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Earth Sciences

NASA Analyzes Cyclone Oswald’s Lasting Impact on Queensland

Oswald has dropped a lot of rainfall throughout Queensland. An earlier rainfall analysis using NASA's TRMM satellite data showed Oswald and its remnants had…

Earth Sciences

NASA sees Cyclone Garry's strength peaking in South Pacific

When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Cyclone Garry the AIRS instrument captured an infrared image of Garry's clouds, providing temperature data to…

Physics & Astronomy

Accelerating Neutral Atoms: A Breakthrough in Particle Physics

In a simple picture, charged particles like electrons and protons are accelerated between two end plates across which an electrical voltage is applied. High…

Materials Sciences

Rapid Spin Transport: New Insights on Nickel Demagnetization

One sample consisted essentially of a single thin layer of ferromagnetic nickel. By contrast, a second sample of this same nickel material was coated with a…

Interdisciplinary Research

Rice University Advances Two-Dimensional Electronics Techniques

Rice University scientists have taken an important step toward the creation of two-dimensional electronics with a process to make patterns in atom-thick layers…

Studies and Analyses

Impact of Forest Fires on Public Health in British Columbia

Forest fires burn nearly 1000 km2 of trees in British Columbia every year. The Ministry of Environment keeps a close watch on levels of particulate matter in…

Health & Medicine

Poor Sleep in Seniors Hinders Memory Storage, Study Finds

The connection between poor sleep, memory loss and brain deterioration as we grow older has been elusive. But for the first time, scientists at the University…

Health & Medicine

UCSF Scientists Identify New Drug Target for Breast Cancer

In the January 27, 2013 online edition of Nature Cell Biology, UCSF scientists describe for the first time how the protein, known as GATA3 — which is abnormal…

Life & Chemistry

Primates Exhibit Unison Movement Like Humans

Humans unconsciously modify their movements to be in synchrony with their peers. For example, we adapt our pace to walk in step or clap in unison at the end of…

Social Sciences

Optimizing Store Layout: Key to Retail Success

“We see functional stupidity as the absence of critical reflection. It is a state of unity and consensus that makes employees in an organisation avoid…

Studies and Analyses

Lumpectomy Offers Better Survival Rates for Early Breast Cancer

Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the results provide confidence in the efficacy of breast-conserving…

Health & Medicine

First guidelines for brain amyloid imaging in Alzheimer's released

To provide guidance for physicians, individuals and families affected by Alzheimer's, and the public, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging…

Life & Chemistry

What Holds Chromosomes Together – Max Planck Scientists Elucidate the Structure of DNA-Packaging Proteins

At the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich scientists have now elucidated the structure of a ring-shaped protein complex…

Health & Medicine

Rapeseed Protein: A Sustainable Alternative to Soya Protein

Today, more than 500 million people are suffering from a lack of adequate protein in their diet. Each year, the number of human beings increases by 80 million,…

Health & Medicine

New Network Unites 19 Countries to Study IBS Causes

For the first time, scientists from 19 European countries have joined forces to form an interdisciplinary network for investigating the causes of irritable…

Health & Medicine

Prenatal Inflammation Linked to Autism Risk

The risk of autism among children in the study was increased by 43 percent among mothers with CRP levels in the top 20th percentile, and by 80 percent for…

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