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Physics & Astronomy

'Super-resolution' microscope possible for nanostructures

“Super-resolution optical microscopy has opened a new window into the nanoscopic world,” said Ji-Xin Cheng, an associate professor of biomedical engineering…

Life & Chemistry

Tracking GAN: New Insights into Rare Childhood Disease

GAN is an extremely rare and untreatable genetic disorder that strikes the central and peripheral nervous systems of young children. Those affected show no…

Environmental Conservation

New Simulation Model Reveals Future of Coral Reefs

To address this key question, ecologists of the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT) in Bremen developed a simulation model showing the development…

Information Technology

Twitter’s Role in Crisis Communication for Police: A Study

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, the Rotterdam School of Management and the COT Institute in The Hague analyzed…

Life & Chemistry

Nanodomains in Plants: Unlocking Hidden Adaptations

Plants are generally firmly rooted in the ground so that they cannot just move to a different place when the conditions become too dry or uncomfortable in any…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Unveil Protein Navigation Mechanism at Scripps Research

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered how an enzyme co-factor can bestow specificity on a class of…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Astrocyte Effects on Brain Function and Physiology

Astrocytes—the most abundant cell type in the human brain—play crucial roles in brain physiology, which may include modulating synaptic activity and regulating…

Business and Finance

Boost Profits: Common Component Strategy Reduces Cannibalization

But according to research from two University of Illinois business professors, commonality can actually reduce product line cannibalization, a finding that…

Health & Medicine

Biologic Agents Linked to Acute Liver Injury in Patients

Patients with inflammatory diseases such as Chron's disease or ulcerative colitis often are prescribed tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-á) antagonists, which…

Earth Sciences

What Happened to Dinosaurs' Predecessors After Earth's Largest Extinction 252 Million Years Ago?

Or did they?That thinking was based on fossil records from sites in South Africa and southwest Russia. It turns out, however, that scientists may have been…

Studies and Analyses

Decoding ‘noisy’ language in daily life

Suppose you hear someone say, “The man gave the ice cream the child.” Does that sentence seem plausible? Or do you assume it is missing a word? Such as: “The…

Materials Sciences

Silicone Liquid Crystal Stiffens With Compression: New Findings

Squeeze a piece of silicone and it quickly returns to its original shape, as squishy as ever. But scientists at Rice University have discovered that the liquid…

Environmental Conservation

Smoke Signals: How Fire Boosts Plant Growth After Wildfires

In the spring following a forest fire, trees that survived the blaze explode in new growth and plants sprout in abundance from the scorched earth. For…

Studies and Analyses

One in three stroke emergencies don’t use EMS

More than a third of stroke patients don’t get to the hospital by ambulance, even though that’s the fastest way to get there, according to new research in…

Health & Medicine

Tactics of new Middle East virus suggest treating by altering lung cells' response to infection

A new virus that causes severe breathing distress and kidney failure elicits a distinctive airway cell response to allow it to multiply. Scientists studying…

Health & Medicine

Cleveland Clinic Study: Internet-Based Program Reduces Stress

The use of Internet-based stress management programs (ISM) effectively reduce stress for a sustainable period, according to a Cleveland Clinic study published…

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