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Earth Sciences

'Missing' polar weather systems could impact climate predictions

Difficult-to-forecast polar mesoscale storms occur frequently over the polar seas, however they are missing in most climate models. Research published today in…

Life & Chemistry

New Technique Enhances Safety of Cell-Based Cancer Immunotherapies

Immunotherapies — which make use of patients' own immune cells that have been augmented in the laboratory — have shown some early success in the treatment of…

Life & Chemistry

Ordinary heart cells become 'biological pacemakers' with injection of a single gene

The advance will be published in the Jan 8 issue of Nature Biotechnology and also will be available today on the journal's website. “Although we and others…

Life & Chemistry

Gonads: Linking Reproduction and Lifespan in Animals

The gonad is well known to be important for reproduction but also affects animal life span. Removal of germ cells – the sperm and egg producing cells –…

Business and Finance

Siemens' Patents up by Seven Percent

That translates to 41 invention applications per workday. A major contribution to this figure was made by 12 particularly successful researchers and…

Environmental Conservation

Chinese scientists discover evidence of giant panda's population history and local adaptation

A research team, led by Institute of Zoology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and BGI, has successfully reconstructed a continuous population history of the…

Life & Chemistry

DIY Viruses: Exploring Self-Assembly in Viral Capsids

The capsid enveloping a virus is essential for protection and propagation of the viral genome. Many viruses have evolved a self-assembly method which is so…

Health & Medicine

Cartenoids found to reduce hip fracture risk in lean men

Speaking at the IOF Regionals Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, researchers from the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Ministry of Health,…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Genetic Resistance to Cocaine Addiction in Sons

Research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reveals that sons of male rats exposed…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Genomic Data: A New Model for Understanding Cells

Turning vast amounts of genomic data into meaningful information about the cell is the great challenge of bioinformatics, with major implications for human…

Health & Medicine

Impact of Snack Foods on Lynch Syndrome Cancer Risk

Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that an eating pattern low in snack foods could…

Physics & Astronomy

Micro-Robotics Innovation: Berkeley Lab’s Tiny Actuator Breakthrough

Based on an oxide material that expands and contracts dramatically in response to a small temperature variation, the actuators are smaller than the width of a…

Awards Funding

Humboldt Research Award Honors Materials Scientist Roger Reed

Professor Roger C. Reed, currently at the University of Oxford (UK), is a world-leading materials scientist specialized in high temperature materials and…

Statistics

Public Expenditure on Culture Surpassed €9 Billion in 2009

Theatre and music accounted for the largest share of public expenditure (35.4%), followed by museums (18.0%) and libraries (15.1%). This result was published…

Earth Sciences

Climate Modelers See Warmer, Wetter Northeast Winters

A new high-resolution climate study by University of Massachusetts Amherst climate scientists, the first to apply regional climate models to examine likely…

Life & Chemistry

Gut Bacteria Changes May Help Protect Against Stroke

The human body contains ten times more bacterial cells than human cells, most of which are found in the gut. These bacteria contain an enormous number of genes…

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