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Earth Sciences

The oldest ice core – Finding a 1.5 million-year record of Earth’s climate

Scientists have now identified regions in Antarctica they say could store information about Earth’s climate and greenhouse gases extending as far back as 1.5…

Life & Chemistry

Pigeons Use Smell to Navigate: Nature’s Hidden Compass

To navigate, birds require a ‘map’ (to tell them home is south, for example) and a ‘compass’ (to tell them where south is), with the sun and the Earth’s…

Technology Offerings

Pouch-Like Tissue Engineering Offers New Hope for Heart Health

Heart failure is the main cause of death throughout the world. Classical pharmacological treatment may halt, but cannot reverse the underlying disease process….

Physics & Astronomy

UCSB’s Ben Mazin Advances Photon Detection for Astronomy

Ben Mazin, assistant professor of physics at UC Santa Barbara, has developed a superconducting detector array that measures the energy of individual photons….

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Aqua Satellite Monitors Tropical Depression 30W

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Depression 30W, known locally as “Wilma,” on Nov. 4 at 0529 UTC/12:29 a.m. EDT/1:29 p.m. Philippines local time as…

Studies and Analyses

Pesticides Linked to Increased Endometriosis Risk, Study Finds

A Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center-led study has found that two organochlorine pesticides are associated with an increased risk of endometriosis, a…

Studies and Analyses

Disrupted Brain Signals in Fibromyalgia Patients Explained

Results published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology, suggest that this altered brain processing might contribute to…

Life & Chemistry

Gut Microbes Linked to Tumor Risk: New Insights Unveiled

“We know that humans have a number of different community structures in the gut. When you think about it, maybe different people – independent of their…

Studies and Analyses

Health Risks Linked to Food Deserts: New Study Insights

The study, being discussed at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday during the American Public Health Association's annual meeting in Boston, examined the health impact of…

Corporate News

Siemens Supplies Signaling Equipment for Mozambique Freight Line

Siemens is to equip the around 900-kilometer line with signaling and control systems. The project is part of the Nacala Corridor, which extends from the coast…

Corporate News

E-Houses Transforming Seaport Infrastructure in Mozambique

Apart from the high voltage components and as part of the scope of work Siemens will install the medium- and low-voltage switchgear, including the motor…

Physics & Astronomy

First Earth-Sized, Rocky Exoplanet Found

This exoplanet, known as Kepler-78b, orbits its star very closely every 8.5 hours, making it much too hot to support life. The results are being published in…

Physics & Astronomy

Designing an Acoustic Diode

Most people know about ultrasound through its role in prenatal imaging: those grainy, grey outlines of junior constructed from reflected sound waves. A new…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Global Map Reveals Insights Into Land Use Impact

In order to assess the global impacts of land use on the environment and help provide appropriate countermeasures, a group of researchers under the leadership…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Interaction Between Two Leukemia Drugs

Prof. Stephan Grzesiek’s group at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, in collaboration with Dr. Wolfgang Jahnke and colleagues from Novartis, has…

Medical Engineering

Lasers might be the cure for brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

The researchers discovery, which was published yesterday in the journal Nature Photonics, is that it is possible to distinguish aggregations of the proteins,…

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