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Serious Impact of Adult Sleepwalking on Health Quality

A new study found that adult sleepwalking is a potentially serious condition that may induce violent behaviors and affect health-related quality of life.”We…

Environmental Conservation

Elephants are vanishing from DRC's best-run reserve

ccording to the latest survey, 5,100, or 75 percent, of the reserve's elephants have been killed in the last 15 years. These numbers are particularly shocking…

Health & Medicine

New model could lead to improved treatment for early stage Alzheimer’s

The researchers report their findings in the current issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.“The development of this model could help scientists identify new…

Earth Sciences

New Dinosaur Species Discovered at South Dakota School of Mines

A South Dakota School of Mines & Technology assistant professor and his team have discovered a new species of herbivorous dinosaur and today published the…

Life & Chemistry

New Marine Species Found in Papua New Guinea’s Madang Lagoon

When Jim Thomas and his global team of researchers returned to the Madang Lagoon in Papua New Guinea, they discovered a treasure trove of new species unknown…

Life & Chemistry

OU Scientists Map Sea Lamprey Genome: Insights Into Evolution

The secrets of how this jawless vertebrate separated from the jawed vertebrates early in the evolutionary process will give insight to the ancestry of…

Earth Sciences

Saharan and Asian Dust, Biological Particles End Global Journey in California

A field study of aerosol impacts on clouds and precipitation in the Sierra Nevada shows that dust and microorganisms transported from as far away as the Sahara…

Health & Medicine

'Defective' virus surprisingly plays major role in spread of disease, UCLA life scientists report

Defective viruses have genetic mutations or deletions that eliminate their essential viral functions. They have been observed for many human pathogens and are…

Information Technology

Automated Testing for Web 2.0 Apps: Boost Security Efforts

Therefore, computer scientists from Saarland University have developed a software system for checking complex web applications autonomously. They will show…

Environmental Conservation

Fish Migration: Roach Seek Safer Habitats in Streams

A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that roach fish leave lakes and move into surrounding streams or wetlands, where they are safer from predators.

Life & Chemistry

New Diagnostic Cocktail Promises Rapid Health Insights

A diagnostic “cocktail” containing a single drop of blood, a dribble of water, and a dose of DNA powder with gold particles could mean rapid diagnosis and…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Van Allen Probes Discover a Surprise Circling Earth

But a group of scientists on the mission made a case for changing the plan. They asked that the Relativistic Electron Proton Telescope (REPT) be turned on…

Physics & Astronomy

Turbulence in Crystals: Insights From Max Planck Research

When a crystal is hit by an intense ultrashort light pulse, its atomic structure is set in motion. A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute of…

Life & Chemistry

New GWAS Findings Target Heart Disease Risk Factors

Studies screening the genome of hundreds of thousands of individuals (known as Genome-wide association studies or GWAS) have linked more than 100 regions in…

Studies and Analyses

Cancer Doesn’t Change Young Girls’ Desire to Have Children, Moffitt Cancer Center Study Shows

The study appeared in the February issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.According to the researchers, this study helped further validate a tool that seeks…

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Smartphone App Testing: Automated Solutions by Saarland University

Therefore, computer scientists at Saarland University developed software which tests apps for the Android operating system automatically. From March 5th at the…

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