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NASA Captures Fading Cyclone Tim Near Queensland

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Cyclone Tim on March 18 at 0355 UTC (March 17 at…

Health & Medicine

Uncontrolled hypertension could bring increased risk for Alzheimer's disease

A study in the JAMA Neurology (formerly the Archives of Neurology) suggests that controlling or preventing risk factors such as hypertension earlier in life…

Studies and Analyses

Healthy Food Discounts Boost Diets, Study Reveals

Lowering the costs of healthy foods in supermarkets increases the amount of fruits, vegetables and whole grain foods that people eat, while also appearing to…

Health & Medicine

MRI Insights: Predicting Tissue Reactions in Hip Replacements

Researchers reviewed the MRI images of 70 patients who ultimately underwent revision surgery for a failed MoM implant. The images were assessed for the…

Health & Medicine

Vitamin D Levels in Hip Fracture Patients: Climate Insights

Researchers retrospectively reviewed the vitamin D levels of 1,539 patients, including 448 acute hip fracture patients and 1,091 total hip (THR) or total knee…

Life & Chemistry

Chimpanzees Reveal Origins of Human Teamwork Insights

A series of trials by scientists found that chimpanzees not only coordinate actions with each other but also understand the need to help a partner perform…

Studies and Analyses

Surgery Alternatives for Meniscal Tear and Osteoarthritis

Many middle age and older adults have disabling knee pain due to a tear in the meniscus, an important supporting structure in the knee that is often damaged in…

Process Engineering

Laser-Based Coating: Efficient Solutions for Temperature-Sensitive Substrates

Because conventional coating processes are increasingly coming up against their technological limits and are often too costly, the Fraunhofer Institute for…

Materials Sciences

Self-Assembled Nanostructures: Low-Power Memory Innovation

Flash memory is a dominant technology in this field, but its slow writing and erasing speed has led to extensive research into a next-generation nonvolatile…

Earth Sciences

Antarctica's first whale skeleton found with 9 new deep-sea species

The research, involving the University of Southampton, Natural History Museum, British Antarctic Survey, National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Oxford…

Earth Sciences

Significant contribution of Greenland's peripheral glaciers to sea-level rise

The discovery, just published in Geophysical Research Letters, is important as it will help scientists improve the predictions of the future contribution of…

Physics & Astronomy

Researchers Trap Light to Enhance MEH-PPV Laser Efficiency

“Think of a garden hose. If it has holes in it, water springs out through a million tiny leaks. But if you can eliminate those leaks, you confine the water in…

Health & Medicine

New Online Database Accelerates Genetic Discovery Process

A new online database combining symptoms, family history and genetic sequencing information is speeding the search for diseases caused by a single rogue gene….

Health & Medicine

Lifestyle Factors Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis Development

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease which affects around 0.8% of the population; and its causes are of great interest to the medical world. Research…

Earth Sciences

Earth's interior cycles contributor to long-term sea-level & climate change, scientists conclude

However, the article's authors, NYU's Michael Rampino and Carleton University's Andreas Prokoph, note that changes spurred by the earth's interior are gradual,…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Research Reveals Leaping Lunar Dust Dynamics

The research is being led by Michael Collier at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., as part of the Dynamic Response of the Environment At the…

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