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Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Two Tropical Cyclones in Eastern Pacific

Tropical Depression Gil is more than halfway to Hawaii from Mexico and continues to hold onto depression strength. Meanwhile, NOAA's GOES-15 satellite captured…

Studies and Analyses

Exploring The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship: Hidden Behaviors

Media reports about alleged anti-social and delinquent behavior of entrepreneurs are no rarity. Such reports direct the attention towards possibly ’hidden’…

Studies and Analyses

Driving Simulation Insights: Novice vs. Experienced Drivers

The method and results provide important cognitive-psychological bases for developing intelligent driver training and driving assistance systems. The study…

Studies and Analyses

Walking to Work Lowers Diabetes and Blood Pressure Risk

Researchers at Imperial College London and University College London examined how various health indicators related to how people get to work, using data from…

Environmental Conservation

Timber Rattlesnakes: Nature’s Hidden Health Benefits

The scientific name of the timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus, is a sign of the fear and loathing this native North American viper has inspired. But…

Studies and Analyses

Tidy Desk vs. Messy Desk: Benefits Revealed by New Study

The new studies, conducted by psychological scientist Kathleen Vohs and her fellow researchers at the University of Minnesota are published in Psychological…

Life & Chemistry

New Schizophrenia Gene Discovered in Finnish Population

There is something peculiar, and macabrely so, that makes the population of Finland so interesting to geneticists: during the colonization of the country it is…

Social Sciences

Young vs. Old: Consistency in Daily Cognitive Performance

How variable is our cognitive performance from one day to the next? Do older adults vary more in their performance than younger people?Scientists from Berlin,…

Technology Offerings

Ortho-Metalated, Chelate-Stabilized Benzylamines of the Rare-Earth (RE) Metals as Catalysts for Hydroamination

The present invention provides ortho-metalated, homoleptic benzylamine complexes

of the rare-earth (RE) metals and a method of producing same. Unlike the…

Earth Sciences

Active Tropical Systems in Eastern Pacific: NASA’s Observation

NOAA's GOES-15 satellite captured a very active Eastern Pacific ocean on Aug. 2 at 0900 UTC (5 a.m. EDT) with one hurricane and two developing tropical low…

Life & Chemistry

Moss beats Human – Simple moss plants outperform us by gene number

This is about 10,000 genes more than the human genome contains. Mosses are tiny plants with a simple body plan: They have no roots, no flowers and do not…

Health & Medicine

New Motion Tracking System Enhances Upper Limb Rehab Assessment

The most common assessment tools are based on rating scales, which are inefficient when measuring small changes and can yield subjective bias. An objective…

Materials Sciences

New Bioinspired Coating Transforms Glass into Super Glass

A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically…

Health & Medicine

Mount Sinai’s Breakthrough Model for Hepatitis C Research

By differentiating monkey stem cells into liver cells and inducing successful infection, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have…

Health & Medicine

Stopping Warfarin-Related Bleeding in the ER: Key Insights

A literature review published last month in Annals of Emergency Medicine suggests that physicians in the United States should join those around the world in…

Life & Chemistry

Unique Orange and Blue Crystals Created from One Chemical

Chemists have unexpectedly made two differently colored crystals – one orange, the other blue – from one chemical in the same flask while studying a special…

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