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Life & Chemistry

Curcumin shows promise in attacking Parkinson’s disease

A team of researchers led by Basir Ahmad, an MSU postdoctoral researcher, demonstrated earlier this year that slow-wriggling alpha-synuclein proteins are the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Project ESSenTIAL: Advancing Silicon Photonics for Industry

Since 2006, Europe has invested in facilitating industrial access to silicon photonics. A most notable initiative is ePIXfab, a collaboration between imec and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Controlling Pesticide Additives to Reduce Drift Issues

Carlos Corvalan, an associate professor of food science, said understanding how the additives work together means they could be designed to decrease the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Substrates from Sewage Sludge and Metallurgical Waste

Sludge from waste water treatment, ash from biomass combustion, metallurgical waste, and barley straw have been used . The new substrates were found to have…

Earth Sciences

Satellite Images Reveal Sandstorm’s Impact Over Time

The animation shows two cloud-free images of the region: the first captured on 10 March and the second on 18 March. The latest image shows how sand has swept…

Physics & Astronomy

Explosive Stars: How a White Dwarf Gains Mass and Detonates

All evidence points to a white dwarf that feeds off its companions star, gaining mass, growing unstable, and ultimately detonating. But does that white dwarf…

Life & Chemistry

New Protein Discovery Reveals Muscle Nuclei Positioning Mechanism

Skeletal muscles are composed of cylindrical muscle fibres with a multitude of peripheral nuclei. Until now, little was known about the mechanism used to…

Earth Sciences

Study confirms oil from Deepwater Horizon disaster entered food chain in the Gulf of Mexico

For months, crude oil gushed into the water at a rate of approximately 53,000 barrels per day before the well was capped on July 15, 2010. A new study confirms…

Life & Chemistry

Marijuana-Like Chemicals Show Promise Against Late-Stage AIDS

Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have discovered that marijuana-like chemicals trigger receptors on human immune cells that can directly inhibit a…

Health & Medicine

New Test Enhances Peanut Allergy Diagnosis Efficiency

It is hoped the test will be more cost effective and convenient than standard approaches and minimise over-diagnosis of peanut allergy in the community. Currently, an oral food challenge is the standard for diagnosing peanut allergy, and while an oral food challenge is definitive in diagnosing patients, it is time-consuming, costly and patients risk severe reactions such as anaphylaxis. …

Health & Medicine

Common Pain Relievers Linked to High Blood Pressure Risks

Diseases such as kidney failure and endocrine tumors are among the suspects causing high blood pressure — but could the common pain relievers in your medicine…

Life & Chemistry

Hutchinson Center and TGen scientists discover potential 'break through' in pancreatic cancer

Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have discovered a literal 'break through' in…

Environmental Conservation

Notre Dame Researchers Unveil Nuclear Waste Cleanup Method

A new paper by researchers at the University of Notre Dame, led by Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt, professor of civil engineering and geological sciences and…

Event News

Science for a Sustainable Future: Insights for 2025

These are questions that will be discussed in the session at the Planet under Pressure Conference on “Developing a VISION for harnessing R&D to sustainable…

Studies and Analyses

Colorectal Cancer Screening High Among Patients With Complex Health Issues

Published in the Southern Medical Journal, the study used data based on a survey of 1,153 Appalachian men and women aged 50-76. Respondents were given four…

Health & Medicine

Low-Calorie Diet Linked to Increased Death Rate in Bowel Disease

While research suggests inflammation associated with obesity may contribute to inflammatory bowel diseases such as colitis, the study results revealed a…

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