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NASA Tracks Eighteenth Atlantic Depression Development

When NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over the developing TD18 early on Oct. 22 at 0040 UTC (Oct. 21 at 8:40 p.m. EDT), the…

Health & Medicine

Crusty Foods Linked to Heart Issues in Diabetics

“We see evidence that cooking methods that create a crust—think the edge of a brownie or the crispy borders of meats prepared at very high temperatures—produce…

Health & Medicine

New Strategies for Enhancing Blood Flow in Bone Implants

A comprehensive review article describing the most promising strategies for vascularization of bone tissue substitutes is published in Tissue Engineering, Part…

Architecture & Construction

Highway Bridges ‘Sing’ in Rain: BYU Engineers Detect Flaws

A team of BYU engineers has found that by listening to how a highway bridge sings in the rain they can determine serious flaws in the structure.Employing a…

Medical Engineering

New 3D Imaging Technique Enhances Breast Tumor Detection

These higher-quality images could allow breast tumors to be detected earlier and with much greater accuracy. One in eight women in the United States will be…

Studies and Analyses

Gulf Oil and Dispersant Impact on Gut Microbes Explored

The researchers found that although high concentrations of oil combined with dispersant are detrimental to these helpful microbial communities, the low to…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists build 'mechanically active' DNA material

Artificial muscles and self-propelled goo may be the stuff of Hollywood fiction, but for UC Santa Barbara scientists Omar Saleh and Deborah Fygenson, the…

Environmental Conservation

Plastic Pollution Grows in Arctic Deep Sea, Say Biologists

The seabed in the Arctic deep sea is increasingly strewn with litter and plastic waste. As reported in the advance online publication of the scientific journal…

Life & Chemistry

Advanced Biofuel Production with Engineered Microorganisms

Daejeon, Republic of Korea, October 23, 2012—Fuels including gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel are derived from fossil oil thorough the petroleum refinery…

Environmental Conservation

Building a Wildlife Conservation Network: Expert Insights

Vicky Meretsky of Indiana University and her co-authors say established state wildlife programs provide “strong building blocks” for such a network. But they…

Life & Chemistry

Findings Could Be Used to Engineer Organs

The research, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, sheds light on the mechanics of cell, tissue and organ formation. The…

Environmental Conservation

Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Arctic Whale Mysteries

Canadian pack ice no barrier to ice-savvy bowheads crossing between oceansScientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural…

Physics & Astronomy

Model Suggests Water Could Flow on Mars

University of Arkansas researchers have created a model that might explain how water could produce the flow patterns seen by a spacecraft orbiting Mars.Research professor Vincent Chevrier and former Doctoral Academy Fellow Edgard Rivera-Valentin, now a postdoctoral associate at Brown University, published their findings in a recent edition of the journal Geophysical Research Letters….

Life & Chemistry

Link Found Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Protein Regulation in the Brain – Hope for New Treatments

A link has been discovered between Alzheimer’s disease and the activity level of a protein called eIF2alpha. This has been reported in a new study conducted at…

Life & Chemistry

Lung Mucus Gel Scaffold Blocks Nanoparticle Movement

They discovered that a rigid gel scaffold in lung mucus separates large, fluid-filled pores and prevents nanoparticle movement beyond individual pore…

Physics & Astronomy

Cutting-Edge Beams from Table-Top Accelerators Explained

Part One: Focusing in on beam focusThe rapidly evolving technology of laser plasma accelerators (LPAs) – called “table-top accelerators” because their length…

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