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Physics & Astronomy

X-Ray Laser Unveils Key Insights into Chemical Reactions

The study, published in Science, found, among other things, evidence of a much-discussed intermediate state before molecules bind to or leave a metal surface….

Technology Offerings

Accurate Registration of Intraoral Structures for Dental Prostheses

Dental prostheses require the exact registration of the intra oral situation. The different sub-procedures cause errors. As a result, the manual adaption of…

Technology Offerings

New Sensor Enhances Biodiesel Oxidation Stability Measurement

The inventive capacitive sensor enables precise determination of the oxidation stability of biodiesel during thermo-oxidative degradation. The so called…

Life & Chemistry

Normal Prion Protein’s Role in Iron Metabolism and CJD

An iron imbalance caused by prion proteins collecting in the brain is a likely cause of cell death in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), researchers at Case…

Life & Chemistry

New Monoclonal Antibody Targets Cancer Proteins Inside Cells

Scientists from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Eureka Therapeutics have collaborated to create the new human monoclonal antibody, which targets a…

Life & Chemistry

Immune cells cluster and communicate 'like bees,' researcher says

The immune system's T cells, while coordinating responses to diseases and vaccines, act like honey bees sharing information about the best honey sources,…

Studies and Analyses

Carnivores and Livestock Coexist: New Study Insights

“I wouldn’t call the results surprising,” said Meredith Evans Wagner, a visiting scholar from the University of Florida in the Center for Systems Integration…

Awards Funding

Dr. James Poulet Wins 2013 Paul Ehrlich Prize for Innovation

The €60,000 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers is awarded this year to Dr. James Poulet, a brain researcher working in Berlin….

Awards Funding

Mary-Claire King Wins 2013 Paul Ehrlich Prize for Genetics

The €100,000 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize goes this year to Mary-Claire King, American Cancer Society Professor in the Department of Genome…

Physics & Astronomy

Bursts of Star Formation in the Early Universe

These so-called starburst galaxies produce stars at a prodigious rate—creating the equivalent of a thousand new suns per year. Now the astronomers have found…

Health & Medicine

Symbols on Menus: Enhancing Diners’ Calorie Awareness

But according to research co-written by a University of Illinois agricultural economist, numeric calorie labels might not be the most effective way to…

Earth Sciences

NASA Sees Large Decrease in Cyclone Sandra's Rainfall Intensity

On March 11, 2013, NASA's TRMM satellite twice flew above weakening tropical cyclone Sandra as it was passing to the west of New Caledonia in the southern…

Studies and Analyses

Dwelling on stressful events can increase inflammation in the body, study finds

Researchers discovered that when study participants were asked to ruminate on a stressful incident, their levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of tissue…

Life & Chemistry

UNM Scientists Uncover Chemical to Control Cancer Cell Behavior

It’s the spread of the original cancer tumor that kills most people. That’s why cancer researchers vigorously search for drugs that can prevent metastases, the…

Physics & Astronomy

Sun Ejects Two CMEs: What It Means for Spacecraft Safety

There is, however, no particle radiation associated with this event, which is what would normally concern operators of interplanetary spacecraft since the…

Social Sciences

U.S. Mortality Rates for Under 50s Lag Behind Peers

The research, by Jessica Ho, a University of Pennsylvania doctoral candidate in demography and sociology, found that excess mortality among Americans younger…

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