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Life & Chemistry

University of Stuttgart Launches 11 Bio-Economy Projects

The use of sustainable raw materials is the focus of the new research programme bio-economy for which the Baden-Württemberg State Government is making 13…

Event News

Medica Education Conference: Advancing Treatment with Biomarkers

Denn deren Erforschung und Entwicklung ermöglicht, dass Labortests Krankheiten des Darmtrakts noch genauer identifizieren, so dass Ärzte noch zielgerichteter…

Earth Sciences

California Wildfires: Insights on Beaver and July Complex Fires

After it was first discovered on July 31, the Oregon Gulch Fire rapidly moved southeast from the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument into the Soda Mountain…

Life & Chemistry

Maturing Brain Alters Amygdala’s Role in Stress Regulation

The amygdala is a region of the brain known to be important for responses to threatening situations and learning about threats. Alterations in the amygdala…

Life & Chemistry

Pitt Study Questions Effectiveness of Acute Hemodialysis Treatment

Their findings, published online in the journal PLOS One, suggest acute hemodialysis, an aggressive method that is standardly used for people with sudden…

Physics & Astronomy

Magnons Control Magnons: A New Era for Computing Transistors

Physicists from the University of Kaiserslautern propose the usage of magnons to carry and process information instead of electrons as it is done in…

Life & Chemistry

Water’s Role in Biofuels: Uncovering Key Chemical Insights

Trying to understand the chemistry that turns plant material into the same energy-rich gasoline and diesel we put in our vehicles, researchers have discovered…

Health & Medicine

Pain Treatments Less Effective for Irritable Bowel Patients

The research – the first of its kind in the world – could also help to explain why some painkillers may not offer satisfactory relief to sufferers.

Business and Finance

Tax Benefits for Housing: Rethinking Economic Impact

The existing system of tax benefits for housing caused the typical house to be 4 percent too large in 2007, creating a national economic waste of $7 billion…

Transportation and Logistics

Transforming Global Logistics: The Physical Internet Explained

“By 2050 at the latest, the situation may change. The ‘Internet of Things’ will revolutionize the world to the same extent that the Internet did before it,”…

Studies and Analyses

Imaging Study Uncovers White-Matter Deficits in Cough Syrup Users

Researchers used diffusuion tensor imaging (DTI) (an MR imaging technique), coupled with fractional anisotropy, to investigate the white matter integrity of…

Earth Sciences

NASA Research Reveals Persistence of Carbon Tetrachloride

Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), which was once used in applications such as dry cleaning and as a fire-extinguishing agent, was regulated in 1987 under the…

Life & Chemistry

Next-Gen Treatments for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Unveiled

Drugs already in use, called tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), target BCR-ABL and are effective at controlling the disease. They do not cure CML but control…

Life & Chemistry

ADHD and Decision-Making: Insights on Learning Processes

Which shirt do we put on in the morning? Do we drive to work or take the train? From which takeaway joint do we want to buy lunch? We make hundreds of…

Life & Chemistry

Restoring Dysferlin: Hope for Muscular Dystrophy Patients

When muscle cell membranes are damaged, the repair protein dysferlin is activated and reseals muscle membrane tears. If this repair protein is altered due to a…

Health & Medicine

Unveiling Pancreas Regeneration Potential for Type-1 Diabetes

Approximately 40,000 persons in Switzerland suffer from type-1 diabetes. The illness is caused by the loss of so-called pancreatic beta cells, the cells that…

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