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Therapeutic Eye Injections Needed Less Often: New Drug Strategy

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers have teamed up with clinicians to create a new drug-delivery strategy for a type of central vision loss caused by blood…

Studies and Analyses

Future Flood Losses: $50 Billion Risk for Coastal Cities by 2050

'Future Flood Losses in Major Coastal Cities', published in Nature Climate Change, is part of an ongoing project by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellite Sees Pewa Become a Typhoon

On Sunday, Aug. 18, Pewa was a tropical storm when it crossed the International Date Line and moved from the Central Pacific to the Northwestern Pacific Ocean….

Earth Sciences

NASA Sees Tropical Storm Trami U-Turning

In a NASA image, Trami appears to be about two-thirds the size of the Philippines. Satellite data also indicates that the massive storm is now making a U-turn…

Earth Sciences

NASA Catches Short-lived Northwestern Pacific Ocean Tropical Depression 13W

TD13W was “born” at 1500 UTC/11 a.m. EDT on Aug. 17 with maximum sustained winds near 25 knots. Later that day at 2100 UTC/5 p.m. EDT, the Joint Typhoon…

Earth Sciences

NASA Sees Tropical Storm Unala Develop and Weaken Quickly

Aqua captured an image of Tropical Storm Unala in the central Pacific Ocean where it formed early today, Aug. 19. Over several hours, Unala moved into the…

Health & Medicine

Study Links Tumor Size to Survival in Advanced Lung Cancer

A new study, however, led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has shown that even in advanced stages total tumor size can have a major impact on…

Earth Sciences

New Discovery: Massive Iron Plume in South Atlantic Ocean

Scientists have discovered a vast plume of iron and other micronutrients more than 1,000 km long billowing from hydrothermal vents in the South Atlantic Ocean….

Life & Chemistry

A Home for the Microbiome

The human body is full of tiny microorganisms—hundreds to thousands of species of bacteria collectively called the microbiome, which are believed to contribute…

Health & Medicine

Brain network decay detected in early Alzheimer's

While two chemical markers in the spinal fluid are regarded as reliable indicators of early disease, the new study, published in JAMA Neurology, is among the…

Studies and Analyses

Post-Run Ice Baths: New Study Questions Their Benefits

In a study published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology, researchers report that research subjects who engaged in post-exercise cryotheraphy, or ice…

Earth Sciences

Australia’s 2010-2011 Rainfall: A Brief Sea Level Pause

New research shows that in 2010 and 2011, enough water collected in Australia to temporarily halt a long-term trend of global sea level rise. When three…

Earth Sciences

Magma Pools: Insights from Yellowstone’s Volcanic Past

That means an area known to have experienced a massive volcanic eruption in the past, such as Yellowstone National Park, could have a large pool of magma…

Health & Medicine

Fighting obesity with apps and websites

But there's little evidence to date that it's an effective way to prevent overeating. A new Duke University study suggests a better approach might be for…

Studies and Analyses

BPA in Children Linked to Obesity Risk and Waist Issues

Children who have higher levels of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical previously used in many products for kids, like baby bottle and plastic toys, had a higher…

Trade Fair News

The LZH at the IdeenExpo 2013 – „Light for your Future“

For the fourth time, the IdeenExpo will turn the fairgrounds in Hannover into the “largest classroom in the world”. Working under the motto of “Your ideas can…

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