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Earth Sciences

Thallium Pollution: Impact of Mining Thallium-Bearing Pyrite

This paper, “Environmental Exposure and Flux of Thallium by Industrial Activities Utilizing Thallium-Bearing Pyrite”, written by professor CHEN Yong-Heng et…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Markings May Predict Head and Neck Cancer Risk

Unique DNA markings on certain genes may “predict” the risk of developing head and neck cancer, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of…

Health & Medicine

Cost Comparison: Robotic vs. Conventional Mitral Valve Surgery

The total hospital cost of mitral valve repair surgery — from the time a patient is admitted to the hospital until release — is similar, whether performed…

Studies and Analyses

Chain Restaurants: Healthy Menu Changes Fail to Lower Calories

Although a number of chain restaurants have announced healthy menu changes over the years, the overall calorie and sodium levels in main entrées offered by top…

Studies and Analyses

Africa’s Growth Gap: Insights on Poverty and Economic Disparities

This suggests the growth is not trickling down to the poorest citizens or that actual growth rates are inflated, said Carolyn Logan, assistant professor of…

Earth Sciences

Discovering Ancient Ice Sheets: Insights from AWI Research

Geologists and geophysicists of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), discovered traces of large ice sheets from…

Technology Offerings

Efficient Real-Time Error Correction for Safety-Critical Systems

Real-time control of safety-critical applications is

becoming increasingly important in a variety of

markets as the automotive, aviation, financial…

Technology Offerings

Low-Cost 3D Controller Enhances Intuitive Handling Experience

The 3D market develops rapidly. Our invention contributes to this progress by providing a system for computing accurate six degrees of freedom (6DOF) of an…

Life & Chemistry

New Human Cell Receptor Identified for Baculovirus Recognition

This syndecan-1 receptor was identified for the first time in a recent collaborative study carried out by the University of Eastern Finland and the University…

Health & Medicine

Diabetes Linked to Higher Breast and Colon Cancer Risks

Dr Kirstin De Bruijn will tell the 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC2013) [1], today (Sunday), that previous studies have examined the association between…

Studies and Analyses

How Your Wine Glass Grip Affects Pouring Amounts

After witnessing how environmental cues like plate size and food labels impact eating behaviors, researchers decided to take a look at how similar factors…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Bright, Laser-Based Lighting Devices

As a modern culture, we crave artificial white lights — the brighter the better, and ideally using less energy than ever before. To meet the ever-escalating…

Physics & Astronomy

A “Cosmic Weather Balloon” at the Centre of the Milky Way

The radiation field at the centre of the Milky Way must be 1,000 times stronger than in the area surrounding our sun. Astrophysicists of the “Milky Way Galaxy”…

Life & Chemistry

Mapping DNA Alterations to Discover New Cancer Genes

The researchers said the mapping of the abnormal regions gives cancer scientists a starting point from which to search for as-yet undiscovered oncogenes and…

Studies and Analyses

How Infants Across Cultures Learn New Words

Infants show strong universals as they acquire their native language, but a recent study with infants acquiring Korean also reveals that there are striking…

Health & Medicine

Promising Vitamin D Treatment for MS: Insights from Mouse Studies

Many people with MS start using some kind of mobility aid — cane, walker, scooter or wheelchair — by 45 or 50, and those with the most severe cases are…

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