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Life & Chemistry

How Caltech Researchers Observe Viruses Infecting Bacteria

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have been able, for the first time, to watch viruses infecting individual bacteria by…

Studies and Analyses

The Eyes Reveal More Than We Might Think

Our eyes don’t just take in the world around us, they can also reflect our emotional state, influence our memories, and provide clues about the way we think….

Studies and Analyses

Palladium-Gold Nanoparticles Clean TCE 1 Billion Times Faster

The results will appear in a new study in the August issue of the journal Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.TCE, or trichloroethene, is a widely used chemical…

Materials Sciences

Synthetic Diamonds Enhance Electrochemical Applications

Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials, and academic researchers from the University of Warwick’s Departments of Chemistry and…

Earth Sciences

Research Vessel Concludes Vietnam Visit for Ocean Study

Owned by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the advanced research vessel arrived in Vietnam June 22. Its visit highlights partnership between ONR and the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology as part of a five-year research endeavor, the Joint Vietnam-U.S. Research Program on the Oceanography of the Vietnamese East Sea and Land-Ocean Interaction….

Health & Medicine

New Compound Shows Promise for Duchenne MD Treatment

Scientists at UCLA have identified a new compound that could treat certain types of genetic disorders in muscles. It is a big first step in what they hope will…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Mesquite Biomass Delivery Costs for Bioenergy Explored

AgriLife Research scientists from the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Service center at Vernon, Dr. Seong Park, economist; Dr. Jim Ansley, range…

Life & Chemistry

RUB Researchers Transform Stem Cells into Immature Nerve Cells

RUB biologists have deliberately transformed stem cells from the spinal cord of mice into immature nerve cells. This was achieved by changing the cellular…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Potato Psyllids: Tracking Migration Patterns in AgriLife Research

Do potato psyllids migrate from one location to the next, starting in northern Mexico and moving northward as the potato season progresses, or are psyllid…

Life & Chemistry

Advancing Rift Valley Fever Vaccine Development in Africa

The African virus causes fever in humans, inflicting liver damage, blindness, encephalitis and even death on a small percentage of those it infects. It also…

Studies and Analyses

Dietary Fiber’s Impact on Gut Bacteria and Health

And the microbes that live in the gut, scientists now believe, can support a healthy gastrointestinal tract as well as affect our susceptibility to conditions…

Health & Medicine

Facing a World Without Antibiotics: Who’s Responsible?

The Swedish Research and Innovation funders invite you to a press briefing and breakfast at European Science Open Forum, ESOF 2012 in Dublin.Antibiotic…

Physics & Astronomy

Space Tornadoes: Unveiling the Sun’s Atmospheric Power

The super tornadoes – which are thousands of times larger and more powerful than their earthly counterparts but which have a magnetic skeleton – spin at speeds…

Studies and Analyses

Unemployment Increases Mortality Risk for Low-Skilled Workers

Researchers with the Human Early Learning Partnership and the School of Population and Public Health at UBC found that low and medium-skilled workers in the…

Health & Medicine

Early Intensive Diabetes Treatment: New Study Insights

“We can potentially change the course of this prevalent disease, which would represent a breakthrough,” said Dr. Ildiko Lingvay, assistant professor of…

Social Sciences

Cheating Allowed? Exploring Honesty Rules in Zurich High Schools

Not lying is regarded as a learned and well-known rule of honesty among 14 and 15-year-olds at Zurich’s high schools. Additional theoretical moral knowledge…

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