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Life & Chemistry

Preventing ‘traffic jams’ in brain cells

What you would see is a network of nerve cells called neurons, each with its own internal highway system for transporting essential materials between different…

Life & Chemistry

New Diagnostic Tech Promises Personalized Prostate Cancer Care

A research team jointly led by scientists from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the University of California, Los Angeles, have enhanced a device they developed…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Uncover Solution to Ancient Enigma at WHOI

The findings, by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI); Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the University of Connecticut; Harvard…

Earth Sciences

New CO2 Sequestration Technique by Lawrence Livermore Scientists

Lawrence Livermore scientists have discovered and demonstrated a new technique to remove and store atmospheric carbon dioxide while generating carbon-negative…

Life & Chemistry

Small Molecule Shows Promise in Cancer Treatment Research

In a study published online May 28 in the journal Nature Communications, Ahn and his colleagues at UT Southwestern Medical Center describe the rational design…

Physics & Astronomy

Diamonds and Nanotubes Unite for Advanced Graphene Applications

What may be the ultimate heat sink is only possible because of yet another astounding capability of graphene. The one-atom-thick form of carbon can act as a…

Studies and Analyses

Diet Changes Gut Bacteria, Impacting Brain Function: UCLA Study

In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt showed…

Earth Sciences

Penn Research Unveils Historic Sea-Level Change in NJ Coastline

Because much of the storm’s devastation was wrought by flooding in the aftermath, researchers have been paying attention to how climate change and sea-level…

Health & Medicine

OHSU Scientists Uncover Brain Receptor Insights for Neurological Health

This receptor is present on almost every neuron in the human brain and is involved in learning and memory. NMDA receptors also have been implicated in several…

Information Technology

Fraunhofer SCAI’s leading software SAMG accelerates groundwater simulations

Leading global companies like Schlumberger Water Services, Aquaveo LLC, DHI Water & Environment, Environmental Simulations Inc., and HydroGeoLogic Inc. exploit…

Life & Chemistry

New Discoveries in Brain and Immune Defense Unveiled

This is shown in research that the world’s leading researchers and Nobel laureates will be presenting at an international conference in the research field of…

Information Technology

Big Data Analytics Empowering European SMEs Through DOPA Project

The DOPA project, coordinated by Volker Markl, speaker of the Data Analytics Lab, intends to provide data pools for both web and statistical data to the…

Physics & Astronomy

Research Effort Deep Underground Could Sort Out Cosmic-Scale Mysteries

“It might explain why we’re here at all,” said David Radford, who oversees specific ORNL activities in the Majorana Demonstrator research effort. “It could…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Research Aims for Insecticide That Targets Malaria Mosquitoes

The insecticide would work by interfering with an enzyme found in the nervous systems of mosquitoes and many other organisms, called acetylcholinesterase.Existing insecticides target the enzyme but affect a broad range of species, said entomologist Jeff Bloomquist, a professor in UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute and its Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences….

Life & Chemistry

New One-Step Process for Designer Bacteria

The researchers have developed a new one-step bacterial genetic engineering process called ‘clonetegration’, published in the journal ACS Synthetic Biology.Led…

Environmental Conservation

Slow and Steady, Turtles Gain Ground

The announcement comes on World Turtle Day – a global celebration to bring attention to the plight of turtles and tortoises from around the planet.Last year,…

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