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Target Identified for Rare Inherited Neurological Disease

Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the mechanism by which a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disease causes…

Earth Sciences

Chilean Earthquake Triggers Icequakes in Antarctica

Seismic events aren't rare occurrences on Antarctica, where sections of the frozen desert can experience hundreds of micro-earthquakes an hour due to ice…

Health & Medicine

Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk Drops with Regular Activity

Postmenopausal women who in the past four years had undertaken regular physical activity equivalent to at least four hours of walking per week had a lower risk…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Gasification of Oil Palm Biomass: Clean Energy Solutions

The process of burning fossil fuels such as petroleum, coal and natural gas releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Environmental Conservation

Study measures steep coastal costs of China's GDP growth

By several measures, 1978 was the beginning of a hugely successful surge in the nation's ability to produce economic value, but that surge brought accelerated…

Physics & Astronomy

Electrons in Magnetic Fields Unveil Unique Quantum Behavior

In research published today in Nature Communications, researchers Franco Nori and Konstantin Bliokh from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science in Japan,…

Materials Sciences

Innovative Process Control for Fast Laser Processing of CFRP

Therefore scientists at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) are now working together with the Sensortherm GmbH and Newson nv on an innovative double scanner…

Business and Finance

Stock prices of companies that use the same underwriter tend to move together

“We tested the hypothesis that investment banking networks affect stock prices and trading behavior,” said James Weston, a professor of finance at Rice’s Jones…

Health & Medicine

Elderly Depression Linked to Faster Brain Aging Risks

Older adults with major depression have double the risk of developing dementia in the future compared with those who have never had the mood disorder, said…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellites Capture Gamma-Ray Flash from Hurricane Julio

NASA's Fermi and Aqua satellites captured two different views of bursts of strength show by Hurricane Julio as it intensified. NASA's Fermi satellite saw a…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Wild Sheep Reveal Surprising Benefits of Parasite Tolerance

The researchers used 25 years of data on a population of wild sheep living on an island in northwest Scotland to assess the evolutionary importance of…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Suomi NPP Captures Super-Typhoon Genevieve

When Suomi NPP flew over Genevieve on August 7 at 01:48 UTC the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard captured an infrared image…

Earth Sciences

Heavy Rainfall from Hurricane Iselle Approaches Hawaii

A tropical storm warning has been issued for Kauai County. NOAA's Central Pacific Hurricane Center provided an overview of the storm: Iselle is expected to…

Health & Medicine

New Research Links Cell Signaling Pathway to Obesity and Diabetes

A research team led by Shihuan Kuang, associate professor of animal sciences, found that blocking Notch signaling in the fat tissue of mice caused white fat…

Earth Sciences

Northwest Territories Fire: Smoke Spreads Over Labrador Sea

In this natural-color satellite image which was collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite on July 29,…

Medical Engineering

New Disposable Biosensor Aids Post-Surgery Feeding Decisions

A disposal, plastic listening device that attaches to the abdomen may help doctors definitively determine which post-operative patients should be fed and which…

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