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Physics & Astronomy

Higgs Particle Discovery: A Breakthrough in Understanding Matter

The mystery of the origin of matter seems to have been solved. At the middle of last week, CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva,…

Health & Medicine

Want to lose weight? Keep a food journal, don't skip meals and avoid going out to lunch

The findings by Anne McTiernan, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues – from the first study to look at the impact of a wide range of self-monitoring and diet-related…

Health & Medicine

Vitamin D deficiency and poorer lung function in asthmatic children treated with steroids

“In our study of 1,024 children with mild to moderate persistent asthma, those who were deficient in vitamin D levels showed less improvement in…

Studies and Analyses

Improved ACL Reconstruction Technique for Pediatric Success

The study, conducted by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City, shows that a technique called the All-Inside, All-Epiphyseal ACL…

Environmental Conservation

Natural Gas and the Environment: Balancing Progress and Protection

“Fracking” stories about shale gas extraction hit the news daily, fueling a growing conflagration between environmental protectionism and economic interests….

Studies and Analyses

Study Links Phthalates in Personal Care Products to Diabetes Risk

A study lead by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) shows an association between increased concentrations of phthalates in the body and an…

Studies and Analyses

U.S. Women’s Uninsured Rates Rise to 20% Since 2000

Twenty percent of U.S. women (18.7 million) ages 19-64 were uninsured in 2010, up from 15 percent (12.8 million) in 2000, according to a new Commonwealth Fund…

Life & Chemistry

Tokyo Institute of Technology researchers develop blue-fluorescent molecular nanocapsules by …

The fluorescent molecular nanocapsules have potential applications as sensors, displays, and drug delivery systems (DDS). Michito Yoshizawa, Zhiou Li, and…

Awards Funding

Support for Young Scientists in Biomedical Research

Five new research groups for young scientists, the C.H.S. research groups, have taken up their work in basic biomedical research. To mark the occasion, the…

Studies and Analyses

Stress Management Training Reduces MS Disease Activity

The study involved 121 people with MS. Half received the stress management program, meeting with a therapist for 16 individual 50-minute sessions over five to…

Life & Chemistry

New Method to Induce Apoptosis for Cancer Treatment

Apoptosis is an essential defense mechanism against the spread of abnormal cells such as cancer. It is a complex process that occurs through networks of…

Environmental Conservation

Biochar Explored to Remediate Soil Contaminated by Oil Spills and Gas Leaks in Canada’s North

Biochar is a type of charcoal that results from heating biological ingredients, such as wood and bone, in a low- or no-oxygen environment – a process known as…

Environmental Conservation

Rising Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere Also Speeds Carbon Loss From Forest Soils

The new evidence supports an emerging view that although forests remove a substantial amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, much of the carbon is being…

Earth Sciences

Natural Gas Is a Much-Needed Tool in the Battle to Slow Global Warming

That is the conclusion of a new study by Cornell Professor Lawrence M. Cathles, published in the most recent edition of the peer-reviewed journal Geochemistry,…

Life & Chemistry

Giving Ancient Life Another Chance to Evolve

Using a process called paleo-experimental evolution, Georgia Tech researchers have resurrected a 500-million-year-old gene from bacteria and inserted it into…

Technology Offerings

New Bridge-Assay Measures Insulin & IGF1-Receptor Autoantibodies

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