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Life & Chemistry

Harnessing Sunlight: Innovations in CO2-Neutral Production

The increased use of renewable energy sources, particularly sunlight, is highly desirable, as is industrial production that is as CO2-neutral as possible. Both…

Physics & Astronomy

New Fabrication Method Advances Graphene Electronics on Silicon Carbide

By fabricating graphene structures atop nanometer-scale “steps” etched into silicon carbide, researchers have for the first time created a substantial…

Health & Medicine

New Thought-Controlled Cursor Enhances Accessibility for Paralysis

When a paralyzed person imagines moving a limb, cells in the part of the brain that controls movement still activate as if trying to make the immobile limb…

Life & Chemistry

Breakthrough Tech Selectively Represses Immune Response in MS

In a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed innovative technology to selectively…

Life & Chemistry

Skin cells reveal DNA's genetic mosaic

However, a new study of stem cells derived from the skin has found that genetic variations are widespread in the body's tissues, a finding with profound…

Studies and Analyses

Optogenetics Sheds Light on Motivation Pathways in Brain

In a paper to be published online Nov. 18 in Nature, Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, a professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at…

Life & Chemistry

Stanford/Yale Study Reveals Subtle Genomic Differences in Cells

The new study, which will be published online Nov. 18 in Nature, showed that what seemed to be changes in iPS cells' genetic makeup — presumed to be inflicted…

Studies and Analyses

Daycare Attendance Linked to Increased Childhood Obesity Risk

Young children who attend daycare on a regular basis are 50% more likely to be overweight compared to those who stayed at home with their parents, according to…

Health & Medicine

Kidney Function Decline Linked to Cognitive Impairment

This is the first study describing change in multiple domains of cognitive functioning in order to determine which specific abilities are most affected in…

Studies and Analyses

Inpatient Sleeping Drug Zolpidem Linked to Higher Fall Risk

U.S. sleep specialists from the Mayo Clinic found that the fall rate among the 4,962 patients who took zolpidem during their hospital stay was more than four…

Health & Medicine

Job Risks: Do You Face Increased Breast Cancer Threat?

A study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health provides further evidence on this previously neglected research topic,…

Environmental Conservation

World Bank Briefing: Risks of 4-Degree Global Warming

Hence we’re on a path towards 4-degree global warming probably as soon as by the end of this century. This would mean a world of risks beyond the experience of…

Materials Sciences

Creating a Coating of Water-Repellent Microscopic Particles to Keep Ice Off Airplanes

As airplanes fly through clouds of super-cooled water droplets, areas around the nose, the leading edges of the wings, and the engine cones experience low…

Materials Sciences

Development of Novel Conduction Control Technique for Graphene

Researchers at the Nanoelectronics Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), in joint work with a NIMS…

Physics & Astronomy

BaBar Experiment Confirms Time Asymmetry in Physics

Time marches relentlessly forward for you and me; watch a movie in reverse, and you’ll quickly see something is amiss. But from the point of view of a single,…

Studies and Analyses

Teleconcussion Study Validated by Mayo Clinic’s Case Review

In the case study, doctors at Mayo Clinic in Arizona conducted a live audio-video evaluation of a 15-year-old soccer player in Show Low, Ariz., who received a…

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