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Bedtime Regularity Linked to CPAP Compliance Outcomes

Results show that bedtime variability was a significant predictor of CPAP adherence, which was defined as four or more hours of treatment use per night. The…

Health & Medicine

First Corneal Transplant Using Pre-Loaded Donor Tissue

Dr. Pineda performed the surgery utilizing donor endothelial tissue that was prepared and pre-loaded into EndoGlide™ (Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)…

Event News

Exploring Solutions to Europe’s Persistent Unemployment Issue

For decades, the problem of increasing and persistent European unemployment has been at the center of attention of European academics, policy makers, and the…

Awards Funding

Fraunhofer FEP Wins Award for Innovative Product at VacuumTechExpo

At the industrial exhibition „VacuumTechExpo“ which took place between the 16th and 18th of April 2013, the scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute for Electron…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Urban Trees: Storing Carbon and Boosting Economic Value

Forest Service research shows that urban trees store an estimated 21 million tons of carbon, which translates to an environmental service valued at $1.5…

Health & Medicine

Stat5 Gene Amplification Fuels Prostate Cancer Spread

They discovered that the gene that makes the protein is amplified — duplicated many times over — in these cancer cells, which allows them to produce excess…

Life & Chemistry

Combining Enzyme Strategies Boosts Biofuel Production Efficiency

Enzymes could break down cell walls faster – leading to less expensive biofuels for transportation – if two enzyme systems are brought together in an…

Power and Electrical Engineering

NREL Highlights Value of Concentrating Solar Power Innovation

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have quantified the significant value that concentrating solar…

Studies and Analyses

5,000 Daily Steps: Cut Health Insurance Costs Effectively

It was a controversial move when a health insurer began requiring people who were obese to literally pay the price of not doing anything about their weight –…

Studies and Analyses

Cancer Biorepository Speeds Clinical Trials, Drug Development, Moffitt Analysis Shows

Their study, which analyzed datasets from recent clinical trials conducted at Moffitt, was published online March 15 in Statistical Methods in Medical Research.

Materials Sciences

Precision Measurement Enhances Metallic Foil Production Accuracy

Within a measurement range of several millimeters, the system can accurately measure foils, rolled strips and other metallic semi-finished products with a…

Physics & Astronomy

Ancient Bacteria Reveal Supernova’s Impact on Earth’s History

Sediment in a deep-sea core may hold radioactive iron spewed by a distant supernova 2.2 million years ago and preserved in the fossilized remains of…

Event News

International Robot Developer Conference „ROSCon 2013“ to be held in Stuttgart, Germany, May 11-12

From May 11-12, 2013, „ROSCon 2013“ will be held in Stuttgart, Germany. ROSCon is the international annual meeting of the world wide developer community…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Optics: Exploring the Hong-Ou-Mandel Effect

A fine example is the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect, which occurs when two light quanta (or, photons) arrive simultaneously at a so-called beam splitter. As its name…

Studies and Analyses

How Consumption Goals Shape Flat-Rate Choices in Daily Life

Can you imagine a world where a subway ride becomes the highlight of your day? Where going to the laundromat isn't such a dreary duty? A recent study published…

Earth Sciences

Global Climate Trend Since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.14 C Per Decade

Global composite temp.: +0.10 C (about 0.18 degrees Fahrenheit) above 30-year average for April.Northern Hemisphere: +0.12 C (about 0.22 degrees Fahrenheit)…

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