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Infection control certification associated with lower MRSA infection rates

A team of researchers from the Columbia University School of Nursing surveyed infection prevention and control departments of 203 acute care hospitals in…

Machine Engineering

Siemens Expands Dry Solids Flowmeter Line for Compact Installations

These new flowmeters provide effective measuring for compact installations and high capacity applications. Siemens also rebrands its Linear Variable…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers 'Print' Polymers That Bend Into 3-D Shapes

Christian Santangelo, Ryan Hayward and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently employed photographic techniques and polymer science to…

Health & Medicine

Genetic Marker Enhances Diagnosis and Treatment of Food Allergies

The scientists, from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, report in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology that they have pinpointed a…

Life & Chemistry

Agricultural Wastes Generate Biosurfactants for Biocosmetics

Surfactants are found in cleaning agents and detergents, also in cosmetics. Shampoos, shower gels and bath additives consist of up to 40 percent surfactants….

Studies and Analyses

New Insights on Face Recognition: Research Findings Unveiled

The researchers—Jason M. Gold and Patrick J. Mundy of the Indiana University and Bosco S. Tjan of the University of Southern California—found that people’s…

Physics & Astronomy

New Neutrino Oscillation Discovered by Global Researchers

The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, a multinational collaboration including a team from Virginia Tech, discovered a new type of neutrino oscillation in…

Health & Medicine

Cost-Effective Innovations in Personalized Cancer Therapies

Now researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified new ways of doing just that, allowing more patients to benefit from this…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's RXTE Captures Thermonuclear Behavior of Unique Neutron Star

In October 2010, a neutron star near the center of our galaxy erupted with hundreds of X-ray bursts that were powered by a barrage of thermonuclear explosions…

Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Weakening Cyclone Irina in Mozambique Channel

On March 8 at 1500 UTC (10 a.m. EST), Irina's winds had finally dropped below 45 knots (51.7 mph/83.3 kph) to 35 knots (40.2 mph/64.8 kph) making it a minimal…

Earth Sciences

NASA's TRMM Satellite Sees Hot Towers in Cyclone Koji

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed directly above an intensifying tropical storm in the South Indian Ocean called Koji on March 8,…

Health & Medicine

New Drug Target Discovered for Kidney Disease at Mount Sinai

Led by John Cijiang He, MD, PhD, Professor of Nephrology and Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics; and Avi Ma'ayan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology…

Health & Medicine

Discovery could reduce chemo's side effects

“Knowing the structure and properties of the transporter molecule may be the key to changing the way that some chemotherapies, for example, could work in the…

Life & Chemistry

Salt-Tolerant Wheat: A Breakthrough in Crop Breeding

Using 'non-GM' crop breeding techniques, scientists from CSIRO Plant Industry have introduced a salt-tolerant gene into a commercial durum wheat, with…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Discovery May Prevent Cardiovascular Disease

Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Surrey have found a protein inside blood vessels with an ability to protect the body…

Health & Medicine

Antidepressant Shows Potential in Cancer Treatment Research

Team leader Arthur Zelent, Ph.D., and colleagues at the ICR have been working to unlock the potential of retinoids to treat other patients with AML. In a paper…

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