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Earth Sciences

Remote Siberian Lake Holds Clues to Arctic–and Antarctic–Climate Change

Intense warm climate intervals–warmer than scientists thought possible–have occurred in the Arctic over the past 2.8 million years.That result comes from the…

Health & Medicine

New evidence in fructose debate: Could it be healthy for us?

“Over the last decade, there have been connections made between fructose intake and rates of obesity,” said Dr. John Sievenpiper, a senior author of the study….

Life & Chemistry

Zebrafish Research Insights Spark Interest at Global Conference

Amazingly, it has biological similarities to humans, which are making this small freshwater fish an increasingly popular model organism for studying vertebrate…

Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Gulf Low for Potential Tropical Storm Development

Infrared data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies onboard NASA's Aqua satellite is helping forecasters at the National Hurricane…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Aqua Satellite Captures Hurricane Chris Formation

Infrared satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite have revealed that the clouds around Hurricane Chris' eye have reached a cold peak early on June 21 when…

Life & Chemistry

Environmental Estrogens Impact Zebrafish Development Research

New research to be presented at the 2012 International Zebrafish Development and Genetics Conference, held June 20-24 in Madison, Wisconsin, reveals that these…

Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Disorganized Tropical Depression Talim

NASA's Aqua satellite Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument captured an infrared image of Tropical Depression Talim on June 21 at 3:29 a.m. EDT. The…

Health & Medicine

New Device Helps Manage Incontinence After Surgery

A device used to prevent incontinence in women who undergo a common pelvic-floor surgery reduces symptoms but increases side effects in these patients. These…

Life & Chemistry

X-Ray Insights: Discover the Emperor Scorpion’s Unique Protein

The emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator) is not only one of the biggest scorpions in the world, but it also has one remarkably large protein, namely…

Studies and Analyses

Clinical Trial: Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Parkinson’s Patients Over Long Term

The study is published in the June 20, 2012, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. For the study, 159 people…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Solar Nanowire Array May Increase Percentage of Sun’s Frequencies Available for Energy Conversion

Researchers creating electricity through photovoltaics want to convert as many of the sun’s wavelengths as possible to achieve maximum efficiency. Otherwise,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Modeling Biofuel Fitness for the Sea

With fossil fuels a limited resource largely controlled by other nations, the U.S. Navy—the largest user of diesel fuel in the country—understandably is…

Life & Chemistry

Rapid Test Leverages Origami Tech for Quick Diagnostics

Complex laboratory investigations do produce reliable results, but they are not useful for point-of-care diagnostics. This is especially true in developing…

Technology Offerings

Lanthanide Enhancers Boost Cancer Radiotherapy Effectiveness

In Germany alone every year about 400.000 people develop cancer. The radiation ther-apy is widely used as a method of treat-ment. Cancer cells will be harmed…

Technology Offerings

Mild Cathodic Deoxygenation Method for Amides and Esters

The present invention relates to a novel method for deoxygenation of carboxylic acids and carboxylic acid esters by cathodic reduction. The method is…

Technology Offerings

New Bridge-Assay Measures Insulin & IGF1-Receptor Autoantibodies

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