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Life & Chemistry

UCLA Researchers Discover that the Sleeping Brain Behaves as if it's Remembering Something

The research team simultaneously measured the activity of single neurons from multiple parts of the brain involved in memory formation. The technique allowed…

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Nord-Pas-de-Calais displays leading agri-food talent at SIAL 2012

Nord-Pas de Calais, in the north of France, is the country's leading region in terms of the volume of its agri-food exports, and third nationwide in terms of…

Life & Chemistry

Smallest RNA Switches Unlock New Drug Targets for Innovation

Once believed to merely store and relay genetic information, RNA is now known to be a cellular Swiss Army knife of sorts, performing a wide variety of tasks…

Health & Medicine

New Lung Imaging Technique Enhances COPD Diagnosis

A new approach to lung scanning could improve the diagnosis and treatment of a lung disease that affects approximately 24 million Americans and is the…

Studies and Analyses

New Loci Identified in Genome Study for Atopic Dermatitis

Atopic dermatitis (often called ecszema) is a chronic, relapsing inflammatory skin condition affecting as much as one-fifth of children and 1-3% of adults in…

Life & Chemistry

Gatekeeper Nerve Cells: How Nicotine Affects Memory and Learning

he discovery of the gatekeeper cells, which are part of a memory network together with several other nerve cells in the hippocampus, reveal new fundamental…

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NANO-TEC Workshop Insights: Enhancing Nanoelectronics Design

The European Commission ICT theme has funded a proposal for a Coordination Action project entitled “ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY and DESIGN for NANOELECTRONICS”…

Environmental Conservation

Stanford Study Reveals Deforestation Impact of Palm Oil Plantations

The study, published online Oct. 7 in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows that deforestation for the development of oil palm plantations in Indonesian…

Life & Chemistry

Novel Oncogenic Network Boosts Liver Cancer Research Insights

Researchers headed by Erwin Wagner, the Director of the BBVA Foundation-CNIO Cancer Cell Biology Programme at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Variant May Lower Lung Cancer Risk, Study Finds

Meredith Shiels, PhD, MHS and Anil Chaturvedi, PhD, of the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, MD, and their colleagues analyzed 1,429 variants in…

Life & Chemistry

Language Learning Boosts Brain Growth at Swedish Academy

At the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy in the city of Uppsala, young people with a flair for languages go from having no knowledge of a language such…

Health & Medicine

Patient Navigation Accelerates Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Study Insights

Patient navigation—a service that helps patients overcome barriers to getting health care, including setting up appointments, dealing with health insurance,…

Studies and Analyses

Nearly half of children with autism wander or 'bolt' from safe places

A new study published today in the journal Pediatrics (Epub ahead of print) found that nearly half of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are…

Life & Chemistry

Engineered Super-Microbes Tackle Global Environmental Issues

Next Monday, world class scientist Professor Sang Yup Lee of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) will explain how metabolic engineering…

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Efficient Production of Transparent 3D Micro Components

Thanks to this technique, it is now possible for the first time to manufacture even assembled components made of transparent materials such as glass from a…

Materials Sciences

New Discovery in Ultra-Fast Domain Wall Manipulation

An international team of researchers has found at the free electron laser FLASH a surprising effect that leads in ferromagnetic materials to a spatially…

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