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Natural Products Could Be as Effective as Synthetic Drugs, Although the Odds Are Low

Natural product combinations as potent as man-made drugsPublished in PLOS ONE in November 2012, the research showed that active ingredients in combinations of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Purification on the cheap

Increased natural gas production is seen as a crucial step away from the greenhouse gas emissions of coal plants and toward U.S. energy independence. But…

Machine Engineering

New Waterjets Boost LCS Speed at Marinette Marine Shipyard

The product of an Office of Naval Research (ONR) Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) program, the waterjets arrived last month at the Marinette Marine shipyard in…

Studies and Analyses

Match Tumors With Known Cancer Drugs: New Study Insights

When it comes to gene sequencing and personalized medicine for cancer, spotting an aberrant kinase is a home run. The proteins are relatively easy to target…

Medical Engineering

Transforming Imaging Technologies with Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction

The new approach is called model-based iterative reconstruction, or MBIR.”It's more-or-less how humans solve problems by trial and error, assessing probability…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Probability’s Roots in Quantum Physics Research

But a new paper by physics professor Andreas Albrecht and graduate student Dan Phillips at the University of California, Davis, makes the case that these…

Life & Chemistry

Plants in Mustard Family Reveal Key Metabolism Insights

You might think you have nothing in common with mustard except hotdogs. Yet based on research in a plant from the mustard family, Salk scientists have…

Physics & Astronomy

A Major Step Forward in Explaining the Ribbon in Space Discovered by NASA’s IBEX Mission

However, particles from inside the solar system bounce off this boundary and neutral atoms from that collision stream inward. Those particles can be observed…

Health & Medicine

Air Pollution Linked to Asthma-Causing Cockroach Allergy

An allergic reaction to cockroaches is a major contributor to asthma in urban children, but new research suggests that the insects are just one part of a more…

Health & Medicine

Air Pollution’s Impact on Global Birth Weights: New Findings

Mothers who are exposed to particulate air pollution of the type emitted by vehicles, urban heating and coal power plants are significantly more likely to bear…

Life & Chemistry

Pirate-Like Flies Reveal Symbiosis’ Role in Biodiversity

Jeffrey Joy has discovered that symbiosis — a relationship between two or more organisms that can be parasitic or mutualistic — is as much the mother of…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Change Doubles Baby Elephant Death Risk in Asia

With climate change models predicting higher temperatures and months without rainfall; this could decrease the populations of already endangered Asian…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

USDA Scientists Say Mix-and-Match Cover Cropping Can Optimize Organic Production

Production expenses for high-value organic crops like lettuce and broccoli can exceed $7,000 per acre, so producers often try to streamline costs with an…

Earth Sciences

Ancient Sediments Reveal Shifting Tropical Rainfall Patterns

Historic lake sediment dug up by University of Pittsburgh researchers reveals that oceanic influences on rainfall in Central America have varied over the last…

Medical Engineering

Achieving CT Images With Minimal Exposure: A New Approach

CT scanners are equipped with one or two X-ray tubes that rotate around the patient. A detector is positioned opposite each tube. Bones and body tissue…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Smart Grid Testing Lab Paves the Way for Energy Transition

The two companies want to test the smart grid's behavior and technology in practice. Due to its large share of renewable sources of energy, Wachtendonk serves…

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