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Materials Sciences

Genetic Algorithms Uncover New Nanostructured Materials

The study, published in the October 28 Early Online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), is the first to demonstrate the…

Health & Medicine

Model virus structure shows why there's no cure for common cold

Writing today (Oct. 28, 2013) in the journal Virology, a team led by UW-Madison biochemistry Professor Ann Palmenberg provides a meticulous topographical model…

Interdisciplinary Research

Common bias known as the 'endowment effect' not present in hunter-gatherer societies

The fields of psychology and behavioral economics have experimentally identified a laundry list of common biases that cause people to act against their own…

Health & Medicine

PolyU optometrist raise alert on the potential risk of coloured contact lenses

Results showed that most of these cosmetic contact lenses have surface coloured pigments which can easily come off when using a standardised lab-based rub-off…

Power and Electrical Engineering

A Noble yet Simple way to Synthesize New Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR)

A Korean research team from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), S. Korea, developed a high performance and stable metal-free…

Life & Chemistry

Surprises Discovered in Decoded Kiwifruit Genome

“The kiwifruit is an economically and nutritionally important fruit crop. It has long been called ‘the king of fruits’ because of its remarkably high vitamin C…

Health & Medicine

Measuring Blood Sugar With Light

One of the keys to healthful living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes is monitoring blood glucose (sugar) levels to ensure they remain at stable levels. People…

Health & Medicine

Breakthrough Diabetes Therapy: Artificial Pancreas Success in Dresden

The team of Professor Dr Stefan R. Bornstein, Director of the Department of Medicine III in Dresden, implanted the bio-reactor in a patient. The results of the…

Earth Sciences

Toxic Ocean Conditions Linked to Major Extinction Event

Oxygen in the atmosphere and ocean rose dramatically about 600 million years ago, coinciding with the first proliferation of animal life. Since then, numerous…

Life & Chemistry

U of M Scientists Discover Key Proteins in Immune Strategies

New research from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, and the University of Minnesota Center for Immunology has identified key proteins that…

Life & Chemistry

HIV — Geneticists map human resistance to AIDS

The key to future HIV treatment could be hidden right in our own genes. Everyone who becomes infected deploys defense strategies, and some even manage to hold…

Studies and Analyses

The Cheerleader Effect: Why Groups Boost Attractiveness

This phenomenon — first dubbed the “cheerleader effect” by ladykiller Barney Stinson on the popular TV show How I Met Your Mother — suggests that having a few…

Health & Medicine

Mainz University Opens New Dementia Service Center

In Germany, approximately 1.3 million people currently suffer from dementia. About 250,000 incident cases are estimated per year. Dementia is the leading cause…

Life & Chemistry

EU Funds Sub-Nanometer Molecular Electronics Innovation

Professor Angelika Kühnle and her work group at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) are participating in a new EU…

Earth Sciences

Extra-Tropical Storm Lekima Weakens in Northern Pacific

On Oct. 25 at 03:20 UTC, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Typhoon…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanoscale Engineering Enhances Quantum Dot LED Performance

Making the light at the end of the tunnel more efficientDramatic advances in the field of quantum dot light emitting diodes (QD-LEDs) could come from recent…

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