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Life & Chemistry

Cancer Research Inspires New Nylon Production Method

The finding, described in the Sept. 23, 2012, issue of the journal Nature Chemical Biology, arose from an intriguing notion that some of the genetic and…

Life & Chemistry

Some deadly breast cancers share genetic features with ovarian tumors

The findings, published online Sept. 23 in Nature, suggest that most basal-like breast tumors and ovarian tumors have similar genetic origins and potentially…

Environmental Conservation

Near-Roadway Air Pollution Linked to Asthma in LA County

Research conducted at the University of Southern California (USC) indicates that at least 8 percent of the more than 300,000 cases of childhood asthma in Los…

Health & Medicine

New IVF Breakthrough Offers Hope for Cancer Survivors

Women and girls treated for cancer with radiotherapy and chemotherapy are often unable to have children as their eggs die as a result of the treatment.Although…

Physics & Astronomy

Mapping the Universe: AI Innovations in Galaxy Exploration

Scientists routinely use large telescopes to scan the sky, mapping the coordinates and estimating the distances of hundreds of thousands of galaxies and so…

Environmental Conservation

How Constraining World Trade Affects Climate Change Efforts

But this doesn´t necessarily mean that Western countries have relocated their emission-intensive industries and hence escape regulation for climate protection….

Life & Chemistry

MDC Researchers Uncover B-Cell Lymphoma Development Insights

Now, Dr. Dinis Pedro Calado and Dr. Klaus Rajewsky of the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) have identified subgroups of B cells in germinal centers in which the…

Technology Offerings

Programmable Aperture Enhances Analysis of Eye Conditions

The invention allows ophthalmologists to better quantify scattered light in the anterior eye segment and to grade lens opacities in cataract patients. Owing to…

Information Technology

Company’s Software Speeds Patent Database Search

Jason Martin, Brad Chassee and Tony Rainoldi, the founders of ArchPatent and graduates of The University of Alabama in Huntsville, have found an easy, low-cost…

Life & Chemistry

Stemming the spread of cancer

Okayama University researchers demonstrate that cancer stem cells can be produced from normal stem cells for new therapies to combat cancer(Okayama, Japan, 20…

Life & Chemistry

Plants Inherit Epigenetic Modifications: New Scientific Insights

Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. – During embryonic development in humans and other mammals, sperm and egg cells are essentially wiped clean of chemical modifications…

Information Technology

Boost Security: Simplifying Access with Single Sign-On

Risk increases with comfort: “Single Sign-On” permits users to access all their protected Web resources, replacing repeated sign-ins with passwords. However,…

Life & Chemistry

A mother’s nutrition–before pregnancy–may alter the function of her children’s genes

Everyone knows that what mom eats when pregnant makes a huge difference in the health of her child. Now, new research in mice suggests that what she ate before…

Materials Sciences

ORNL Research Reveals Path to Defect-Free Thin Films

The finding, published in Nano Letters, could change the conventional wisdom that accommodating the strain inherent during the formation of epitaxial thin…

Health & Medicine

Walking to the Beat Could Help Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Walking to a beat could be useful for patients needing rehabilitation, according to a University of Pittsburgh study. The findings, highlighted in the August…

Business and Finance

Business Plan Competitions: Unlocking Job Growth Insights

The study by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship spans the 11-year life of the RBPC, the world's richest and largest business plan…

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