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Earth Sciences

NASA's IceBridge 2012 Arctic campaign takes to the skies

After NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite's (ICESat) stopped collecting data in 2009, Operation IceBridge began as a way to continue the multi-year…

Trade Fair News

Learning to Play an Instrument – The Fraunhofer Software "Songs2See" at the Musikmesse 2012

In a jiffy, beginners play chart tunes, oldies or classical music on guitar, keyboards or saxophone. The clou is: Any title can be used for practicing. Just in…

Health & Medicine

Inflammatory Biomarkers Enhance COPD Mortality Predictions

“COPD is characterized by low-grade inflammation, so we hypothesized that the addition of inflammatory biomarkers to established predictive factors would…

Earth Sciences

NASA Tracks Lua Cyclone Approaching Northern Australia

On March 15, 2012 at 02:31 UTC, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of…

Health & Medicine

Depression Boosts Death Risk in Coronary Stent Patients

After seven years of follow up, depressed patients were 1.5 times more likely to have died than non-depressed patients. The findings were independent of age,…

Health & Medicine

Dental Hygiene Risks for Congenital Heart Disease Patients

Teens with congenital heart disease floss, brush and visit the dentist less than their peers. But they have healthier behaviours when it comes to alcohol,…

Life & Chemistry

New EU Research Network on Drosophila Information Processing

Eight European research institutes, including Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany, and three commercial partners have joined forces in an EU…

Technology Offerings

Compounds regulating the ThiM riboswitch – New Compounds and their use as antibiotics

Since the discovery of antibiotic substances and their use against microbes, bacteria have evolved to defend themselves by acquiring resistances. Especially in…

Health & Medicine

New Gel Treatment for Actinic Keratosis: Fast and Effective

The gel, called ingenol mebutate, is applied to the skin for just a few days, making it quicker and even more effective as current therapies require weeks to…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Tennessee's Urban Forests Valued in the Billions

The authors of Urban Forests of Tennessee, 2009 found there are 284 million trees in urban areas in the state, with canopies covering 33.7 percent of 1.6…

Health & Medicine

Decoding Brain Circuits Behind Loss of Appetite

The meal is pushed way, untouched. Loss of appetite can be a fleeting queasiness or continue to the point of emaciation. While it's felt in the gut, more is…

Environmental Conservation

Slug Management Strategies for No-Till Field Crops

In “Slug (Mollusca: Agriolimacidae, Arionidae) Ecology and Management in No-Till Field Crops, With an Emphasis on the mid-Atlantic Region,” a free, open-access…

Health & Medicine

Princeton Researchers Uncover Neural Patterns in Memory Formation

By following the brain activity of mice as they navigated a virtual reality maze, the researchers found that populations of neurons fire in distinctive…

Transportation and Logistics

The “twilight zone” of traffic costs lives at stoplight intersections

New research at Oregon State University will help to more precisely identify that danger zone. Traffic engineers can then use than information, along with…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Innovative IPM Strategies for Coffee Berry Borer Control

Infestations of this small beetle are difficult to combat; most of the insect's lifecycle is completed inside coffee berries, making insecticide penetration…

Earth Sciences

2012 Snow Cover Comparison: Insights from the Great Lakes

In 2012, the snow cover is very spotty compared to 2011. In 2011, the Great Lakes were clearly defined by surrounding snow, and snow blanketed the Rocky…

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