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Discover a New Type of Laser with Reduced Energy Needs

Its operation principle is completely different from conventional devices, which opens up the possibility of a significantly reduced energy input requirement….

Health & Medicine

Exploring Neural Circuits: Insights from Swiss Scientists

They do not correspond to a simple stimulus/response linkage, but arise from the networking of different neural circuits. Scientists funded by the Swiss…

Life & Chemistry

Linking NF-kappa B Inflammation Marker to Cancer Insights

Scientists call this Jekyll-and-Hyde molecule NF-kappa B. In healthy cells, it is a powerful “first responder,” a vital part of the body’s immune and…

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights on Quantum Competition Dynamics Unveiled

They are the first scientists that simulated the competition between two rival dynamical processes at a novel type of transition between two quantum mechanical…

Health & Medicine

Anabolic Steroids Linked to Future Mental Health Risks

This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg recently published in the British…

Health & Medicine

New Study Shows Hope for Progeria Treatment Breakthrough

A new study performed at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, indicates that the development of progeria in mice was inhibited upon…

Physics & Astronomy

Detecting Gravitational Waves: A Breakthrough Method Unveiled

A new window into the nature of the universe may be possible with a device proposed by scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno and Stanford University…

Physics & Astronomy

Scientists Shape First Global Topographic Map of Saturn’s Moon Titan

Titan is Saturn’s largest moon – at 1,600 miles (2,574 kilometers) across it’s bigger than planet Mercury – and is the second-largest in the solar system….

Physics & Astronomy

Black Hole Powered Jets Plow Into Galaxy

This multi-wavelength view shows 4C+29.30, a galaxy located some 850 million light years from Earth. The radio emission comes from two jets of particles that…

Life & Chemistry

Tokyo Institute of Technology research: An insight into cell survival

Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology report details on the biological mechanisms through which cells degrade own cellular material, allowing them to…

Earth Sciences

GPS Solution Delivers Three-Minute Tsunami Alerts

For the devastating Japan 2011 event, the team reveals that the analysis of the GPS data and issue of a detailed tsunami alert would have taken no more than…

Health & Medicine

Primary care: strengthening the health system's first port of call

“Primary care in the driver's seat” was the title for a discussion in Vienna between experts on international trends in primary care. The symposium was…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellite Data Helps Pinpoint Glaciers' Role in Sea Level Rise

The new research found glaciers outside of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, repositories of 1 percent of all land ice, lost an average of 571 trillion…

Earth Sciences

NASA Observes First Tropical Storm Alvin in Eastern Pacific

NASA’s Aqua satellite flew over Tropical Storm Alvin just as it reached tropical storm status on May 15 at 2047 UTC (4:47 p.m. EDT). The Atmospheric Infrared…

Earth Sciences

Geophysics’ Role in Effective Disaster Planning Strategies

Earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters often showcase the worst in human suffering – especially when those disasters strike populations who live in…

Materials Sciences

Stacking 2-D materials produces surprising results

Graphene has dazzled scientists, ever since its discovery more than a decade ago, with its unequalled electronic properties, its strength and its light weight….

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