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Life & Chemistry

Cilia Research Boosts Insights Into Hearing, Vision, and Kidney Health

Researchers found that the size limit for entry is much greater than previously thought, allowing most of a cell's proteins into cilia. The researchers believe…

Physics & Astronomy

Graphene’s Role in Redefining the Ampere Explained

The international system of units (SI) comprises seven base units (the metre, kilogram, second, Kelvin, ampere, mole and candela). Ideally these should be…

Environmental Conservation

Invasion of the slugs — halted by worms…

Spanish slugs (Arion vulgaris) are among the top 100 worst alien species in Europe and are considered a pest almost everywhere. A team of scientists from the…

Life & Chemistry

Mutation Links Wrong-Way Plumbing to Blue Baby Syndrome

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC), one type of “blue baby” syndrome, is a potentially deadly congenital disorder that occurs when pulmonary…

Health & Medicine

Spontaneous Mutations Linked to Congenital Heart Disease

Although genetic factors contribute to congenital heart disease, many children born with heart defects have healthy parents and siblings, suggesting that new…

Health & Medicine

Unlocking Causes of Congenital Heart Disease: Key Research Insights

The analysis found that spontaneous, or de novo, mutations affect a specific biological pathway that is critical to aspects of human development, including the…

Environmental Conservation

As Canada takes Arctic Council helm, experts stress north's vulnerability to spills, emergencies

As leadership of the Arctic Council passes from Sweden to Canada May 15, experts say it is crucial that northern nations strengthen response capabilities to…

Studies and Analyses

Emotional Strategies: Impact on Anxiety Levels Revealed

New research suggests that the way you regulate your emotions, in bad times and in good, can influence whether – or how much – you suffer from anxiety.The…

Environmental Conservation

Land Management Strategies to Combat Cheatgrass Invasion

The research found that overgrazed land loses the mechanisms that can resist invasion. This includes degradation of once-abundant native bunchgrasses and…

Studies and Analyses

Enhancing Judgments: The Impact of Multitasking on Performance

Research has revealed that multitasking impedes performance across a variety of tasks. Emergency room nurses that are interrupted multiple times while treating…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Omicron Unveils BrixX Ps: Two-In-One Diode Laser Innovation

With the innovative laser series “BrixX ps” Omicron for the first time presents universal diode lasers, which can be pulsed in the picosecond range, as well as…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Omicron extends functionality of the „LuxX“ diode laser series

Under the name “LuxX+” the laser specialist Omicron presents a new diode laser series, with which the developing team is setting new trends in laser technology.

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Technique Enhances Quality Control for Lithium-Ion Batteries

The electrodes, called anodes and cathodes, are the building blocks of powerful battery arrays like those used in electric and hybrid vehicles. They are copper…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Discover Dynamic Behavior Of Progenitor Cells In Brain

By monitoring the behavior of a class of cells in the brains of living mice, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins discovered that these cells remain highly dynamic…

Environmental Conservation

Biologist Maps the Family Tree of All Known Snake and Lizard Groups

A George Washington University biologist and a team of researchers have created the first large-scale evolutionary family tree for every snake and lizard…

Physics & Astronomy

Spintronics Discovery

In research that is helping to lay the groundwork for the electronics of the future, University of Delaware scientists have confirmed the presence of a…

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