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HPV Vaccine Cuts Infection Rates in Teens, Even Unvaccinated

The HPV vaccine not only has resulted in a decrease in human papillomavirus infection in immunized teens but also in teens who were not immunized.The study is…

Life & Chemistry

New Gene Therapy Strategy Offers Hope for Muscular Dystrophies

A Nationwide Children's Hospital study describes a new gene therapy approach capable of delivering full-length versions of large genes and improving skeletal…

Physics & Astronomy

Researchers create 'MRI' of the sun's interior motions

The result, which appears in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, upends our understanding of how heat is transported outwards by…

Technology Offerings

New Friction Bearing Reduces Resonance Vibrations Effectively

This new type of friction bearing facilitates an effective reduction in resonance vibrations by using a movable friction bearing half-shell which only opens…

Automotive Engineering

Connecting Cars: Ford’s Wi-Fi Data Links Innovation

Wi-Fi is coming to our cars. Ford Motor Co. has been equipping cars with Wi-Fi transmitters since 2010; according to an Agence France-Presse story last year,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

World's fastest camera, created by UCLA engineers, used to detect rogue cancer cells

Circulating cancer tumor cells are a perfect example. Typically, there are only a handful of them among a billion healthy cells, yet they are precursors to…

Life & Chemistry

SPDEF Loss Enables Prostate Cancer Cell Metastasis Insights

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published this week in the Journal of Biological Chemistry shows that prostate cancer cells containing the protein…

Earth Sciences

Atmospheric scientists release first "bottom-up" estimates of China's CO2 emissions

Atmospheric scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Nanjing University have produced the first “bottom-up” estimates of…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Boosting Global Crop Production: Key Innovations Ahead

Will the global agricultural system be able to respond to increasing demand for raw material in the mid-term? This question was one of the key topics of this…

Earth Sciences

Arctic Warming: Sea Ice Loss and Global Warming Link

Professor Ian Simmonds from the University of Melbourne’s School of Earth Sciences co-authored the study and said the new information showed this combined…

Life & Chemistry

Traffic Innovation: Rethinking Intersection Management Today

A traffic policeman standing at a busy intersection directing the flow of vehicles may be a rare sight these days, but a similar scene appears to still…

Physics & Astronomy

M-Class Flare from Sunspot 1515 Causes Radio Blackouts

Radio blackouts occur when the X-rays or extreme UV light from a flare disturb the layer of Earth's atmosphere known as the ionosphere, through which radio…

Environmental Conservation

Nitrogen Pollution Alters Vegetation in Rocky Mountain National Park

The emissions of nitrogen compounds to the atmosphere are being carried to remote areas of the park, altering sensitive ecosystems, said CU-Boulder Professor…

Earth Sciences

NASA Observes Tropical Storm Daniel’s Stunning Fireworks

The TRMM satellite got a very good look at recently formed Tropical Depression 4E (TD 4E) at 1040 UTC (6:40 a.m. EDT) on July 4, 2012. The hot towering…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellites Track Powerful Derecho Summer Storm

According to NOAA's Storm Prediction Center web site, a derecho (pronounced “deh-REY-cho”) is a widespread, long-lived wind storm that is associated with a…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Skin Renewal: The Role of Proteins and Exosomes

The findings provide new insights into the role and importance of exosomes and their targeted gene transcripts, and may help point the way to new drugs or…

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