Physical Sciences

How Enzymes Work: A Major Discovery

and which can be generalized to all enzymes,” said Richard. He explained that the chemistry between ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2007 - 3:27pm

Kids Rejoice! No More Needles

the UK, all but the sickest children with community-acquired pneumonia should be treated with oral ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 26 2007 - 11:46am

Keeping Accurate Time- Measuring Absorption Of Electromagnetic Waves By Caesium Atoms

source against which we can all check our clocks. The caesium fountain that NPL operates is one of only ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 8 2007 - 7:46am

How Plants Used Gibberellin To Adapt To Changing Climates

growth in response to environmental cues. All land plants evolved from an aquatic ancestor, and it was ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 12 2007 - 1:12pm

Defeating Despair: Gene-Regulating Protein May Lead To Better Anti-Depressants

stimulating these same adaptive processes which occur spontaneously in some, but not all, of the individuals ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2007 - 1:47pm

Astronomers Find Lopsided Debris Disk Around HD 15115

observations were made by Paul Kalas, James Graham, and Michael P. Fitzgerald, all from the University of ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2007 - 1:41pm

Bacteria That Eats Cellulose And Produces Electricity

gotten microbial fuel cells to work with all kinds of biodegradable substances including glucose, ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2007 - 12:16pm

The Planet, The Galaxy And The Laser

amazing images bear witness to the unique quality of the sky, revealing not only the Milky Way in all its ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 3 2007 - 10:32am

Quantum Analog Of Ulam's Conjecture Can Guide Molecules

a given initial state to a target state. They use the concept of a “state space” to describe all the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2007 - 9:16am

Magnetic Memory Of Rocks

this year. However, not all of Earth’s continental rocks have an induced magnetization. Some rocks ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 10 2007 - 10:35am