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Medical Engineering

Innovative technology for computed tomography: higher-quality images at lower x-ray doses with the new Siemens Stellar Detector

The Stellar Detector can transmit analog data with minimal wiring, making it possible to digitize the measured signals with virtually no interference. The…

Health & Medicine

New Combo Treatment Boosts Survival for HER2+ Breast Cancer

Adding an angiogenesis inhibitor to treatment with a HER2-inhibiting drug could improve outcomes for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who develop…

Life & Chemistry

Iowa State Researchers Discover Unique Cell Bonds and Their Impact

How, exactly, do those bonds work? What happens when a pulling force is applied to those bonds? How long before they break? Does a better understanding of all…

Earth Sciences

NASA adds up Hurricane Sandy's rainfall from space

Much of the recent deadly flooding along the northeastern United States coastlines was caused by super storm Sandy's storm swell. Strong winds from Sandy…

Health & Medicine

Active Surveillance Reduces Prostate Cancer Suffering

The introduction of PSA tests, which are used to screen for prostate cancer, offers early tumour detection, reducing mortality rates. At the same time,…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Gene Regulation in Bone Development

Three years ago Dr. Philipp G. Maass from the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a joint cooperation between the Charité and the Max Delbrück…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Ribosome Formation Mechanism Uncovered

A new mechanism in the formation of ribosomes has been discovered by researchers from the Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center. In an interdisciplinary…

Health & Medicine

Understanding Self-Harm: Insights on Youth and Mental Health

However, it may not be appropriate to compare young people who self-harm and adult psychiatric patients who self-harm. Knowledge is needed in order not to…

Earth Sciences

NASA sees Tropical Storm Rosa's rains southeast of center

When NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Tropical Storm Rosa at 5:41 a.m. EDT (0951 UTC) on Nov. 1, 2012 the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument took an…

Health & Medicine

Softening Arteries: A Key to Heart Health and Disease Prevention

Arterial stiffening has long been considered a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Keeping arteries soft and supple might reduce disease risk, but…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals How Parental Behaviors Fuel Child Anxiety

Authors of the federally funded study say past research has linked parental anxiety to anxiety in children, but it remained unclear whether people with certain…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Terra Captures Tropical Depression Nilam Over India

On Nov. 1 at 05:50 UTC (1:50 a.m. EDT), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured…

Earth Sciences

Suomi NPP Satellite Captures Hurricane Sandy's Mid-Atlantic Blackout

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on Suomi NPP captured a night-time view of the Mid-Atlantic on the morning of Nov. 1, 2012,revealing…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA'S Fermi Measures Cosmic 'Fog' Produced by Ancient Starlight

“The optical and ultraviolet light from stars continues to travel throughout the universe even after the stars cease to shine, and this creates a fossil…

Physics & Astronomy

How Asteroid Belts Support Life-Friendly Environments

They suggest that the size and location of an asteroid belt, shaped by the evolution of the sun's protoplanetary disk and by the gravitational influence of a…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Quantum Innovation: Diamonds vs. Graphite

Both high-valued diamond and low-prized graphite consist of exactly the same carbon atoms. The subtle but nevertheless important difference between the two…

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