These workhorses are now reaching middle age, and as you’d expect, their ribbons are a little worse for wear after all this time. Replacements are cheap enough for the most common printers ...

X inactivation turns off entire chromosomes, whereas imprinting turns off only specific genes. How do these processes work, and why do they often produce similar results? Upon examining their ...

When ducklings are hatched, the first moving object they see is usually their mother. They proceed to follow her. If they see another moving object, however, they follow it instead ...

You're not an equal product of both parents' genes. Genomic imprinting, a process whereby only one gene copy is expressed, not only exists but, combined with mutations, may lead to disease.

PV ribbon is a hot-dip tinned copper conductor that collects current from photovoltaic cells and is the conductor that joins the individual solar cells and carries the current generated to the ...

Variations of awareness ribbons have been used since the middle ages - but they gained significant popularity in the early ...

Those shocking statistics explain why more and more people are embracing a reimagined breast-cancer-awareness ribbon that thinks beyond pink. Created in 1992 by Alexandra Penney, then editor-in ...

Kayleigh Barrett, from Carnon Downs, asked people to knit woollen ribbons to remember those babies who were stillborn or who had died shortly after birth. About 60 ribbons have been tied to a ...

In a PC, a 34-wire ribbon connects the floppy drive (if present) to the motherboard. A 40-wire cable connects the IDE (ATA) CD drive, and an 80-wire cable is used for the IDE (ATA) hard disks.

Imprinting is partly innate because the young birds will only learn to recognise and follow objects that have certain features. For example, goslings imprint on the first object they see that ...

An airport baggage handler has revealed a tip that could save you hours of delays at the airport - don't put ribbons on your ...

(NEXSTAR) – Each year, the U.S. Department of Education recognizes hundreds of schools across the country as National Blue Ribbon Schools. But what exactly does this prestigious title even mean?