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New Drugs Show Promise Against MERS-Coronavirus In Study

In the first study, researchers screened a library of 290 pharmaceutical drugs, either FDA-approved or in advanced clinical development for antiviral activity…

Environmental Conservation

Biodiversity Hotspot Found Near Mega-Development in Mexico

Cabo Pulmo is a close-knit community in Baja California Sur, Mexico, and the best preserved coral reef in the Gulf of California. But now the lands adjacent to…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Highlights Sound Frequency Benefits for Infants’ Implants

A new study from a UT Dallas researcher demonstrates the importance of considering developmental differences when creating programs for cochlear implants in…

Environmental Conservation

Better Science Boosts Fisheries Management Insights

But the big con­cern is really one of cul­ture, according to Northeastern’s Jon Grabowski. “You’re talking about an iconic fishery. Cod has been fished in…

Health & Medicine

Predicting which stroke patients will be helped — or harmed — by clot-busting treatment

Reporting online May 15 in the journal Stroke, the Johns Hopkins team says these predictions were made possible by applying a new method they developed that…

Earth Sciences

Air Conditioners Raise Nighttime Temperatures, Boost Demand

A team of researchers from Arizona State University has found that releasing excess heat from air conditioners running during the night resulted in higher…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Innovative Crop Rotations: Camelina and Safflower in the PNW

In the study, camelina and safflower were grown in three-year rotations with winter wheat and summer fallow. The study shows that using this rotation may…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Genetic Insights Into Pest Resistance in Biotech Cotton

The findings, reported in the May 19 issue of the journal PLOS ONE, shed light on how the global caterpillar pest called pink bollworm overcomes biotech…

Environmental Conservation

New Research Reveals Human Impact on Tropical Nitrogen Levels

Benjamin Sullivan, a researcher working with UM College of Forestry and Conservation Professor Cory Cleveland, led the team that looked at the nitrogen cycle…

Life & Chemistry

Scripps Chemists Reveal Structure of Promising Cancer Drug

The new report, published this week by the international chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie, focuses on a compound called TIC10.

Life & Chemistry

Testing Paleo Diet Hypothesis: Insights From the Lab

While Western diets have changed dramatically in the last century to become high energy, low fiber, and high fat (think: cheeseburger), our digestive systems,…

Statistics

Germany Scholarships Surge: 19,700 Students Funded in 2013

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of scholarship holders rose by 42% in 2013 compared with 2012.

Power and Electrical Engineering

Liberating devices from their power cords: New structural “supercaps” take a lickin’, keep on workin’

This intriguing prospect is one of the reasons for the current interest in building the capacity to store electrical energy directly into a wide range of…

Trade Fair News

DuPont Unveils Perforation Resistant Film at Interpack 2014

Key to a weight reduction of up to 20% and improved packaging performance over incumbent 7-layer PA/PE structures are Reifenhäuser’s versatile 11/9-channel…

Awards Funding

HAW Hamburg Secures €1M for Climate Research in Africa

The AFRHINET project is the abbreviation of: “An ACP-EU Technology Transfer Network on Rainwater Harvesting Irrigation Management for Sustainable Dryland…

Medical Engineering

Glasses-Free 3D Projector: MIT’s Innovative Design Unveiled

Over the past three years, researchers in the Camera Culture group at the MIT Media Lab have steadily refined a design for a glasses-free, multiperspective,…

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