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Earth Sciences

New Insights on Oxygen Behavior Under Extreme Pressure

Through a series of laser-heated diamond anvil cell experiments at high pressure (350,000 to 700,000 atmospheres of pressure) and temperatures (5,120 to 7,460…

Studies and Analyses

Mainz University Launches Research on Human Categorization

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the establishment of a new Research Unit at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz on the topic of “Un/doing…

Studies and Analyses

India and China Lead Global Innovation, Study Reveals

In a new study from Lund University, Sweden, she shows that both India and China hold their own in competition, including when it comes to developing new…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's GALEX Reveals the Largest-Known Spiral Galaxy

Now a team of astronomers from the United States, Chile and Brazil has crowned it the largest-known spiral, based on archival data from NASA's Galaxy Evolution…

Studies and Analyses

Foods identified as 'whole grain' not always healthy

Current standards for classifying foods as “whole grain” are inconsistent and, in some cases, misleading, according to a new study by Harvard School of Public…

Physics & Astronomy

MIT Technique Transforms Heat Manipulation Like Light Waves

An MIT researcher has developed a technique that provides a new way of manipulating heat, allowing it to be controlled much as light waves can be manipulated…

Life & Chemistry

Study Measures Holes Antibacterials Create in Cell Walls

One potential alternative is PlyC, a potent enzyme that kills the bacteria that causes strep throat and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. PlyC operates by…

Life & Chemistry

Dimmer Switch for Regulating Cell's Read of DNA Code

Epigenetic factors act by reworking the structure in which genes reside, called chromatin. Inside chromatin, DNA is wound around proteins called histones….

Life & Chemistry

Investigators Discover New Gene That Affects Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus

They also identified an inherited variant within this gene, Interferon Lambda 4 (IFNL4), that predicts how people respond to treatment for hepatitis C…

Physics & Astronomy

New Telescopes to Give UC San Diego Researchers Glimpse of the Beginning of Time

These are just some of the questions that University of California, San Diego physicists are working to answer in the high desert of northern Chile. Armed with…

Information Technology

Researchers Work to Counter Spear Phishing Attacks

Another email carried an attachment it said contained the marketing plan the recipient had requested at a recent conference. A third email bearing a…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Reveals Rogue Planetary Orbit for Fomalhaut b

Astronomers are surprised to find that the debris belt is wider than previously known, spanning a gulf of space from 14 billion miles to nearly 20 billion…

Physics & Astronomy

Frequency Combs: A New Tool for Molecule Detection

Most molecules, including those of importance in medical diagnostics or pollution monitoring, have characteristic “fingerprints” in the mid-infrared spectral…

Life & Chemistry

No logical thinking required: causality judgments can be „felt“

A research team led by Martin Rolfs at the Bernstein Center and Humboldt University Berlin, has now revealed that these judgments arise from fundamental visual…

Technology Offerings

Phosphate Binder Innovations for Hyperphosphatemia Treatment

<strong>Background</strong><br>

Hyperphosphatemia is a complication of chronic kidney disease. Patients with renal insufficiency have an abnormal phosphate…

Technology Offerings

Encapsulating Fermentation Residues for Slow-Release Fertilizers

The invention describes a way to encapsulate fermentation residues, enabling them to be transported and stored and used as fertilizers. Fermentation residues…

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