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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Iconic Minnesota conifers may give way to a more broad-leafed forest in the next century

“Minnesota Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis” was published by the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Station and is available…

Event News

Global food security – potentials and challenges

Rising food needs and increasing economic growth in emerging economies as well as the beginning of a new era of trade agreements determine international…

Life & Chemistry

Finding the Achilles' Heel of ovarian tumor growth

The findings come in a pair of studies published online this week in the journals Gynecologic Oncology and Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.

Health & Medicine

New target: Researchers identify pancreatic cancer resistance mechanism

Pancreatic cancer tumors addicted to mutant Kras signaling for their growth and progression have a ready-made substitute to tap if they're ever forced to go…

Life & Chemistry

Mechanism discovered for attaching an “on” switch that helps cells accessorize proteins

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have discovered how an important “on” switch is attached to the machinery that cells rely on to adapt…

Health & Medicine

Drug Shows Promise for the First Time Against Metastatic Melanoma of the Eye

Results from a multicenter clinical trial show that a new drug called selumetinib increases progression-free survival, the length of time during and after…

Materials Sciences

MIT researchers develop new ultralight, ultrastiff 3D printed materials

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a material with these properties using…

Physics & Astronomy

The LZH develops a fiber amplifier for measuring gravitational waves in space

The task of the Single-Frequency Laser Group of the LZH almost sounds trivial: The fiber amplifiers developed by this group should be used to post-amplify a…

Science Education

Africa and Germany: a strategy for the future

Shared research interests and collaborative networking between African and German scientists are at the very heart of the “Africa Strategy” of the German…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA and NAU researchers welcome unexpected asteroid findings

Northern Arizona University researchers David Trilling and Michael Mommert, while playing a well-defined role in the NASA Asteroid Initiative, are beginning to…

Medical Engineering

A New Tool to Confront Lung Cancer

Only 15% of patients with squamous cell lung cancer – the second most common lung cancer – survive five years past diagnosis. Little is understood about how…

Medical Engineering

A Better Imager for Identifying Tumors

Before they excise a tumor, surgeons need to determine exactly where the cancerous cells lie. Now, research published today in The Optical Society’s (OSA)…

Physics & Astronomy

Can we see the arrow of time?

Einstein's theory of relativity envisions time as a spatial dimension, like height, width, and depth. But unlike those other dimensions, time seems to permit…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Atherosclerosis: A Promising Therapeutic Target

Atherosclerosis is characterized by the build-up of lesions (or plaques) formed from lipids, such as cholesterol and fatty acids. Ruptured plaques can…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Swift Satellite Tallies Water Production of Mars-bound Comet

“Comet Siding Spring is making its first passage through the inner solar system and is experiencing its first strong heating from the sun,” said lead…

Health & Medicine

Bariatric Surgery Boosts Diabetes Remission Rates Long-Term

Obesity and diabetes have reached epidemic proportions and constitute major health and economic burdens. Worldwide, 347 million adults are estimated to live…

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