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Earth Sciences

UCSB Scientist Tracks Methane Levels Across Continents

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, stronger than carbon dioxide on a 20-year timescale, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, though on…

Studies and Analyses

Skin Cancer May Be Linked to Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

The study involved 1,102 people with an average age of 79 who did not have dementia at the start of the study. The participants were followed for an average of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Iowa State Engineers Design, Test Taller, High-Strength Concrete Towers for Wind Turbines

Schmitz, an Iowa State graduate student of civil, construction and environmental engineering, and Sri Sritharan, Iowa State’s Wilson Engineering Professor and…

Life & Chemistry

Untangling the Tree of Life

The genomics revolution has given them mountains of DNA data that they can sift through to reconstruct the evolutionary history that connects all living…

Physics & Astronomy

New Energy Pattern Discovered at National High Magnetic Field Lab

Two research teams at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) broke through a nearly 40-year barrier recently when they observed a…

Life & Chemistry

Brain’s Remarkable Self-Rewiring After Injury: New Findings

The research, conducted by UCLA's Michael Fanselow and Moriel Zelikowsky in collaboration with Bryce Vissel, a group leader of the neuroscience research…

Physics & Astronomy

HiRISE Camera Shows Mars Hit by 200+ Asteroids Yearly

Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO, have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Completes First Part of Webb Telescope's ‘Eye Surgery’ Operation

It's high-stakes surgery that has taken years of preparation. This science instrument must fit precisely into the ISIM, or Integrated Science Instrument Module…

Earth Sciences

New Spectroscopy Technique Enhances Greenhouse Gas Detection

The team, which recently published its findings in the journal Nature Photonics, says the technique also could work for other jobs that require gas detection,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Strategies for Achieving Net-Zero Energy Homes Unveiled

This disparity in useful energy data is just one of several information gaps that must be bridged as the United States transitions towards residences that…

Health & Medicine

Jekyll into Hyde: Breathing auto emissions turns HDL cholesterol from 'good' to 'bad'

In addition to changing HDL from “good” to “bad,” the inhalation of emissions activates other components of oxidation, the early cell and tissue damage that…

Studies and Analyses

Better Outcomes for Advanced Coronary Artery Disease Patients

Refractory angina patients endure ongoing chest pain despite optimal medical management and for them, standard revascularization techniques, such as surgery or…

Health & Medicine

PARP Inhibitor Effective in BRCA-Mutated Pancreatic, Prostate Cancers

In the largest clinical trial to date to examine the efficacy of PARP inhibitor therapy in BRCA 1/2 carriers with diseases other than breast and ovarian…

Environmental Conservation

Canada’s Path to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To reach Canada's goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 17 per cent below the 2005 level by the year 2020, federal and provincial governments, led…

Environmental Conservation

Clam Fossils Reveal Secrets of Earth’s Ecological Stability

Trained to examine species abundance – the head counts of specimens – paleontologists test the stability of Earth's past ecosystems. The research shows that…

Studies and Analyses

Vitamin C’s Limited Impact on Uric Acid in Gout Patients

Vitamin C supplementation, alone or in combination with allopurinol, appears to have a weak effect on lowering uric acid levels in gout patients according to…

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