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Notre Dame research could provide new insights into tuberculosis and other diseases

The Champions point out that bacteria use a variety of secretion systems to transport proteins beyond their cell membrane in order to interact with their…

Materials Sciences

Engineering a better hip implant

University of Iowa researchers have determined that thigh size in obese people is a reason their hip implants are more likely to fail.In a study, the team…

Studies and Analyses

New study confirms erroneous link between XMRV and prostate cancer-contamination was the cause

The connection, which scientists have questioned repeatedly over the last couple years, was first proposed more than six years ago, when the telltale signature…

Studies and Analyses

Pacifiers may have emotional consequences for boys

Three experiments by a team of researchers led by psychologists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison tie heavy pacifier use as a young child to poor…

Information Technology

New tool gives structural strength to 3-D printed works

“I have an entire zoo of broken 3-D printed objects in my office,” said Bedrich Benes, an associate professor of computer graphics at Purdue University. The…

Life & Chemistry

Nanoparticles detect biochemistry of inflammation

Although some ROS are important in cell signaling and the body's defense mechanisms, these chemicals also contribute to and are indicators of many diseases,…

Physics & Astronomy

CU mathematicians show how shallow water may help explain tsunami power

Professor Mark Ablowitz and doctoral student Douglas Baldwin repeatedly observed such wave interactions in ankle-deep water at both Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, and…

Physics & Astronomy

The HINTS project "Next Generation Hybrid Interfaces for Spintronic Applications"

The project HINTS, launched last 1st June 2011, has achieved its first year of life. The first results have been achieved and have been presented in Valencia,…

Studies and Analyses

The cost of glaucoma care: Small group of patients accounts for large part of costs, study finds

A small subset of patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) account for a large proportion of all glaucoma-related charges in the United States, according to new…

Earth Sciences

NASA sees Hurricane Lane punched in the eye

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument captured a close-up of Lane on Sept. 17 at 3:25 p.m. EDT when it was still a hurricane. In…

Earth Sciences

NASA's TRMM satellite measures drenching rains from Typhoon Sanba in Japan, South Korea

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite provided good coverage of Sanba as it passed over Typhoon Sanba on Sept. 16, 2012 at 0349 UTC, after…

Health & Medicine

Purple corn compound may aid in developing future treatments for Type 2 diabetes, kidney disease

Article published in the American Journal of Physiology – Renal Physiology Diabetic nephropathy is one of the most serious complications related to diabetes,…

Earth Sciences

NASA eyes Tropical Storm Nadine as watches go up for Azores

On Sept. 18, 2012, a tropical storm watch is in effect for the islands of Flores and Corvo in the northwestern Azores. A tropical storm watch means that…

Health & Medicine

Birth is no reason to go to hospital

In many countries it is believed that the safest option for all women is to give birth in hospital. However, observational studies of increasingly better…

Technology Offerings

Methylation Analysis Enhances Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment

The invention relates to the field of medicine, specifically to the diagnostics, prognosis and therapy control of tumour diseases. The invention is based on…

Technology Offerings

Improving Radar Systems: Transmission Signal Separation Techniques

The idea of the new technology: In a MIMO radar system or a sensor network separation of user or transmit signal by not emitting the various sub-carriers of a…

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