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Intensive Mobile Phone Use Disrupts Sleep in Young People

“Public health advice should therefore include information on the healthy use of this technology,” says researcher Sara Thomée from the Sahlgrenska Academy at…

Life & Chemistry

New Drug Targets Identified for Major Diseases by WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases – a type of enzyme – are important targets for the development of new drugs…

Life & Chemistry

Smart Flu Tracking: Innovations in Influenza Monitoring

The H1N1 “swine flu,” as the virus was named, circulated worldwide, killing more than 18,000 people, according to the World Health Organization. The Centers…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Develop Groundbreaking New Graphene-Based MRI Contrast Agent

The most recent findings are discussed in detail in his team’s research paper “Physicochemical characterization, and relaxometry studies of micro-graphite…

Life & Chemistry

New Twist on Old Chemical Process Could Boost Energy Efficiency

Now University of Washington scientists have found that a previously unappreciated aspect of those reactions could be key in developing more efficient energy…

Life & Chemistry

Study Challenges Previously Held Beliefs About the Role of Genetic Mutations in Colon Cancer Development

For the first time, researchers have found that the number of new mutations are significantly lower in cancers than in normal cells.“This is completely…

Studies and Analyses

Too Few Salmon Is Far Worse Than Too Many Boats for Killer Whales

In lean times, however, the stress level normally associated with boats becomes more pronounced, further underscoring the importance of having enough prey,…

Environmental Conservation

Microbial Communities Changed After Deepwater Horizon Spill

The findings, which analyzed marine sediments from five Gulf Coast sites prior to and several months following shoreline oiling, are published in the June 6,…

Life & Chemistry

Virgin Male Moths Think They're Hot When They're Not

A University of Utah study found that when a virgin male moth gets a whiff of female sex attractant, he’s quicker to start shivering to warm up his flight…

Earth Sciences

Unique Microbes Discovered in Extreme Volcanic Soils

A new DNA analysis of rocky soils in the martian-like landscape on some volcanoes in South America has revealed a handful of bacteria, fungi, and other…

Health & Medicine

Study Links Large Waistlines to Higher Mortality Risk in Seniors

Coherent research has shown that being underweight is considerably more dangerous for the elderly than being overweight. A study at the Sahlgrenska Academy,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Enhancing Grid Stability With Accurate Demand Forecasting

The data helps grid operators calculate power demand in their networks and fairly exactly order the amount of additional electricity required in advance. As…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Power From Waste Heat: Reducing Costs and Emissions in Steel

Around 20 percent of the electricity required to melt steel scrap could be recovered with the method, according to a report in the latest issue of the research…

Physics & Astronomy

Spin Structure Unlocks New Digital Storage Insights

Crystal structure of Cd2Os2O7The metal-insulator transition (MIT) is a phenomenon in which certain (electricity-conducting) metals make a sudden transition to…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Underwater Solar: Photovoltaic Cells Harness Ocean Energy

Underwater autonomous systems and sensor platforms are severely limited by the lack of long endurance power sources. To date, these systems must rely on…

Materials Sciences

Explore Self-Healing Plastics in ACS Lab Tour Video

he video takes viewers on a tour of the lab of Nancy Sottos, Ph.D., who has published articles on the self-healing plastics in a number of ACS peer-reviewed…

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