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Earth Sciences

German-Californian Partnership: Innovations for a Sustainable Future

`It never rains in Southern California` is the title of a famous song by Albert Hammond. Whether even more regions in the world must face a future with less…

Life & Chemistry

Aqueous Iron Behavior Matches Solid Iron Strength

HZB scientists have apply a new method – 'inverse Partial Fluorescence Yield' (iPFY) on micro-jet – which will enable them to probe the electronic structure of…

Health & Medicine

Stanford Scientists Discover Molecule to Combat Lung Cancer

A new research report published online in the FASEB Journal reveals a connection among sugar, cancer, and dependence on breathing machines–microRNA-320a. In…

Life & Chemistry

Spaceflight may extend the lifespan of microscopic worm

The discovery was made by an international group of scientists studying the loss of bone and muscle mass experienced by astronauts after extended flights in…

Environmental Conservation

Color Changes in Coral Reefs Linked to Increased Growth

The study, published in the latest issue of the journal Coral Reefs, found that increased growth is the underlying physiological process associated with…

Life & Chemistry

The 'appetite-suppressing' effect of proteins explained

A team led by Gilles Mithieux, Director of Inserm's Unit 855 “Nutrition and the Brain” in Lyon, has managed to explain the biological mechanisms behind these…

Environmental Conservation

New Trigger Found for North Atlantic Plankton Bloom

On this July 4th week, U.S. beachgoers are thronging their way to seaside resorts and parks to celebrate with holiday fireworks.Across the horizon and miles…

Life & Chemistry

NYU Scientists Uncover Treatment to Reduce Scarring

Whether from surgery or battle wounds, ugly scars can affect body and mind. Now a new research report appearing online in the FASEB Journal offers a new…

Studies and Analyses

Heat and Rainfall Impact Mosquito Abundance in Catch Basins

Marilyn O’Hara Ruiz, a professor of pathobiology, led the study with graduate student Allison Gardner. The study was conducted using mosquito larvae collected…

Health & Medicine

Biocompatible Gene Therapy Boosts Cardiac Repair Efforts

This discovery, reported in the June 2012 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, provides an economical, feasible and biocompatible gene therapy strategy…

Physics & Astronomy

UMass Amherst Physicists’ Work is Critical to Higgs Boson Search

The Standard Model of particle physics can correctly explain the elementary particles and forces of nature after more than four decades of experiments. But it…

Health & Medicine

Algae Extract Boosts Good Cholesterol, Wayne State Study Finds

In a study funded by Health Enhancement Products of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Smiti Gupta, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of nutrition and food…

Life & Chemistry

Zebrafish Insights: New Mechanism for Spinal Cord Healing

“After a few years in the clinic, I realized that we don't really know what's going on,” she said.Now a scientist working with Peter Currie, Ph.D., at Monash…

Life & Chemistry

Zebrafish Insights: Uncovering Human Disease Causes and Treatments

At the 2012 International Zebrafish Development Conference, held June 20-24 in Madison, Wisconsin, numerous presentations highlighted the utility of the…

Physics & Astronomy

HI-C Sounding Rocket: Unveiling the Finest Mirrors in Space

The instrument, called HI-C for High Resolution Coronal Imager, will fly aboard a Black Brant sounding rocket to be launched from the White Sands Missile Range…

Life & Chemistry

Secret of “Fetid Fluorite” Aired

Why does “fetid fluorite”, a mineral that is found in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria, Germany, have such an unpleasant sharp smell when it is crushed?…

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