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Earth Sciences

Terrestrial Ecosystems Face Major Shifts Amid Rising Temperatures

“Essentially, we would be leaving the world as we know it,” says Sebastian Ostberg of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany. Ostberg and…

Earth Sciences

Human Migration from Sweden to Poland Revealed in Thesis

This is found in a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg which also conclusively confirms the first case of human long-distance overseas…

Health & Medicine

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Understanding Drug Resistance Factors

In a current study, Dr. Marina Scheller (now at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf) and Professor Achim Leutz report that these two processes in CML –…

Life & Chemistry

New Test Detects BRCA1, BRCA2 Mutations for Cancer Risk

The recognition of a causal link between mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and increased risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer has intensified the…

Environmental Conservation

Improving Fish Traps: WCS Reduces Bycatch in Africa

Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute have achieved a milestone in Africa: they've helped…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Customizable Printed Electronics: Cut Your Own Multi-Touch Sensor

People often customize the size and shape of materials like textiles and wood without turning to specialists like tailors or carpenters. In the future this…

Materials Sciences

New Microfluidic Method for Functional Material Assembly

According to Charles Schroeder, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, the results show that peptide precursor…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Leishmania Parasites and Treatment Failure

Visceral leishmaniasis, also called kala-azar, is a parasitic disease that strikes 400,000 people every year and kills around 1 in 10 of its victims. The…

Studies and Analyses

Car Crashes Linked to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, Study Finds

A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine indicates that motor vehicle crashes can be hazardous for pregnant women, especially if…

Health & Medicine

Evaluating Mobile Weight Loss Apps With Evidence-Based Strategies

In a new study published by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, UMass Medical School behavioral psychologist and weight loss expert Sherry Pagoto,…

Physics & Astronomy

Ultraviolet Light to the Extreme

When you heat a tiny droplet of liquid tin with a laser, plasma forms on the surface of the droplet and produces extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light, which has a…

Life & Chemistry

Cells Prefer Nanodiscs Over Nanorods

One big unanswered question is how the shape of nanoparticles affects their entry into cells. Now researchers have discovered that under typical culture…

Life & Chemistry

The unique taste of ‘smoky’ tomatoes is caused by one missing enzyme

This is the result of research by Wageningen UR, which studied the taste of 94 tomato varieties using expert taste panels. The tomatoes were also evaluated for…

Information Technology

Innovative Wideband Ring Voltage-Controlled oscillator (VCO) by UNIST undergraduate

A new wideband ring voltage-controlled oscillator (VOC)* was proposed by UNIST undergraduate student, Seyeon Yoo with the the research work published in IEEE…

Studies and Analyses

'Brain training' may boost working memory, but not intelligence

New research suggests that brain training programs might strengthen your ability to hold information in mind, but they won't bring any benefits to the kind of…

Materials Sciences

New Sensor Detects Trace Toxic Gases in Biogas Efforts

In the course of the energy turnaround, methane produced in biogas plants can be fed into the natural gas net, provided that it is free of impurities. Thus,…

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