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Life & Chemistry

Understanding The Acute-Phase Response: Health Vs. Illness

The research offers a new perspective on a component of the immune system known as the acute-phase response, a series of systemic changes in blood protein…

Physics & Astronomy

Sandia Z-Machine Results Challenge Astrophysical Models of the Universe

In a challenge to current astrophysical models of the universe, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories Z machine and the University of Rostock in Germany…

Health & Medicine

Newborn Screening for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Shows Promise as an International Model

As a model for NBS, the approach published online in January in the Annals of Neurology provides evidence that this approach could be implemented if approved…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Research Tests New Tool to Guide Reintroduction of the American Chestnut

Ongoing efforts to reintroduce the American Chestnut are labor intensive and expensive, in part because they rely on genetic cross breeding to produce a tree…

Life & Chemistry

A New Tool to Reveal Structure of Proteins

For roughly a decade, a technique called solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has allowed researchers to detect the arrangements of atoms…

Life & Chemistry

Anatomy of Success: Genetic Research Develops Tools for Studying Diseases, Improving Regenerative Treatment

Mark Weiss, professor of anatomy and physiology, is researching genetic models for spinal cord injury or diseases such as Parkinson's disease. He is developing…

Life & Chemistry

Mayo Clinic Researchers Building Melanoma Vaccine to Combat Skin Cancer

The strategy, called cancer immunotherapy, uses a genetically engineered version of the vesicular stomatitis virus to deliver a broad spectrum of genes derived…

Earth Sciences

Venice hasn't stopped sinking after all

Although previous studies had found that Venice has stabilized, new measurements indicate that the historic city continues to slowly sink, and even to tilt…

Physics & Astronomy

Nuclear Fusion Simulation Achieves High-Gain Energy Output

High-gain nuclear fusion could be achieved in a preheated cylindrical container immersed in strong magnetic fields, according to a series of computer…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Swift Narrows Down Origin of Important Supernova Class

These explosions, which can outshine their galaxy for weeks, release large and consistent amounts of energy at visible wavelengths. These qualities make them…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellites Reveal Severe Weather Patterns in Texas, Oklahoma

NASA's Aqua satellite and NOAA's GOES-13 satellite have been providing infrared, visible and microwave images to forecasters of the stalled frontal system.On…

Studies and Analyses

Global Study Reveals Hospital Quality and Safety Issues

The massive study, which in some countries involved every hospital, surveyed 61,168 bedside nurses and 131,318 patients in more than 1,000 hospitals in 13…

Health & Medicine

Most sinus infections don't require antibiotics

The vast majority of sinus infections are caused by viruses and should not be treated with antibiotics, suggest new guidelines released by the Infectious…

Studies and Analyses

Dense breasts can nearly double the risk of breast cancer recurrence

Dr Louise Eriksson and her colleagues from the Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm, Sweden) found that women with denser breasts had nearly double the risk of…

Trade Fair News

Release agent free FRP component manufacture using FlexPLAS® release film – JEC Europe 2012 in Paris

In order to be able to manufacture large fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) components – such as those used for aircraft and wind turbine construction – which are…

Technology Offerings

New Assay Detects Key KRAS and BRAF Gene Variants

Scientists of the Saarland University and the Charité Berlin established an assay which allows the selective detection of all 14 clinically relevant variants…

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