glucose co-transporters, which pump glucose into cells. The solution of the SGLT structure will accelerate development of new drugs designed to treat patients ..

» Sophisticated communication a prerequisite for people's independence
02/07/08 23:00 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
With the availability of the Internet, citizens are increasingly expected to search themselves for information on security risks in their living environment. Until now, however, too little was known about the willingness of citizens to do t..

» Volcanic activity shaped Mercury after all
02/07/08 23:00 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
A research team led by Brown University planetary geologist James Head has determined that volcanism played a central role in forming Mercury's surface. The evidence of volcanic activity lends important insights into Mercury's geologic hist..

» Einstein was right, McGill astrophysicists say
02/07/08 23:00 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
Researchers at McGill University's Department of Physics -- along with colleagues from several countries -- have confirmed a long-held prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, via observations of a binary-pulsar star sy..

» New research sheds light on the molecular basis of crib death
02/07/08 23:00 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
Sudden infant death syndrome is a condition that unexpectedly and unexplainably takes the lives of seemingly healthy babies aged between a month and a year. Now researchers of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Monterotondo, Italy..