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Life & Chemistry

Feral Pigs Carry Dangerous Bacteria: Health Risks Explained

The bacteria are transmitted to humans by unsafe butchering and consumption of undercooked meat. Clinical signs of brucellosis, the disease caused by the…

Health & Medicine

Yale Study Explores Impact of New Autism Diagnosis Criteria

The proposed changes may affect the proportion of individuals who qualify for a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, according to a study by Yale Child Study…

Medical Engineering

New MRI Technique Predicts Dementia Progression Rates

A new technique for analyzing brain images offers the possibility of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to predict the rate of progression and physical…

Studies and Analyses

Coral Resilience: Study Reveals Widespread Adaptive Capacity

A new study by scientists at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science suggests that many species of reef-building corals may…

Physics & Astronomy

Breakthrough in Quantum Computing: Protecting Information Efficiently

Scientists have overcome a major hurdle facing quantum computing: how to protect quantum information from degradation by the environment while simultaneously…

Health & Medicine

Higher Glucose Levels May Aid Heart Failure Patients with Diabetes

A new study found that for advanced heart failure patients with diabetes, having higher blood glucose levels may actually help improve survival rates. Currently published online in the American Journal of Cardiology, UCLA researchers compared levels of a marker used to track glucose levels called glycosylated hemoglobin in advanced heart failure patients with and without diabetes. The marker is gauged through a simple blood test. …

Environmental Conservation

Loss of predators affecting ecosystem health

A survey on the loss in the Northern Hemisphere of large predators, particularly wolves, concludes that current populations of moose, deer, and other large…

Studies and Analyses

Corneal thickness linked to early stage Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy

A national consortium of researchers has published new findings that could change the standard of practice for those treating Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal…

Life & Chemistry

New Method Speeds Up TALEN Gene-Editing Tool Assembly

The new method allows investigators to quickly create a large number of TALENs (transcription activator-like effector nucleases), enzymes that target specific…

Environmental Conservation

UCSB Study Reveals Forest Insects From Imported Plants

According to a study conducted by researchers at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, however, what has proved to be a…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Whey Co-Products: Boosting Nutrition for Weanling Pigs

“We wanted to determine the energy concentration and digestibility of phosphorus in whey powder, in conventional whey permeate, and in low-ash whey permeate…

Earth Sciences

Iowa State researchers find, test winds extending far away from Alabama tornado’s path

It was just a week after the tornado. He was between the two cities, in the rough country of the southern Appalachians about 20 miles northeast of Tuscaloosa….

Health & Medicine

Emergence of artemisinin-resistance on Thai-Myanmar border raises spectre of untreatable malaria

Evidence that the most deadly species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is becoming resistant to the front line treatment for malaria on the border…

Studies and Analyses

Genetic Study Reveals Head and Body Lice as One Species

Scientists have long debated whether human head and body lice are the same or different species. The head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is a persistent…

Hannover Messe

New Simulation Software Optimizes Smart Grid Networks

However, these new “smart grids” also come with increased complexity, costs and vulnerability. Fraunhofer researchers developed new software that can be used…

Health & Medicine

Loyola Study Reveals Bacteria in Healthy Women’s Urine

Researchers have determined that bacteria are present in the bladders of some healthy women, which discredits the common belief that normal urine is sterile….

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