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Health & Medicine

New Study on Gout Could Advance Drug Development

The study, led by Liang Qiao, MD, and his colleagues and collaborators, was published March 19 in the journal Nature Communications.Gout is caused by a buildup…

Health & Medicine

Mayo Clinic Develops New Test to Measure Concussion Severity

Their research has shown that autonomic reflex testing, which measures involuntary changes in heart rate and blood pressure, consistently appear to demonstrate…

Studies and Analyses

Women’s Career Choices Impact Science Job Pursuits

Women may be less likely to pursue careers in science—not because they have less ability—but because they have more career choices, according to a University…

Life & Chemistry

IUPUI Research Advances Clinical Use of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

The study of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) has been pursued vigorously since they were first discovered in 2007 due to their ability to be…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Alloy developed at Sandia has potential for electronics in wells

Sandia National Laboratories first investigated the gold-silver-germanium alloy about 15 years ago as a possible bonding material in a new neutron tube…

Earth Sciences

Los Alamos Scientist Uncovers Martian Rock Secrets

When it comes to examining the surface of rocks on Mars with a high-powered laser, five is a magic number for Los Alamos National Laboratory postdoctoral…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's LRO Sees GRAIL's Explosive Farewell

The successful mission to study the moon's interior took the plunge to get one last bit of science: by kicking up a cloud of dust and gas with each impact,…

Life & Chemistry

Atypical Brain Circuits Linked to Slower Gaze Shifting in Infants

Those are the findings of a new study led by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers and published online March 20 by the American Journal…

Studies and Analyses

Smoking Tied to Higher Risk of Hip Replacement Failure

Researchers reviewed records of all total hip replacement (THR, or total hip arthroplasty) patients between 2007 and 2009 to identify patients who used tobacco…

Interdisciplinary Research

Research Shows Potential for Quasicrystals

Quasiperiodic structures, or quasicrystals, because of their unique ordering of atoms and a lack of periodicity, possess remarkable crystallographic, physical…

Health & Medicine

Hip Implant Pain Linked to Tissue Damage, Study Finds

Researchers set out to determine causes of unexplained pain among patients with metal-on-metal hip implants (in which the ball and socket are both made of…

Technology Offerings

SC Casting – Single Crystal Casting Process for Large Gas Turbine Blades

Directionally solidified (DS) and single crystal (SC) components have been used in aircraft turbines for many years. They are also used in smaller turbines for…

Process Engineering

Laser Glass Soldering: Efficient Packaging for Large Components

Unlike other processes, the laser beam is able to apply energy to a limited space in order to melt the glass solder precisely, thus generating a bond with…

Physics & Astronomy

Youngest Stars Discovered in Orion’s Hidden Nebula

Stars are born in hiding, behind layers of dust, deep within the clouds of molecular gas whose collapse brings them into existence. The younger a star-to-be…

Materials Sciences

Cell on a Chip: Unveiling Protein Behavior Insights

For years, scientists around the world have dreamed of building a complete, functional, artificial cell. Though this vision is still a distant blur on the…

Life & Chemistry

University of California's unofficial favorite sea slug poised to make a comeback

With its vivid blue and gold colors and its discovery by UC zoologists in 1901, the nudibranch Felimare californiensis, also known as the California…

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