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Life & Chemistry

Faster, Cheaper Sepsis Diagnosis Method Unveiled

The method combines a selective lysis step in which blood cells in the sample are destroyed, a centrifugation step to collect any bacteria or fungi in the…

Life & Chemistry

Stuttgart Researchers Unveil Water-Based Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal

Although certain liquid crystals mainly comprise water, a spontaneous alignment of electrical dipoles could incur in them and consequently a spontaneous…

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Awarded: International recognition of Aachen’s experts in production of lightweight components

JEC Americas Innovation Award 2013 for integrated process chain for the automated and flexible production of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic components On…

Health & Medicine

Residents of most polluted US cities — New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami — have increased risk of dry eye syndrome

Residents of major cities with high levels of air pollution have an increased risk of dry eye syndrome, according to a study presented at the world's largest…

Trade Fair News

SIVAL increases floor space for crop industry in 2014

Organized by Angers Expo Congrès for the past 25 years, SIVAL takes place in Angers (North-Western France), at the heart of the leading crop-production region….

Earth Sciences

Southeast Should Prepare for Wild Weather From Climate Change

The book, which UF’s Keith Ingram helped write, is titled “Climate Change of the Southeast United States: Variability, Change, Impacts and Vulnerability.”…

Studies and Analyses

Body mass index may predict heart disease risk for type-2 diabetic patients new study finds

The Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute study is part of a larger study called faCTor-64, which is a landmark, randomized trial designed to determine…

Earth Sciences

Volcano discovered smoldering under a kilometer of ice in West Antarctica

It wasn't what they were looking for but that only made the discovery all the more exciting.In January 2010 a team of scientists had set up two crossing lines…

Life & Chemistry

Novel gene variant found in severe childhood asthma

An international scientific team has discovered a gene associated with a high risk of severe childhood asthma. The specific gene variant may be an actual cause…

Studies and Analyses

Physical fitness improves survival, prevents some heart attacks

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Henry Ford Hospital found that higher levels of physical fitness lower the risk of having…

Life & Chemistry

Protein coding 'junk genes' may be linked to cancer

A number of these regions are so-called pseudogenes, which may be linked to cancer. The expectation is now that this recently developed protein analysis…

Life & Chemistry

Graphene nanoribbons for 'reading' DNA

If we wanted to count the number of people in a crowd, we could make on the fly estimates, very likely to be imprecise, or we could ask each person to pass…

Earth Sciences

Paths out of uncertainty

For decision-makers and people affected by climate change, however, information on the frequency and intensity of extreme events such as heat and cold…

Life & Chemistry

Protein coding 'junk genes' may be linked to cancer

A number of these regions are so-called pseudogenes, which may be linked to cancer. The expectation is now that this recently developed protein analysis…

Health & Medicine

Johns Hopkins heart researchers develop formula to better calculate 'bad' cholesterol in patients

Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a more accurate way to calculate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the so-called “bad” form of blood fat that…

Health & Medicine

New Drug Shows Promise for Seizure Treatment in Early Study

The study shows that elevated levels of ammonia in the blood overwhelm the brain’s defenses, ultimately causing nerve cells to become overexcited. The…

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