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Medical Engineering

Siemens Unveils Acuson P300 Compact Portable Ultrasound System

Siemens Healthcare expands its ultrasound portfolio with the introduction of the Acuson P300 ultrasound system, a compact portable device for a wide variety of…

Health & Medicine

New Study Reveals How Diesel Soot Sticks in Lungs

The soot is a scourge for the climate but also for human health. Now for the first time, researchers have studied in detail how diesel soot gets stuck in the…

Social Sciences

How Facebook Boosts Self-Esteem: Insights from UGA Research

“Despite the name ‘social networks,' much user activity on networking sites is self-focused,” said Brittany Gentile, a UGA doctoral candidate who looked at the…

Health & Medicine

Public Ignorance on Lung Disease Impact: New Data Unveiled

New data released by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) to coincide with World Spirometry Day today has revealed a worrying lack of…

Studies and Analyses

Immediate Rewards Boost Student Test Performance Effectively

Test performance can improve dramatically if students are offered rewards just before they are given standardized tests and if they receive the incentive…

Information Technology

Smartphones Boost Social Media and Gaming Use in Sweden

Each year, Nordicom at Gothenburg University carries out a nationally representative survey of media use among the Swedish people. Media Barometer 2011…

Awards Funding

EMBO Gold Medal 2012 awarded to Jiøí Friml

Friml receives the award for defining how the plant hormone auxin functions to regulate plant development. He was also recognized for showing how the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Discover Prairie Cordgrass: An Overlooked Energy Crop

According to Lee, switchgrass has been studied extensively as a forage crop and a dedicated energy crop. Recently this research has been extended to big…

Earth Sciences

NASA measuring Tropical Storm Debby's heavy rains from space

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite is basically a flying rain gauge in space. Scientists use TRMM data to calculate rainfall rates and…

Studies and Analyses

Coffee’s Heart Benefits: Moderate Consumption May Protect You

While current American Heart Association heart failure prevention guidelines warn against habitual coffee consumption, some studies propose a protective…

Life & Chemistry

Glucose Deprivation Triggers Cancer Cell Death, UCLA Study

Researchers focusing on this effect as a possible target for cancer therapies have examined how biochemical signals present in cancer cells regulate the…

Earth Sciences

Caltech Scientists Discover New Mineral in Allende Meteorite

More than 40 years later, the Allende meteorite is still serving the scientific community as a rich source of information about the early stages of our solar…

Health & Medicine

New Study Catalogs Symptoms and Severity of Fibromuscular Dysplasia

A patient registry is proving invaluable in cataloging the clinical features, symptoms, severity, and outcomes of fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), a…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Neolithic Origins: EU Project for Young Researchers

“BEAN – Bridging the European and Anatolian Neolithic” is the name of a new multinational educational network which has received funding from the European…

Life & Chemistry

Cerebellar Networks: Enhancing Precision in Athletic Performance

Top athletes and other virtuosi can perform sequences of movements with a temporal precision of a millisecond (1/1000 second). However, how this is…

Studies and Analyses

Denser Development Boosts Single-Family Home Values, Study Finds

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington College of Built Environments and a South Korean university shows that, contrary to popular…

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