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New Study Links Multiple Genes to Schizophrenia Risk

By better understanding the molecular and biological mechanisms involved with schizophrenia, scientists hope to use this new genetic information to one day…

Health & Medicine

'Mobility shoes' take a load off for knee osteoarthritis sufferers

Results published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), show that long term use of the mobility shoes helped OA…

Studies and Analyses

Today’s Adults: A Decline in Metabolic Health Compared to Past

Sophia Antipolis, 10 April 2013. Despite their greater life expectancy, the adults of today are less “metabolically” healthy than their counterparts of…

Earth Sciences

New Insights on Reducing Land Use Emissions in Europe

New research presented by IIASA researcher Hannes Böttcher at the EGU General Assembly this week estimates future land use emissions for the European Union….

Studies and Analyses

Calculating the Arctic Ocean Nutrient Budget: Key Findings

Their results, which are published this month in the Journal of Geophysical Research, show that there is a mismatch between what goes into the Arctic Ocean and…

Environmental Conservation

Environmental Change Sparks Rapid Evolution Insights

A study by Umeå University ecologist Tom Cameron and a research team at University of Leeds overturns the common assumption that evolution only occurs…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Factor Discovered in Prostate Cancer Prognosis

Patients with prostate cancer and hereditary mutations in the BRCA2 gene have a worse prognosis and lower survival rates than do the rest of the patients with…

Earth Sciences

UC Research Reveals Ice Flow Insights for Antarctic Health

University of Cincinnati student Shujie Wang has discovered that a good way to monitor the environmental health of Antarctica is to go with the flow – the ice…

Earth Sciences

Satellite Sandwich Technique Enhances Geographical Data Analysis

Combining parallel data from separate satellites can be like trying to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. For the sandwich, you want rich and sweet…

Life & Chemistry

A Fly Mutation Suggests a New Route for Tackling ALS

A neuron has a very distinctive form – a bush of dendrites that receive signals, an incredibly long axon, which is like a long tail, and “a little dot” between…

Earth Sciences

Extreme Temperatures in China Rise Due to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

“There is a warming in extreme temperatures over China, and this warming cannot be explained by natural variation,” said Qiuzi Han Wen, an author on this paper…

Machine Engineering

GRACE Enhances Manufacturing Processes for Better Product Quality

The goal of the recently completed EU-supported project GRACE was to improve product quality by changing existing manufacturing processes only – i.e. without…

Seminars Workshops

German Vacuum Technologies Showcase in Moscow

German manufacturers of vacuum equipment and specialised components as well as research institutes will present the latest technological developments in the…

Earth Sciences

First Detailed Map of Antarctic Seafloor Unveiled

An international team of scientists under the leadership of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, has for the first…

Life & Chemistry

Iceman Ötzi had bad teeth

The latest scientific findings provide interesting information on the dietary patterns of the Neolithic Iceman and on the evolution of medically significant…

Information Technology

UC San Diego Launches Game That Teaches Java Programming

“CodeSpells is the only video game that completely immerses programming into the game play,” said William Griswold, a computer scientist at the Jacobs School…

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