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Physics & Astronomy

3D View Enhances Laser Efficiency for Molecule Building

In many ways, traditional chemical synthesis is similar to cooking. To alter the final product, you can change the ingredients or their ratio, change the…

Environmental Conservation

Industrial Age Helps Some Coastal Regions Capture Carbon Dioxide

Coastal portions of the world’s oceans, once believed to be a source of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere, are now thought to absorb as much as two-thirds…

Earth Sciences

Deep-Sea Study Reveals Cause of 2011 Tsunami

The devastating tsunami that struck Japan’s Tohoku region in March 2011 was touched off by a submarine earthquake far more massive than anything geologists had…

Life & Chemistry

How Our Nerves Keep Firing

University of Utah and German biologists discovered how nerve cells recycle tiny bubbles or “vesicles” that send chemical nerve signals from one cell to the…

Studies and Analyses

Vaccine Research Shows Promise in Preventing MS Symptoms

The study involved 73 people who had a first episode that was suggestive of MS, such as numbness, vision problems or problems with balance, and an MRI that…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Goddard Planetary Instruments Score a Hat Trick

The instruments, all flying on NASA missions, are mass spectrometers, designed to take in atmospheric, rock or soil samples and identify particular molecules…

Life & Chemistry

Water’s Power: How It Dissolves Stone, Molecule by Molecule

Scientists from Rice University and the University of Bremen's Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) in Germany have combined cutting-edge…

Life & Chemistry

Affordable Gene Sequencing: A Future Within Reach

Professor QIAN Linmao and his group from Tribology Research Institute, Southwest Jiaotong University were working on the optimization of the third-generation…

Studies and Analyses

Smoking After Cancer Diagnosis Raises Death Risk, Study Finds

Men who continued to smoke after a cancer diagnosis had an increased risk of death compared with those who quit smoking after diagnosis, according to a study…

Life & Chemistry

Mice Without Tmprss2 Protein Show Flu Resistance Advantages

A new study published in the scientific journal PLOS Pathogens points out that mice lacking a protein called Tmprss2 are no longer affected by certain flu…

Life & Chemistry

Oranges as Safe Havens: Fruit Flies’ Smart Egg-Laying Choice

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is pickier than previously thought when it comes to when it comes to choosing the best site for egg-laying. Using…

Life & Chemistry

MDC Uncovers Factors Behind Aggressive Basal Breast Cancer

Researchers of the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) in Berlin-Buch have now elucidated the key factors for the aggressiveness of this subtype and at the same time…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Ethene Oligomerization Processes Unveiled

The invention relates to processes for the oligomerization of olefins, in particular of ethene, which are catalyzed by the complexes or catalyst systems in accordance with the invention.

Health & Medicine

How Recurring Memory Traces Enhance Memory Consolidation

Such recurrences contribute to memory consolidation – i.e. to the stabilization of memory contents. Scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative…

Environmental Conservation

Ocean Acidification: Study Reveals Fish Anxiety Response

A new research study combining marine physiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and behavioral psychology has revealed a surprising outcome from increases of…

Information Technology

Computers Communicate Secretly Through Audio Signals

Michael Hanspach confirmed media coverage on the topic in a radio interview with Hessischer Rundfunk yesterday. Hanspach and his colleague had successfully…

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