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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Preventing Wine-Induced Symptoms: New Measures Unveiled

Biogenic amines may be one of the factors responsible for symptoms such as headaches, gastro-intestinal disorders, shortness of breath, fall in blood pressure,…

Health & Medicine

New Drug Significantly Lowers Bad Cholesterol

However, some patients are unable to effectively reduce their low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL cholesterol) or “bad cholesterol” levels with statins,…

Life & Chemistry

Inflammation Marker Tied to Cancer Death Risk in Korean Men

“Inflammation has been linked to the initiation and progression of several types of cancer, as well as to the progression of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular…

Studies and Analyses

Pregnant Women Require Two Months Sick Leave, Study Finds

The study looked at women scheduled to give birth, at the Akershus University Hospital in Norway over an 18 month period and the prevalence of, reasons for and…

Life & Chemistry

Looking for the anti-Alzheimer's molecule — A new approach to treating a devastating disease

Researchers at Dalhousie University have discovered a new technique using “computer-aided” drug design that may lead to an entirely new approach in the…

Event News

Nanomaterials for Energy Applications: Gordon Research Conference

The overarching theme is called “Nanomaterials for Energy Applications”, the first conference will take place from February 3rd to 8th 2013 in Ventura, CA (US).

Awards Funding

Synthetic biofilter wins through to the top ‘Sweet Sixteen’ in Boston

Months of painstaking work in the laboratory at Bielefeld University‘s Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec) have paid off: the 15 students participating in this…

Health & Medicine

New Strategies in Prostate Cancer Research Unveiled

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced that Roland Schüle, Scientific Director at the Department of Urology, University of Freiburg Medical Centre…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Test Identifies Diabetes Risk Years in Advance

To find a test that indicates who is at risk at an early stage would be valuable, as it would enable preventive treatment to be put in place.Researchers at…

Earth Sciences

Can Carbon Dioxide Prevent Future Ice Ages? New Research Insights

According to a new research article by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, the current increase in the extent of peatland is having the opposite…

Life & Chemistry

USU Discovery Leads to Development of Vaccine to Help Prevent Deadly Virus

Since its first appearance in 1994, the Hendra virus has killed more than 80 horses and four of the seven people infected to date. An equine vaccine is crucial…

Life & Chemistry

Weizmann Scientists Find that Humans Can Learn to Use “Whiskers”

At the Weizmann Institute of Science, researchers explored these questions by attaching plastic “whiskers” to the fingers of blindfolded volunteers and asking…

Earth Sciences

Superstorm Animation Shows Sandy's Explosive Development

Matt Shatley, computer research specialist in UD’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE), assembled the animation by digitally stitching together…

Life & Chemistry

Computers "Taught" To ID Regulating Gene Sequences

The work was reported in two recent papers in Genome Research, published online on July 3 and Sept. 27.“Our goal is to understand how regulatory information is…

Health & Medicine

High Fever and Evidence of a Virus? Caution, it Still May Be Kawasaki Disease

Kawasaki disease is a rare but serious condition in children that involves inflammation of the blood vessels, specifically the heart vessels that supply the…

Life & Chemistry

New Method to Inhibit Blood Clotting and Inflammation

Their findings appear in the journal Blood.Blood clots are formed at the site of an injured blood vessel to prevent blood loss. Sometimes, however, blood clots…

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