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Earth Sciences

An oxygen-poor 'boring' ocean challenged evolution of early life

A research team led by biogeochemists at the University of California, Riverside has filled in a billion-year gap in our understanding of conditions in the…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Quantum Mechanics: Multiple Realities Explained

One of the most basic laws of quantum mechanics is that a system can be in more than one state – it can exist in multiple realities – at once. This phenomenon,…

Life & Chemistry

DNA Catalysts: A New Era in Protein Enzyme Innovation

Led by Scott Silverman, a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the researchers published their findings in the journal…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Geometry, new field in the making

Professor Deok-Soo Kim of the Department of Industrial Engineering is a pioneer in adapting the Voronoi Diagram for 3D Spheres in biological molecules. Prof….

Awards Funding

Helle Ulrich Receives Grant for DNA Damage Management Study

When DNA is replicated it is vulnerable to decay; the ability of cells to deal with this stress is a major factor in protecting our genomes from instability…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Necrosis: The Impact of Cell Destruction

Stroke, heart attacks and numerous other common disorders result in a massive destruction of cells and tissues called necrosis. It’s a violent event: As each…

Medical Engineering

Digital Rectal Exam: Key Role in Prostate Screening

The digital rectal examination is a procedure where a physician feels the surface of the prostate with a gloved finger. The doctor is able to feel any lumps or…

Life & Chemistry

New Neuroimaging Technique Links Autism to Face Recognition

They also say that the novel neuroimaging analysis technique they developed to arrive at this finding is likely to help link behavioral deficits to differences…

Health & Medicine

Widespread 'test-and-treat' HIV policies could increase dangerous drug resistance

One of the most widely advocated strategies for dealing with HIV/AIDS could double the number of multi-drug-resistant HIV cases in the population of men who…

Studies and Analyses

Surgeon Skill Influences Radical Prostatectomy Outcomes

The results of this investigation, to be presented at the 28th Annual EAU Congress, aimed of to examine between surgeon variation with regards to oncological…

Environmental Conservation

Vehicle Efficiency Could Slash Emissions by 80% by 2050

“To reach the 2050 goals for reducing petroleum use and greenhouse gases, vehicles must become dramatically more efficient, regardless of how they are…

Physics & Astronomy

First Light at SAAO: New Node in Global Telescope Network

“The South African Astronomical Observatory is pleased to collaborate with the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope project, and we are excited by the…

Environmental Conservation

Stingrays Adapt Behavior at Popular Cayman Islands Ecotourism Site

Stingrays living in one of the world's most famous and heavily visited ecotourism sites — Stingray City/Sandbar in the Cayman Islands — have profoundly changed…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers create map of 'shortcuts' between all human genes

The investigation, spearheaded by Yuval Itan, a postdoctoral fellow in the St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, has led to the…

Health & Medicine

Human Microbe Study Reveals Health Insights from SR1 Bacteria

The finding, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, profiles the SR1 bacteria, a group of microbes present in many environments, ranging…

Earth Sciences

Ancient Tectonic Plate Under California Revealed

Large chunks of an ancient tectonic plate that slid under North America millions of years ago are still present under parts of central California and Mexico,…

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