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Life & Chemistry

Not just our cars, but also living organisms need antifreeze to survive in the cold

If you thought antifreeze was only something that was necessary to keep your car from freezing up in the winter, think again. Plants and animals living in…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Overregulation of Genetically Modified Crops: Expert Insights

Bruce Chassy, a professor emeritus of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, believes that after thousands of…

Social Sciences

Excessive TV in Childhood Linked to Antisocial Behavior

The study followed a group of around 1000 children born in the New Zealand city of Dunedin in 1972-73. Every two years between the ages of 5 and 15, they were…

Life & Chemistry

Blood Plasma’s Impact on Blood Flow: New Research Revealed

A German-American research team has succeeded in demonstrating that blood plasma has a much greater effect on how blood flows than was previously thought. The…

Life & Chemistry

New Mechanism Controls Rapid Cell Growth for Treatment Advances

The finding has revealed an important mechanism controlling the growth of rapidly-dividing cells that may ultimately lead to the development of new treatments…

Studies and Analyses

Loyalty Triumphs: RUB Study Reveals Impact of Price Reductions

This was found out by researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) in a large-scale study. An extra five percent discount is, on average, no problem – as…

Technology Offerings

New RSV Vaccine Uses Adenoviral Vectors for Prevention

Vaccine based on adenoviral vectors to prevent infection with the respiratory syncytial virusFurther Information: PDF rubitec – Gesellschaft für Innovation und…

Environmental Conservation

Sewage lagoons remove most – but not all – pharmaceuticals

Many rural communities in the United States use aerated lagoon systems to treat their wastewater. The wastewater is pumped into at least one manmade aerated…

Communications Media

Billboard Language: Distracting Drivers and Impacting Safety

One University of Alberta researcher has discovered that language used on billboards can provoke an emotional response that affects our driving abilities. And…

Studies and Analyses

Yale study links common chemicals to osteoarthritis

PFCs are used in more than 200 industrial processes and consumer products including certain stain- and water-resistant fabrics, grease-proof paper food…

Life & Chemistry

Neuronal Activity Triggers Tau Release in Healthy Neurons

The results published by Diane Hanger and her colleagues in EMBO reports show that treatment of neurons with known biological signaling molecules increases the…

Life & Chemistry

A Dual Look at Photosystem II Using the World’s Most Powerful X-Ray Laser

From providing living cells with energy, to nitrogen fixation, to the splitting of water molecules, the catalytic activities of metalloenzymes – proteins that…

Health & Medicine

Building Healthy Bones: The Gut Connection Revealed

Interestingly, the same can’t be said for female mice, the researchers report in the Journal of Cellular Physiology.“We know that inflammation in the gut can…

Health & Medicine

New Methodology Improves Pandemic Prediction Accuracy

EcoHealth Alliance, the nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, announced new research focused on the rapid…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Cryptography Secures Electric Grid Control Data

Recently a Los Alamos National Laboratory quantum cryptography (QC) team successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for…

Life & Chemistry

Microbial Biorefinery: How Genes Drive Lignin Breakdown

Researchers at Brown have figured out the microscopic chemical switch that allows Streptomyces bacteria to get to work, breaking lignin down into its…

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