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Earth Sciences

Stone Ships Reveal Ancient Maritime Network in Baltic Sea

The maritime groups were part of a network that extended across large parts of northern Europe. The network was maintained largely because of the strong…

Technology Offerings

New DPP8 and DPP9 Inhibitors Transform Peptidase Research

Peptidases are essential for many biological processes and are therefore intensively studied within the research community. Scientists at the University of…

Health & Medicine

Japanese Researchers Uncover Protein Linked to COPD Exacerbation

In a study published today in the journal Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences the researchers show that COPD patients who do not express Siglec-14, a…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Protein Networks Evolution Unveiled

Bioinformatician Thomas Rattei, University of Vienna, and physicist Hernan Makse, City University New York (CUNY), have reconstructed ancestral protein…

Physics & Astronomy

Berkeley Lab’s Breakthrough in Cosmic Writing Decoded

Thanks to a supersensitive space telescope and some sophisticated supercomputing, scientists from the international Planck collaboration have made the closest…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Understanding Continuous Corn Yield Penalty and Management Tips

“Prior to this study, the most common management recommendations for continuous corn production were to apply an additional 45 pounds of nitrogen per acre and…

Physics & Astronomy

Planck’s new map brings universe into focus

The universe according to Planck is expanding a bit more slowly than thought, and at 13.8 billion is 100 million years older than previously estimated. There…

Studies and Analyses

Physical Therapy Equals Surgery for Torn Meniscus Relief

A New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) study showing that physical therapy is just as effective as surgery in patients with meniscal tears and arthritis of…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Computers: Harnessing Carbon Nanotubes as Qubits

Carbon nanotubes can be used as quantum bits for quantum computers. A study by physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) has shown how nanotubes…

Life & Chemistry

Virginia Tech Alters Mosquito Genome to Control Disease

Virginia Tech researchers successfully used a gene disruption technique to change the eye color of a mosquito — a critical step toward new genetic strategies…

Earth Sciences

Enhancing High Seas Protection: Insights from Marine Experts

In front of more than 40 leading international experts in marine environmental protection, Federal Minister of the Environment Peter Altmaier called for the…

Health & Medicine

New Discovery Boosts Efficacy of Cystic Fibrosis Drug Kalydeco

A little more than a year after the FDA approved Kalydeco (Vx-770), the first drug of its kind to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis, University of…

Health & Medicine

Thalamus Research Shines in Multiple Sclerosis Studies

A growing body of research by multiple sclerosis (MS) investigators at the University at Buffalo and international partners is providing powerful new evidence…

Physics & Astronomy

Berkeley Lab Observes Giant Photonic Spin Hall Effect Using Metamaterials

Engineering a unique two-dimensional sheet of gold nanoantennas, the researchers were able to obtain the strongest signal yet of the photonic spin Hall effect,…

Health & Medicine

New Method Expands Blood Stem Cells for Bone Marrow Transplants

More than 50,000 stem cell transplants are performed each year worldwide. A research team led by Weill Cornell Medical College investigators may have solved a…

Life & Chemistry

Pain Reliever Shows Promise Against Influenza Viruses

New influenza vaccines must be developed annually, because the surface proteins they target mutate rapidly, the way cars used to get a whole new look every…

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