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Environmental Conservation

Whales Fall through the Research Net

A world map created by scientists of the universities of Freiburg and St. Andrews, Scotland, reveals that only a fourth of the world ocean surface has been…

Life & Chemistry

New insights on cell competition

Scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) describe how natural selection also occurs at the cellular level, and how our body's tissues…

Health & Medicine

Getting (drugs) under your skin

Using ultrasound waves, MIT engineers have found a way to enhance the permeability of skin to drugs, making transdermal drug delivery more efficient. This…

Information Technology

Children Assess Educational Games: Insights from Research

Wolmet Barendregt, from The University of Gothenburg, conducts research on children's game playing, how we can support learning with design and include the…

Physics & Astronomy

World’s Most Stable Laser Achieves Unmatched Frequency Stability

A laser with a frequency stability so far unequalled: This is the result of a research cooperation of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) within…

Life & Chemistry

Probing matters of the heart

The fate of an embryonic stem cell, which has the potential to become any type of body cell, is determined by a complex interaction of genes, proteins that…

Power and Electrical Engineering

“Memristors” based on transparent electronics offer technology of the future

Researchers at OSU have confirmed that zinc tin oxide, an inexpensive and environmentally benign compound, has significant potential for use in this field, and…

Life & Chemistry

At the Right Place at the Right Time – New Insights into Muscle Stem Cells

The stem cells must reside in special niches of the muscle for efficient growth and repair. The developmental biologists Dr. Dominique Bröhl and Prof. Carmen…

Environmental Conservation

Canadian homes a kill zone for up to 22 million birds a year

Up until now, little research has been done to document the significant these collisions for Canada's bird populations. A University of Alberta biology class…

Business and Finance

Study shows wildfires' positive and negative economic impacts

Despite the disruptions they cause, large wildfires are a mixed economic bag for nearby communities, according to findings from a research project by the…

Studies and Analyses

Feeling stressed by your job? Don’t blame your employer, study shows

The lead author of “Genetic influences on core self-evaluations, job satisfaction, work stress, and employee health: A behavioral genetics mediated model,”…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Aqua Satellite Sees Tropical Storm Kristy Weaken, Other System Developing

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the eastern Pacific Ocean on Sept. 14 at 5:23 a.m. ED, and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument captured an…

Life & Chemistry

Essential Genes Uncovered for Drug-Resistant Bacteria

The study not only reveals multiple, new drug targets for this human infection, it also suggests that the typical methods of studying bacteria in rich…

Studies and Analyses

Breath Analysis May Aid Diagnosis of Pulmonary Nodules

A pilot study, published in the October 2012 issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's (IASLC) Journal of Thoracic Oncology, showed…

Health & Medicine

Flu antibody’s 'one-handed grab' may boost effort toward universal vaccine, new therapies

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and Sea Lane Biotechnologies have solved the co-crystal structure of a human antibody that can neutralize…

Life & Chemistry

Chemists Unveil Reversible Protein Tagging Method

Their achievement, detailed in a paper that appears online this week in the journal Nature Methods, will allow researchers to better understand the…

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