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Life & Chemistry

How Rainforest Botanists Uncover Fruit-Finding Secrets

Fruit-eating animals are known to use their spatial memory to relocate fruit, yet, it is unclear how they manage to find fruit in the first place. Researchers…

Life & Chemistry

Fat Cells Boost Survival of Human Stem Cells in Culture

A series of experiments that demonstrate the successful use of fat cells as part of a feeder layer to support prolonged growth of hHSCs in culture is reported…

Studies and Analyses

Different Providers, Same Patient Scans: Study Reveals Efficiencies

According to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, any efficiencies in physician interpretation and diagnosis…

Physics & Astronomy

Better Single-Photon Emitters Enhance Quantum Cryptography

Single-photon emitters release one particle of light, or photon, at a time, as opposed to devices like lasers that release a stream of them. Single-photon…

Health & Medicine

New Method Enhances Grip Function in Tetraplegia Patients

If the neck is broken and there is a cervical spinal cord injury, muscles in the arm and hand are paralysed. But in many cases some muscle functions remain,…

Physics & Astronomy

New Silicon Disk Technique Creates Unexpected Magnetism

Take a small, thin silicon disk and deposit tin atoms on its surface in a regular pattern. Although both starting materials do not possess any magnetic…

Health & Medicine

"Unknown" neurological disorder often incorrectly diagnosed

In 1984, Sahlgrenska Professor Oluf Andersen for the first time described a new, hereditary and very serious neurological disease that was given the name…

Studies and Analyses

Copper Surfaces Cut Healthcare-Acquired Infections by 58%

New research has revealed that the use of Antimicrobial Copper surfaces in hospital rooms can reduce the number of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) by 58%…

Life & Chemistry

Reliably higher levels of healthy compound in Beneforté broccoli

Broccoli contains a compound called glucoraphanin, which has been shown to promote health by maintaining cardiovascular health and a reduction in the risk of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

3-D Snowflake Imaging: University of Utah’s New Camera System

University of Utah researchers developed a high-speed camera system that spent the past two winters photographing snowflakes in 3-D as they fell – and they…

Life & Chemistry

Surf's up: Turbulence tells sea urchins to settle down

“How these animals find their way to the right habitat is a fascinating problem,” said Brian Gaylord, professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis and a…

Health & Medicine

Effective 2-Drug Combo Cuts Sarcoma Tumor Volume by 70%

They report that the drug combination of MK-1775 and gemcitabine resulted in a 70 percent decrease in the tumor volume when compared to receiving one drug or…

Health & Medicine

New Pathway Discovered to Control Dangerous Inflammation

Jian-Dong Li, director of Georgia State's Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, and his team discovered that blocking a certain pathway involved in…

Health & Medicine

Age at Autism Diagnosis Linked to Key Symptoms

Certain diagnostic features, including poor nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors, were associated with earlier identification of an autism spectrum…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Better Monitoring and Diagnostics Tackle Algae Biofuel Pond Crash Problem

The research, which focuses on monitoring and diagnosing algal pond health, draws upon Sandia’s longstanding expertise in microfluidics technology, its strong…

Environmental Conservation

Polluting Plastic Particles Invade the Great Lakes

“The massive production of plastic and inadequate disposal has made plastic debris an important and constant pollutant on beaches and in oceans around the…

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