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The Long Reach of Alzheimer’s

The aging of the U.S. population has turned the prism to focus on the increasing number of families facing the challenge of providing care for people with…

Life & Chemistry

Genomic Analysis Reshapes Classification of Low-Grade Brain Tumors

Comprehensive genomic analysis of low-grade brain tumors sorts them into three categories, one of which has the molecular hallmarks and shortened survival of…

Studies and Analyses

Teen Binge Drinking Linked to Alcohol Mentions in Pop Music

These findings, based on a national randomized survey of more than 2,500 people ages 15 to 23, suggests that policy and educational interventions designed to…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's LRO Mission and North America to Experience Total Lunar Eclipse

A total lunar eclipse is expected at this time, a phenomenon that occurs when the Earth, moon and sun are in perfect alignment, blanketing the moon in the…

Studies and Analyses

Study: ACA May Lower Auto and Malpractice Insurance Costs

Automobile, workers' compensation and general business liability insurance costs may fall under the Affordable Care Act, while costs for medical malpractice…

Life & Chemistry

Stress Testing Fir Trees: Insights from Marburg Researchers

 This is being demonstrated in a recent publication by biologists and physicists from Marburg that appears in a special issue of the journal “Plant…

Life & Chemistry

Brain Size Affects Individual Cranial Bone Development

Embryonic development in animals – except mice and rats – remains largely unexplored. For a research project at the University of Zurich, the embryos of 134…

Corporate News

Siemens and Accenture Launch Omnetric Group for Smart Grids

Omnetric Group will bring together Siemens' smart grid products and solutions; Accenture's management and technology consulting, systems integration and…

Corporate News

Siemens Delivers Key Components for Saudi Arabia’s Rabigh 2 Power Plant

Siemens Energy has received an order to supply six gas turbines, three steam turbines and nine generators for Rabigh 2 IPP combined-cycle power plant in Saudi…

Studies and Analyses

Coughs and Sneezes: Understanding Their Surprising Distance

The next time you feel a sneeze coming on, raise your elbow to cover up that multiphase turbulent buoyant cloud you're about to expel.

Life & Chemistry

Movies Synchronize Brains: A Breakthrough in Neuroimaging

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have succeeded in developing a method fast enough to observe immediate changes in the function of the brain even…

Environmental Conservation

Gothenburg Scientist Reveals Climate Models’ Hidden Costs

The seven scientists behind the article, due to be published 10 April, conclude that the reports by the UN climate panel serve an important function in setting…

Physics & Astronomy

Advancing Information Processing with Nanowire Domain Walls

Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have achieved a major breakthrough in the development of methods of information processing in…

Life & Chemistry

New Standard for Tissue Analysis: Insights from Patient Samples

A new way of preparing patient tissue for analyses might soon become the new standard. This is what researchers of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research…

Studies and Analyses

Hi-Tech Tools Enhance Science Learning in Preschoolers

Researchers are blending technology with nature, as they present details on an iPad application to examine how young children are learning science skills in…

Earth Sciences

Understanding the Fleeting Slowdown of Global Warming

“Some researchers have in the past attributed a portion of Northern Hemispheric warming to a warm phase of the AMO,” said Michael E. Mann, Distinguished…

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