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Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Immune System Transport Pathways

Various receptors in and on the cells recognize certain molecules, pack them and ensure that they are transported to the right place. One of these receptors is…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Final Image of Hurricane Rafael Captured by MODIS

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA's Terra captured a visible image of Hurricane Rafael in the North Atlantic on Oct….

Health & Medicine

What we know and don't know about fungal meningitis outbreak

In a new perspective piece being published Online First tonight in Annals of Internal Medicine, a physician recalls lessons learned from treating patients…

Trade Fair News

Discover Laser Technology Innovations at glasstec 2012

Visitors to the fair can see laser processed glass and solar energy exhibits, or talk to one of our experts on: • Laser forming, cutting and welding of flat…

Studies and Analyses

Key Risky Behaviors of Children Struck by Vehicles

For the abstract, “Risky Behaviors of Pediatric Pedestrians Who are Struck by Motor Vehicles,” researchers collected data on all pedestrians who were injured…

Life & Chemistry

Moffitt researcher says no survival advantage with peripheral blood stem cells versus bone marrow

Claudio Anasetti, M.D., chair of the Department of Blood & Marrow Transplant at Moffitt Cancer Center, and colleagues from 47 research sites in the Blood and…

Technology Offerings

R-Spondin 3 Binds Syndecan 4 to Modulate Wnt Pathway

The commercial opportunity is to develop antagonists of Rspo2 and/or Rspo3 for the treatment of Sdc(Syndecan)-associated disorders and for Sdc antagonists in…

Environmental Conservation

Surviving Storms: Life in Blown-Down Forests

In newscasts after intense wind and ice storms, damaged trees stand out: snapped limbs, uprooted trunks, entire forests blown nearly flat. In a storm's wake,…

Health & Medicine

Calcium’s Role in Neuron Connections and Behavior Control

A team led by MIT neuroscientists has developed a way to monitor how brain cells coordinate with each other to control specific behaviors, such as initiating…

Life & Chemistry

BUSM Study Identifies Pathology of Huntington’s Disease

Richard Myers, PhD, professor of neurology at BUSM, is the study’s lead/corresponding author. This study, which is the largest to date of brains specific to…

Physics & Astronomy

Tiny travelers from deep space could assist in healing Fukushima’s nuclear scar

Researchers examine use of cosmic-ray radiography on damaged reactor coresResearchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have devised a method to use cosmic…

Studies and Analyses

Coral Reefs and Food Security: Study Identifies At-Risk Nations

The study looked at 27 countries around the world and found two common characteristics: nations with low incomes that lack the ability to adapt to alternative…

Life & Chemistry

Carob Tree Leaves: Natural Chocolate Substitute Against Bacteria

Nadhem Aissani and colleagues explain that the increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria has fostered a search for new natural substances to preserve food and…

Life & Chemistry

Cleaner Fracking: Innovations for Sustainable Energy Production

Cleaning up that byproduct of “fracking” is the topic of the cover story of the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News. C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine…

Earth Sciences

Mathematics and the Ocean: Movement, Mixing and Climate Modeling

Dr. Shuckburgh described mathematical ideas from dynamical systems used by her group, along with numerical modeling and experimental observations, to analyze…

Life & Chemistry

New Fruit Fly Model Sheds Light on Fever-Induced Epilepsy

UC Irvine and Brown University researchers have created a new fruit fly model of inherited epilepsy that’s providing insights into the mechanisms underlying…

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