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Scientists Discover Gene to Combat Malaria in Mosquitoes

A group of scientists, including one from the University of California, Riverside, have discovered a long-hypothesized male determining gene in the mosquito…

Health & Medicine

New Immune Protein Discovery: Should You Keep Hookworms?

Researchers in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside have identified an immune protein in mice that is quickly triggered in the…

Earth Sciences

NASA Detects Formation of Tropical Cyclone 17S

The storm formed on March 28 around 2100 UTC (5 p.m. EDT) and strengthened into a tropical storm. At 0900 UTC (5 a.m. EDT), Tropical cyclone 17S's maximum…

Materials Sciences

New 3-D Insights into Flexible DNA Fluctuations

An international team working at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has captured the first high-resolution 3-D…

Life & Chemistry

New Arsenic Compounds Found in Herring Caviar at Graz University

When looking for arsenic compounds in the membranes of marine organisms, the scientists in Graz focussed on fish eggs because they have a particularly high…

Life & Chemistry

Multiplexed Morse Signals: Decoding Cell Communication

To an outside observer major construction sites often look quite chaotic, as hundreds of workers come together in constantly changing combinations, moving back…

Physics & Astronomy

New Solutions to Squealing Brakes: Innovations to Explore

Whether you are in your car or on the train, squealing brakes are an annoyance we all forced to live with – until now… “There is no reason to assume that…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Supermassive Black Holes at Quasar Centers

Supermassive black holes, containing millions to billions times the mass of our Sun, reside at the centers of all massive galaxies. These black holes can drive…

Materials Sciences

New Fluidics Method Traps Multiple Particles Efficiently

“This is a fundamentally new method for trapping multiple particles in solution,” said Charles M. Schroeder, a U. of I. professor of chemical and biomolecular…

Earth Sciences

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low for Winter Extent in 2016

Every year, the cap of frozen seawater floating on top of the Arctic Ocean and its neighboring seas melts during the spring and summer and grows back in the…

Life & Chemistry

Magnesium Treatment Aids Healing in Genetic Coagulation Disorders

A low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) prevents wound healing. People with a coagulation disorder can lose too much blood during otherwise harmless gum…

Social Sciences

New Study Reveals Complexity of Non-Driving Millennials

The reality is more complex, says a new study by University of Vermont researchers recently published in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers….

Materials Sciences

New Method Enhances Organic Battery Manufacturing Efficiency

Researchers used a combined atomic/molecular layer deposition (ALD/MLD) technique, to prepare lithium terephthalate, a recently found anode material for a…

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Intelligent Forklift Trucks: Speech and Gesture Control at Hannover Messe

In the factory of the future, warehouse workers can assign transport tasks to intelligent automated guided vehicles, instead of getting behind the wheel…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Decode Bacterial Enzyme to Combat Hospital Infections

So-called hospital germs are a big worry for physicians and hygiene specialists as these bacteria can spell danger for people with a weakened immune system….

Physics & Astronomy

Quasars Disrupt Star Formation: New Findings from Johns Hopkins

Research led by Johns Hopkins University scientists has found new persuasive evidence that could help solve a longstanding mystery in astrophysics: Why did the…

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