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Life & Chemistry

Stem Cell Breakthroughs Address Bladder Defects and Disease

The breakthrough, developed at the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures and published today in the scientific journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine,…

Physics & Astronomy

New Nanolaser Built from Unavoidable Disorder in Photonics

These could be used for future circuits based on light (photons) instead of electron – that is photonics instead of electronics. But it has proved to be…

Physics & Astronomy

Could diamonds be a computer's best friend?

For the first time, physicists have demonstrated that information can flow through a diamond wire.

Health & Medicine

Chromosome Abnormality Linked to Childhood Leukaemia Risk

Researchers have found that people born with a rare abnormality of their chromosomes have a 2,700-fold increased risk of a rare childhood leukaemia. In this…

Materials Sciences

MIT engineers design 'living materials'

These “living materials” combine the advantages of live cells, which respond to their environment, produce complex biological molecules, and span multiple…

Studies and Analyses

Southeast England Faces Rising Deaths From Climate Change

Researchers at Imperial College London looked at temperature records and mortality figures for 2001 to 2010 to find out which districts in England and Wales…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Discovery Uncovers Cause of Rare Ovarian Cancer

The cause of a rare type of ovarian cancer that most often strikes girls and young women has been uncovered by an international research team led by the…

Life & Chemistry

Shifting Evolution Backwards: A Greener Path for Drug Making

The proof of concept experiment is described in a paper published online March 23 by the journal Nature Chemical Biology.

Studies and Analyses

Alcohol's role in traffic deaths vastly underreported: Study

Between 1999 and 2009, more than 450,000 Americans were killed in a traffic crashes. But in cases where alcohol was involved, death certificates frequently…

Health & Medicine

Mood-Stabilizing Drug Linked to Lower Head and Neck Cancer Risk

Valproic acid (VPA) is currently prescribed as an anti-seizure medication and mood stabilizer, but it is also being studied as an anticancer agent because it…

Earth Sciences

Understanding Off-Rift Volcanoes: Formation and Impact

Volcanoes often occur in rift valleys, within the rift itself or on the rift flanks as e.g. in East Africa. The magma responsible for this volcanism is formed…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Evidence Links Single Bacteria to Sepsis for First Time

An international team of academics, including Professor Marco Oggioni from the University of Leicester's Department of Genetics, has studied how localised…

Materials Sciences

Lightweight Construction Materials with Enhanced Stability

KIT researchers have developed microstructured lightweight construction materials of highest stability. Although their density is below that of water, their…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Cell Migration From Drosophila Study

A study by Sofia J. Araújo, a Ramón y Cajal researcher with the Morphogenesis in Drosophila lab at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), elucidates…

Health & Medicine

New Antibacterial Orthodontic Bracket Cement Unveiled at AADR

Today, at the 43rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction with the 38th Annual Meeting of the…

Environmental Conservation

Forests: Essential for Sustainable Growth and Ecosystem Health

The value of forests and tree-based ecosystems extends far beyond carbon sequestration; they are the foundation of sustainable societies.

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