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Medical Engineering

Mediating Mood: Brain Ultrasound Breakthroughs Revealed

Dr. Stuart Hameroff, professor emeritus of the UA's departments of anesthesiology and psychology and director of the UA's Center for Consciousness Studies, is…

Life & Chemistry

PRIMACYT Gains EU Approval as Reference Lab for Testing Alternatives

This network is coordinated by the European Union Reference Laboratory in Ispra, Italy. It consists of fourteen European GLP certified testing facilities,…

Medical Engineering

New Therapeutic Procedure for Acute Stroke Treatment

In most cases (85 percent), the stroke is caused by the occlusion of a blood vessel in the brain. This results in the affected area of the brain becoming…

Life & Chemistry

TGen-TD2 Breast Cancer Study Highlights Proteomic Mapping Benefits

The Side-Out Foundation's breast cancer pilot study, led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Translational Drug Development (TD2) and…

Health & Medicine

Compounds outsmart solid tumors' malfunctioning machinery

Molecular biologists in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio have found a novel way to fine-tune the activity of…

Studies and Analyses

Antiepileptic Drug Use in Pregnancy Affects Child Development

Results of the study suggest that children exposed to AEDs in the womb were at risk for difficulties with motor development, language skills, social skills,…

Health & Medicine

Ovarian Cancer Metastasis: Key Factors in Target Tissues

Cancer researchers have wondered why ovarian cancer cells are so attracted to the abdominal cavity, especially the omentum, with the hope that such an…

Health & Medicine

Social Media and DNA Typing Trace Foodborne Strep Outbreak

Among 63 people who consumed food at a Minnesota high school dance team banquet, 18 came down with strep throat less than three days later. When multiple posts…

Health & Medicine

Cerebrospinal Fluid Changes in Early Alzheimer’s Research

The new research suggests that AD in its earliest stage already causes changes in CSF-levels of tau and amyloid-beta and that these changes are both the…

Materials Sciences

Ultrafine Nanodiamond Formation from Nanostructured Explosives

It describes the synthesis of nanodiamonds by the detonation of nanostructured explosive charges thus obtaining nanodiamond particles of a size comprised…

Machine Engineering

Torque limiting clutches for high-speed applications in test stands

In addition, the installation spaces available are becoming increasingly small due to the increasingly compact constructions. Mayr power transmission has…

Environmental Conservation

Source of Oil Sheens Near Deepwater Horizon Site Uncovered

First reported to the U.S. Coast Guard by British Petroleum (BP) in mid-September 2012, the oil sheens raised public concern that the Macondo well, which was…

Life & Chemistry

Penn Team Finds Molecular Relative of p53 Tumor Suppressor Protein also Helps Cancer Cells Thrive

It shares extensive common gene sequences with p53 and, as suggested by some previous studies, it may function similar to p53 to prevent tumor formation….

Environmental Conservation

Mapping Attitudes Toward Tigers in Nepal: MSU Study Insights

Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) study what influences people’s attitudes toward the tigers that share their neighborhood in Nepal’s Chitwan…

Information Technology

Innovative Safety Solutions for Tunnel Systems Explained

Every tunnel has its own, unique safety requirements depending on the location, design, height and level of traffic. Even seemingly insignificant events can…

Information Technology

Smart Solutions for Monitoring Tunnel Traffic Safety

Safety is a key priority when designing and building a tunnel. All information relating to the equipment used in the tunnel and traffic conditions converges at…

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