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Earth Sciences

NASA Observes New Tropical Cyclone in Arabian Sea

Deadly tropical cyclone Chapala had just dissipated over Yemen when tropical cyclone 05A started forming in the warm waters of the Arabian Sea west of India.

Earth Sciences

East Africa Faces Drought: Insights from Geographer Chris Funk

It comes as no surprise to geographer Chris Funk that East Africa has been particularly hard hit with back-to-back droughts this year and last. In fact, he and…

Life & Chemistry

Managed Bees’ Role in Wild Bee Disease Spread

For various reasons, wild pollinators are in decline across many parts of the world. To combat this, managed honey bees and bumblebees are frequently shipped…

Health & Medicine

Noise-induced hearing loss — genetic cause and mechanism discovered

In 2006, the team led by Christine Petit in the Institut Pasteur's Genetics & Physiology of Hearing Unit, especially Sedigheh Delmaghani, working in…

Life & Chemistry

New Biomarker Offers Hope for Multiple Sclerosis Patients

More than two million people worldwide suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS). In this disease, which progresses by successive flare-ups, the immune system…

Health & Medicine

Ebola Mobile Suitcase Lab Successfully Tested in Guinea

An international team of researchers, including Ahmed Abd El Wahed, scientist at the University of Göttingen and the German Primate Center, has tested a new…

Physics & Astronomy

UMD Discovery Enables Compact Portable Particle Accelerators

Conventional particle accelerators are typically big machines that occupy a lot of space. Even at more modest energies, such as that used for cancer therapy…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble uncovers the fading cinders of some of our galaxy's earliest homesteaders

Peering deep into the Milky Way's crowded central hub of stars, Hubble researchers have uncovered for the first time a population of ancient white dwarfs –…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA’s MAVEN Reveals Martian Atmosphere Loss Rate

MAVEN data have enabled researchers to determine the rate at which the Martian atmosphere currently is losing gas to space via stripping by the solar wind. The…

Process Engineering

Coking of fluid fuels – New procedure shall analyze and avoid reasons

Deposits arise during the evaporation of fuels on hot surfaces. The detailed processes are unclear. Within a common research project, the chair for Analytical…

Health & Medicine

Lactation Duration Linked to Maternal Bone Density Insights

The most important role of vitamin D is to help maintain calcium homeostasis in the body. According to some hypotheses, there is a correlation between maternal…

Architecture & Construction

Structure of "concrete disease" solved

 

Materials Sciences

Novel 'crumpling' of hybrid nanostructures increases SERS sensitivity

“I believe that this work will benefit researchers in the area of surface plasmonics by providing a new strategy/design for enhancing the surface enhanced…

Life & Chemistry

How Plants Use Toxins to Compete for Resources

Plants are in a constant competition with their neighbors for limited resources such as light, nutrients and water. Only the fittest survive and reproduce. To…

Health & Medicine

Turning Acid-Loving Microbes Into Safe Drug Carriers

Usually the microbe S. islandicus is found in hot and acidic volcanic springs, but now the microbe has also found its way to the labs of University of Southern…

Materials Sciences

Toxic Risks of 3D Printing: UC Riverside Study Reveals Findings

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found parts produced by some commercial 3D printers are toxic to certain fish embryos. Their…

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