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Earth Sciences

NASA’s TRMM Satellite Monitors Tropical Storm Karina’s Growth

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite passed directly above the center of Tropical Storm Karina on August 22, 2014 at 0151 UTC (Aug. 21 at…

Life & Chemistry

New Enzyme Targets Enhance Selective Cancer Therapies

Thanks to important discoveries in basic and clinical research and technological advances, the fight against cancer has mobilized into a complex offensive…

Life & Chemistry

New Oncogenic RET Mutation Discovered in Small Cell Lung Cancer

SCLC is a highly malignant form of lung cancer representing 15% of all lung cancers and is strongly associated with tobacco smoking.

Life & Chemistry

EGFR Mutations: Concordance in Circulating DNA and Tumor Tissue

EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy is approved for EGFR activating mutation positive patients with advanced NSCLC, but the standard for determining…

Medical Engineering

Electronic Alerts Cut Catheter-Associated UTIs in Hospitals

A Penn Medicine team has found that targeted automated alerts in electronic health records significantly reduce urinary tract infections in hospital patients…

Life & Chemistry

Honeybee Genomics Unveils Fascinating Evolutionary History

The honeybee (Apis mellifera) is of crucial importance for humanity. One third of our food is dependent on the pollination of fruits, nuts and vegetables by…

Life & Chemistry

Poplar Genomes Reveal Climate Change Adaptation Insights

One aspect of the climate change models researchers have been developing looks at how plant ranges might shift, and how factors such as temperature, water…

Life & Chemistry

Mimicking natural evolution with 'promiscuous reactions' to improve the diversity of drugs

The researchers, who report their findings online today in the journal Nature Chemistry, took their inspiration from evolution in nature. The research may…

Studies and Analyses

Repurposing Anti-Depressants to Target Medulloblastoma

The multi-institutional group, led by scientists at Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute (CBDI) at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, publish their…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Siemens Sets Trend with Process Bus for Power Grid Protection

The process bus has advantages especially in the high-voltage area where protection devices are normally installed at some distance from the instrument…

Studies and Analyses

Cutting Emissions: Health Benefits and Economic Gains

Lower rates of asthma and other health problems are frequently cited as benefits of policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions from sources like power plants…

Life & Chemistry

Gamma Brainwaves: Boosting Mice’s Touch Sensitivity

The findings offer the first direct evidence that “gamma” brainwaves in the cortex affect perception and attention. With only correlations and associations as…

Life & Chemistry

Stanford Bioengineers Brew Opioid Painkillers Without Poppies

For centuries poppy plants have been grown to provide opium, the compound from which morphine and other important medicines such as oxycodone are derived.

Life & Chemistry

Rejuvenating Aging Immune Cells: Insights from New Research

The two new studies, supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), could help to enhance our immunity to disease through…

Studies and Analyses

'Haven't my neurons seen this before?'

The world grows increasingly more chaotic year after year, and our brains are constantly bombarded with images. A new study from Center for the Neural Basis of…

Medical Engineering

Neuroscience Meets Big Data: Simplifying Brain Insights

In a new review paper published in Nature Neuroscience, Carnegie Mellon University's Byron M. Yu and Columbia University's John P. Cunningham describe the…

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