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Hebrew University-German Study Explores Cell Substance Mechanism

A mechanism that permits essential substances to enter our cells while at the same time removing from them harmful components also has a “down side.” This…

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Turning Green: Glycerine Use in Manufacturing Can Lead to Cleaner Industrial Processes, Less Pollution

Research that shows how glycerine and other byproducts from biodiesel production can be converted to catalysts for greener industrial processes is being…

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Scientists Set a New Simulation Speed Record on the Sequoia Supercomputer

In a paper to be published in May, the joint team will announce a record-breaking simulation speed of 504 billion events per second on LLNL’s Sequoia Blue…

Physics & Astronomy

Colossal Hot Cloud Envelopes Colliding Galaxies

This unusually large reservoir of gas contains as much mass as 10 billion Suns, spans about 300,000 light years, and radiates at a temperature of more than 7…

Life & Chemistry

Mast Cells Give Clues in Diagnosis, Treatment of Dengue

Their study also found that in experiments in mice, a class of drugs commonly used to treat asthma by targeting the mast cells could help treat vascular…

Physics & Astronomy

VLA Gives Deep, Detailed Image of Distant Universe

They found that about 63 percent of the background radio emission comes from galaxies with gorging black holes at their cores and the remaining 37 percent…

Life & Chemistry

Tiny Worm Sheds Light on Giant Mystery About Neurons

Researchers in Ken Miller’s laboratory at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) found that the unc-16 gene of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans…

Life & Chemistry

Honey’s Impact on Detoxification: New Research Insights

New research indicates that the honey bee diet influences the bees’ ability to withstand at least some of these assaults. Some components of the nectar and…

Materials Sciences

Discovery of New Gigantic Swelling Phenomenon of Layered Crystal Driven by Water

A research group headed by Dr. Takayoshi Sasaki (MANA Principal Investigator), Dr. Renzhi Ma (MANA Scientist), and Dr. Fengxia Geng (Postdoctoral Researcher)…

Health & Medicine

New Brown Fat Cell Discovery Offers Hope for Obesity Treatment

Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now discovered that we humans have two different kinds of brown fat cells and not…

Health & Medicine

Combat Sports Dehydration: Insights from New Research

A new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, points to the human body’s limited ability to quickly recover following extensive short-term…

Life & Chemistry

Ancient Hepatitis B Virus Discovered: 82 Million Years Old

The liver inflammation hepatitis B comprises 350 million chronic illnesses and is one of the most prevalent virus infections worldwide – and the ancestors of…

Life & Chemistry

Bacterial Defense Systems: Insights Into Microbial Immunity

Even bacteria have a kind of “immune system” they use to defend themselves against unwanted intruders – in their case, viruses. Scientists at the Helmholtz…

Materials Sciences

Researchers Design Nanometer-Scale Material That Can Speed Up, Squeeze Light

Their research is the latest in a series of recent findings related to how light and matter interact at the atomic scale, and it is the first to demonstrate…

Studies and Analyses

Hebrew University-German Study Explores Cell Substance Mechanism

“Since there are no definitive treatments for most dementing illnesses, modifiable activities, such as diet, that may delay the onset of symptoms of dementia…

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Jaw Positioning Device – Precise midface-related maxilla repositioning during orthognathic surgery

Occlusion irregularities can surgically be treated by corrective osteotomies of mandible and / or maxilla. However, exact midface-related repositioning of the…

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