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Advances in Universal Early Autism Screening Unveiled

A new study from researchers at Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, shows improvement towards universal early…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Theory Promises More Efficient Solar Cells Development

A new theoretical model developed by professors at the University of Houston (UH) and Université de Montréal may hold the key to methods for developing better…

Health & Medicine

New US Patent for Swedish Researchers Advances Cancer Detection

The ideas that have been patented deal with improved ways of detecting illness signals in blood samples. Through their research they have come up with a way of…

Life & Chemistry

Unraveling the Origins of the Plague: New Scientific Insights

An international team of scientists has discovered that two of the world’s most devastating plagues – the plague of Justinian and the Black Death, each…

Environmental Conservation

Hurricane Sandy May Be a Blessing for Tiny Piping Plover

Few can forget the destruction left behind by Hurricane Sandy, which pummeled the shorelines of the Eastern United States. For the tiny piping plover, however,…

Life & Chemistry

Natural Plant Compound Prevents Alzheimer's Disease in Mice

A chemical that's found in fruits and vegetables from strawberries to cucumbers appears to stop memory loss that accompanies Alzheimer's disease in mice,…

Environmental Conservation

Some Coral Thrive In Acidified Seawater

Oceanographer Katie Shamberger and colleagues from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) examined coral…

Physics & Astronomy

River or Hydrogen Flowing through Space Seen with Green Bank Telescope

“We knew that the fuel for star formation had to come from somewhere. So far, however, we’ve detected only about 10 percent of what would be necessary to…

Life & Chemistry

Permanent Changes In Brain Genes May Not Be So Permanent After All

Historically, scientists believed methyl groups could only stick to a particular DNA sequence: a cytosine followed by a guanine, called CpG. But in recent…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Study Helps Researchers Better Estimate Citrus Crop Yields

Wonsuk “Daniel” Lee’s study, published in the January issue of the journal Biosystems Engineering, could eventually help Florida’s $9 billion-a-year citrus…

Health & Medicine

UA Researchers Identify Cause of Skeletal Muscle Disease

The research was done by Danielle Buck, a doctoral candidate in the UA’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. She worked under the direction of Henk…

Life & Chemistry

Boosting Interferon-Beta Production in Tumor Treatments

Formation of Interferon-beta (IFN-β) is increased in infections and cancer diseases. Consequently, it is often administered therapeutically. Amongst other…

Studies and Analyses

Study Unveils Factors Influencing Our Eating Choices

The £7.4 million programme, funded by the European Commission, aims to find out what drives decisions of when we eat and the types of food we choose. The…

Health & Medicine

Early Rehabilitation Boosts Recovery After Severe Brain Injury

In a series of studies, Trandur Ulfarsson, doctoral student at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, has explored the long-term effects of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Revolutionary electrical current sensors harvest wasted electromagnetic energy

Electricity is the lifeblood of modern cities. It flows at every moment and everywhere to power up everything from home appliances which improve our comfort…

Health & Medicine

New Molecule Shields Brain from Diabetes-Related Damage

Researchers at the Hebrew university of Jerusalem have created a molecule that could potentially lower diabetic patients’ higher risk of developing dementia or…

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