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New Coronavirus: Potential Animal Hosts and Human Transmission

The new coronavirus, called hCoV-EMC, is blamed for five deaths and several other cases of severe disease originating in countries in the Middle East….

Physics & Astronomy

Measuring the Rossiter-McLaughlin Effect During Venus Transit

The challenge was the observation of effect occurred during the transit of Venus across the Sun on June 6th, dubbed “Rossiter-McLaughlin effect”. This is a…

Health & Medicine

Effective Immunotherapy for Melanoma: Blocking Suppressive Factors

Blocking myeloid-derived suppressor cells and regulatory T-cell reconstitution improved adoptive T-cell therapy, an immunotherapy designed to suppress tumor…

Technology Offerings

Next-Gen Double Clutch Transmission: Innovation Unveiled

This invention considerably improves the conventional double clutch transmission known for more than 60 years. In the new gearbox, the conventional…

Earth Sciences

Greenland Ice Sheet Reveals Impact of Rising Atmospheric Acidity

However, new University of Washington research suggests that the decline in nitrogen-15 is more directly related to increased acidity in the atmosphere.The…

Earth Sciences

NASA Casts Infrared Eye on Southern Indian Ocean's Tropical Cyclone Claudia

Aqua flew over Tropical Cyclone Claudia on Dec. 6 at 1959 UTC (2:59 p.m. EST/U.S.) and Dec. 7 at 0811 UTC (3:11 a.m. EST/U.S.). The Atmospheric Infrared…

Earth Sciences

NASA Infrared Data Reveals Typhoon Bopha’s Re-Strengthening

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Bopha on Dec. 6 at 1811 UTC (1:11 p.m. EST, U.S.) and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard captured an…

Business and Finance

NJIT Professor Shares 2013 Business Insights at Chicago Fed

The first Henry J. Leir Professor of International Trade and Business in the NJIT School of Management, Rapp was invited to participate in the annual event…

Studies and Analyses

New 3D Culture System Advances Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have developed a novel, 3D culture system that mimics the environment surrounding these cancer cells. This model could…

Health & Medicine

Hope for Hard-to-Treat Blood Disorders: New Therapeutic Agents

Ongoing discoveries of critical molecular markers, pathways, and other drivers of some of the most difficult-to-treat forms of blood cancer have provided…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Reveals How Touch Affects Fruit Fly Larva Movement

Stroke the soft body of a newborn fruit fly larva ever-so-gently with a freshly plucked eyelash, and it will respond to the tickle by altering its movement—an…

Earth Sciences

Massive crevasses and bendable ice affect stability of Antarctic ice shelf, CU research team finds

But the scientists also found that ribbons running through the Larsen C Ice Shelf – made up of a mixture of ice types that, together, are more prone to bending…

Earth Sciences

Wildfires Illuminate Western Australia: NASA-NOAA Insights

Away from the cities, much of the night light observed by the NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP satellite in these images comes from wildfires. In the bright areas of…

Health & Medicine

New Drug Halves Deadly Side Effect Risk in Bone Marrow Transplants

A new class of drugs reduced the risk of patients contracting a serious and often deadly side effect of lifesaving bone marrow transplant treatments, according…

Life & Chemistry

Temple Scientists Target DNA Repair to Combat Leukemia Stem Cells

Now, scientists at Temple University School of Medicine may have figured out a way to corral this stem cell activity and stunt further cancer development. In a…

Business and Finance

Mobile Shoppers, an Opportunity for Retail?

In the past, mobile and online shopping have been viewed as a threat to traditional brick-and mortar stores, but Brent Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of…

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