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Physics & Astronomy

New evidence indicates auroras occur outside our solar system

University of Leicester planetary scientists have found new evidence suggesting auroras – similar to Earth's Aurora Borealis – occur on bodies outside our…

Life & Chemistry

Synchrotron Infrared Reveals Hidden Microbial Community

In the fall of 2010, Hoi-Ying Holman of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) was approached by an international…

Life & Chemistry

Engineered Immune Cells Show Promise Against HIV Infection

A new study describes the use of a kind of molecular scissors to cut and paste a series of HIV-resistant genes into T cells, specialized immune cells targeted…

Health & Medicine

Experimental Proof of Bisphenol A’s Harmful Effects

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical compound that is included in the composition of plastics and resins. It is used, for example, in the manufacture of food…

Studies and Analyses

Fracking Wastewater Analysis Reveals Surprising Insights

But the scale of fracking operations in the Marcellus shale region is so vast that the wastewater it produces threatens to overwhelm the region's wastewater…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Cancer Through Evolutionary Biology Insights

It is this relationship between evolution and the body's fight against cancer which is explored in a new special issue of the Open Access journal Evolutionary…

Power and Electrical Engineering

FuelCell Energy Partners with ewz for Power Plant Service Agreement

FuelCell Energy Solutions (FCES) will operate and maintain the power plant in close collaboration with ewz and will supervise the plant from a European-based…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Curious Interactions in Regenerating Oak Forests in Madrid

The Haedo de Montejo (Madrid) is a well preserved mixed forest of oak and beech. This is the place where researchers at the School of Forestry from the…

Studies and Analyses

Childhood ADHD Diagnoses Surge: Key Study Insights

The rate of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder rose dramatically between 2001 and 2010 with non-Hispanic white children having…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Climate change's effects on temperate rain forests surprisingly complex

Longer, warmer growing seasons associated with a changing climate are altering growing conditions in temperate rain forests, but not all plant species will be…

Studies and Analyses

Penn Vet Study Reveals a Promising New Target for Parkinson’s Disease Therapies

Narayan G. Avadhani, Harriet Ellison Woodward Professor of Biochemistry and chair of the Department of Animal Biology at Penn Vet, was the senior author on the…

Environmental Conservation

Why Wolves are Forever Wild, But Dogs Can Be Tamed

Now, doctoral research by evolutionary biologist Kathryn Lord at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests the different behaviors are related to the…

Life & Chemistry

Handheld Device Promises Fast HIV Diagnosis Breakthrough

New research appearing online today in Clinical Chemistry, the journal of AACC, shows that a handheld mobile device can check patients’ HIV status with just a…

Earth Sciences

Andes Glacier Melting: Climate Change’s Impact Explained

The researchers blame the melting on rising temperatures as the region has warmed about 0.7°C over the past 50 years (1950-1994). This unprecedented retreat…

Life & Chemistry

Discovering Dendritic Cells: New Roles in Immune Defense

Dendritic cells, or DCs for short, perform a vital role for the immune system: They engulf pathogens, break them down into their component parts, and then…

Health & Medicine

Innovative Approach: Starving Lymphoma Without Chemotherapy

How do you annihilate lymphoma without using any drugs? Starve it to death by depriving it of what appears to be a favorite food: HDL cholesterol. Northwestern…

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