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Life & Chemistry

Brain hubs boil when hoarders face pitching their own stuff

In patients with hoarding disorder, parts of a decision-making brain circuit under-activated when dealing with others' possessions, but over-activated when…

Earth Sciences

UCLA scientist discovers plate tectonics on Mars

“Mars is at a primitive stage of plate tectonics. It gives us a glimpse of how the early Earth may have looked and may help us understand how plate tectonics…

Health & Medicine

Blood test for Alzheimer's gaining ground

In a study to be published in the August 28 issue of the journal Neurology, scientists have taken a step toward developing a blood test for Alzheimer's,…

Information Technology

Sparse microwave imaging: A new concept in microwave imaging technology

Under the support of the 973 program “Study of theory, system and methodology of sparse microwave imaging”, Chinese scientists have conducted considerable…

Physics & Astronomy

Stabilizing shell effects in heaviest elements directly measured

An international research team has succeeded in directly measuring the strength of shell effects in very heavy elements. The results provide information on the…

Life & Chemistry

North American freshwater fishes race to extinction

North American freshwater fishes are going extinct at an alarming rate compared with other species, according to an article in the September issue of…

Life & Chemistry

About € 4.5 Million Funding for Group Leaders at the MPIB

Three young group leaders of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) in Martinsried near Munich succeeded in obtaining one of the coveted “ERC Starting…

Trade Fair News

New name: COMPAMED HIGH-TECH FORUM

The trade show will be accompanied by the established specialist forum, which has been renamed COMPAMED HIGH-TECH FORUM. The forum will give exhibitors the…

Life & Chemistry

You snooze, you lose

During the breeding season, polygynous male pectoral sandpipers that sleep the least sire the most young. A team of researchers headed by Bart Kempenaers from…

Life & Chemistry

Queen’s makes significant cancer breakthrough

The discovery could see the development of new therapies, which would target the non-cancerous cells surrounding a tumour, as well as treating the tumour…

Life & Chemistry

Cichlid Fish: Swim Bladder’s Role in Hearing Sensitivity

The hearing sensitivity improves considerably in this way. The anterior part of the swim bladder functions in specialized fish species similar to an ear drum….

Awards Funding

University of Tennessee's Vehicle Arrives for EcoCAR 2 Competition

The graduate and undergraduate students are part of a team competing in EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future, a three-year collegiate engineering competition…

Medical Engineering

Seeing X-Rays in a New Light: Soft X-Ray Detector Could Improve Breast Cancer Imaging

“There’s nothing available on the market that covers this range of X-rays,” Mandal said. “Nobody has explored this region, and there will be many innovations…

Physics & Astronomy

New 3D Map of Massive Galaxies and Black Holes Offers Clues to Dark Matter, Dark Energy

The map was produced by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III). Early last year, the SDSS-III released the largest-ever image of the sky, which covered…

Life & Chemistry

Gold Nanoparticles Follow “Genetic Code”

Gold is not just the material of choice for pretty jewelry; it is also used in technology, for example in nanoscopic particles for applications such as…

Studies and Analyses

How Self-Perception Affects Teen Weight: New NTNU Research

Now, researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have found that normal weight teens who perceive themselves as fat are more…

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