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Flow restrictors may reduce young children's accidental ingestion of liquid medications

Nevertheless, over 500,000 calls are made to poison control centers each year after accidental ingestion of medications by young children, and the number of…

Studies and Analyses

Undetected Dementia: Over 90% Cases in China Remain Hidden

An international team of researchers has found that over 90 percent of dementia cases in China go undetected, with a high level of undiagnosed dementia in…

Life & Chemistry

Epilepsy in a dish: Stem cell research reveals clues to disease's origins and possible treatment

A new stem cell-based approach to studying epilepsy has yielded a surprising discovery about what causes one form of the disease, and may help in the search…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Energy Efficiency Innovations in Discount Supermarkets

Customers entering the energy-efficient pilot supermarket will first notice the unusual amount of daylight in the sales area. Behind the scenes, there are many…

Physics & Astronomy

NGC 253: New Insights into Star Formation and Galactic Growth

Now, a group of astronomers that includes Fabian Walter from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy were able to obtain the first detailed images of this type…

Studies and Analyses

New Blood Test Simplifies Fibromyalgia Diagnosis

Researchers have developed a reliable way to use a finger-stick blood sample to detect fibromyalgia syndrome, a complicated pain disorder that often is…

Life & Chemistry

Natural Pest Control Protein Fights Hookworm Effectively

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, report on this potentially promising solution in a study published ahead of print in…

Life & Chemistry

Purple Bacteria: Surviving Alien Light With Unique Pigments

Purple bacteria contain pigments that allow them to use sunlight as their source of energy, hence their color. Small as they are, these microbes can teach us a…

Health & Medicine

Oxygen—key to most life—decelerates many cancer tumors when combined with radiation therapy

In research examining tissue oxygenation levels and predicting radiation response, UT Southwestern scientists led by Dr. Ralph Mason reported in the June 27…

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Helmholtz Funds 15 Global Research Groups for Innovation

These Helmholtz International Research Groups will receive funding of up to €50,000 per year from the Association for the next three years and the same amount…

Health & Medicine

First Accurate Measurement of Low Radon Concentrations

You can't see it, you can't smell it, you can't taste it – but at high doses, it can be lethal: the natural radioactive noble gas radon occurs especially in…

Life & Chemistry

Embedded Nerve Cells Unlock Secrets of Brain Activity

Understanding complex systems such as the brain of mammals: Dr. Arvind Kumar and colleagues from the Bernstein Center and the Cluster of Excellence…

Earth Sciences

Ancient Snowfall Shaped Martian Valleys, Study Reveals

Valley networks branching across the Martian surface leave little doubt that water once flowed on the Red Planet. But where that ancient water came from —…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Long Tooth Preservation Through Occlusal Features

Their findings show that different features of the occlusal surface antagonize tensile stresses in the tooth to tooth contact during the chewing process. They…

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Standardized Energy Harvesting Measurement at PTB Unveiled

Europe’s energy harvesting community will descend on Braunschweig next month to hear the results of a three year multi-national research project to apply…

Studies and Analyses

New Hero Shrew Species Discovered in Equatorial Africa

Scientists at Chicago's Field Museum and international collaborators have described a new species of Hero Shrew – the mammal with the most bizarre lower spine…

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