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Synthetic stimulants called 'bath salts' act in the brain like cocaine

Recent studies point to compulsive drug taking among bath salts users, and several deaths have been blamed on the bath salt mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone…

Earth Sciences

Temperature and CO2 Levels: New Insights on Climate Change

New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen indicates that, contrary to previous opinion, the rise in temperature and the rise…

Earth Sciences

Traveling Through a Volcano

Recent eruptions have demonstrated our continued vulnerability to ash dispersal, which can disrupt the aviation industry and cause billions of dollars in…

Health & Medicine

Researchers Gain New Understanding of Diabetes and Kidney Disease: Findings May Lead to Effective New Treatments

The findings, which are reported today online by Diabetes, may lead to the development of new therapeutic agents that harness the actions of GLP-1 to prevent…

Automotive Engineering

Leather-Wrapped Interiors: The New Trend in All Vehicles

Johnson Controls, a global leader in automotive seating, interiors and electronics, is increasingly using leather-wrapped surfaces for high-quality vehicle…

Studies and Analyses

Strobe Eyewear Enhances Visual Memory in Duke Study

Participants in a Duke University study engaged in physical activities, such as playing catch, while using either specialized eyewear that limits vision to…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Successfully Tests Hypersonic Inflatable Heat Shield

The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3) was launched by sounding rocket at 7:01 a.m. Monday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island,…

Health & Medicine

Reversing Nighttime Light’s Harmful Effects on Health

While hamsters exposed to light at night for four weeks showed evidence of depressive symptoms, those symptoms essentially disappeared after about two weeks if…

Life & Chemistry

Feces Fossils Reveal Native American Diabetes Connections

Why do Native Americans experience high rates of diabetes? A common theory is that they possess fat-hoarding “thrifty genes” left over from their ancestors –…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Printed Photonic Crystal Mirrors Shrink On-Chip Lasers Down to Size

The team published its findings on July 22, 2012 in Nature Photonics.At just 2 micrometers in height – smaller than the width of a human hair – the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Boosting Drought-Resistance in Biofuel Grasses: A New Initiative

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis will lead the initiative with researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science, the University of…

Life & Chemistry

Bats Use Copulating Fly Sounds as Foraging Cues

Stefan Greif from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, and colleagues, observed this in a long-term study on wild Natterer’s bats that eat the copulating…

Life & Chemistry

Neural Precursor Cells Trigger Cell Death in Brain Tumors

Now researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have deciphered the underlying…

Power and Electrical Engineering

UCLA Develops Transparent Solar Cells for Energy-Generating Windows

The UCLA team describes a new kind of polymer solar cell (PSC) that produces energy by absorbing mainly infrared light, not visible light, making the cells…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellite Monitors Strengthening Pacific Tropical Cyclone

Infrared data gathered by NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument indicate cloud top temperatures as well as sea surface temperatures. NASA's…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Microfluidic System Simulates In Vivo Cell Barriers

In vivo like models are very important in the field of pharma- and medical research. They provide the ability to analyse complex rela-tions under defined…

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