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Life & Chemistry

Efficient Tool for Protein Tagging: A New Research Method

DNA linked to proteins – including antibodies – provides a strong partnership that can be used in diagnostic techniques, nanotechnology and other disciplines….

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Cheshire Cat: Exploring Its Mysteries and Implications

The Cheshire Cat featured in Lewis Caroll's novel “Alice in Wonderland” is a remarkable creature: it disappears, leaving its grin behind. Can an object be…

Environmental Conservation

Major turtle nesting beaches protected in 1 of the UK's far flung overseas territories

Writing in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation, scientists from the University of Exeter and Ascension Island Government Conservation Department report…

Life & Chemistry

Research may explain how foremost anticancer 'guardian' protein learned to switch sides

Called p53, this protein has been called “the guardian of the genome.” It normally comes to the fore when healthy cells sense damage to their DNA caused by…

Trade Fair News

Siemens at InnoTrans 2014, the world's largest transport technology trade fair

Global trends such as digitization, automation and electrification are the defining developments of our time.

Materials Sciences

Innovative Method for Creating Microstructured Surfaces

A team of researchers has created a new way of manufacturing microstructured surfaces that have novel three-dimensional textures. These surfaces, made by…

Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Warmer Cloud Tops of Weakening Tropical Storm Hernan

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument aboard Aqua gathered infrared data on a quickly weakening Hernan on July 29 at 5:11 a.m. EDT.

Communications Media

Study Reveals Brainwaves Predict TV Audience Reactions

According to a study conducted at the City College of New York (CCNY) in partnership with Georgia Tech, it appears that the brain responses of just a few…

Studies and Analyses

Socialization Strength in Fragile X: A Longitudinal Study

Standard scores measuring “adaptive behavior” in boys with fragile X syndrome tend to decline during childhood and adolescence, the largest longitudinal study…

Communications Media

Brand-Specific Alcohol Ads Influence Underage Consumption

This is the conclusion of a new study from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the…

Physics & Astronomy

Mysterious Molecules: Insights from Interstellar Space

Over the vast, empty reaches of interstellar space, countless small molecules tumble quietly though the cold vacuum. Forged in the fusion furnaces of ancient…

Medical Engineering

Penn Researchers Make Cancer Glow for Better Surgery Outcomes

With a new technique, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have established a new strategy to help surgeons see the entire tumor in the patient,…

Earth Sciences

First-Time Measurement of Huge Waves in Arctic Ocean

An ice-covered expanse now has a season of increasingly open water that is predicted to extend across the whole Arctic Ocean before the middle of this century….

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Underwater Elephants: New Insights from Research

Using direct observation, animal tracking and computer simulation, McCauley, an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine…

Information Technology

Vision-Correcting Displays: The Future of Eyewear Innovation

The researchers are developing computer algorithms to compensate for an individual’s visual impairment, and creating vision-correcting displays that enable…

Health & Medicine

Breakthrough Steps Toward Tick-Transmitted Disease Vaccine

During the past several years, experts have seen a steady rise in the incidence of human infections caused by tick-transmitted bacterial pathogens — making the…

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