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Researchers develop first 'theranostic' treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)

A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has developed the first “theranostic” agent for the treatment of acute…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Study Links Berry Consumption to Brain Health Benefits

Their new article on the value of eating berry fruits appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.In the article, Barbara Shukitt-Hale, Ph.D.,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Shift to Green Energy: Concerns Over Rare Earth Supply

Randolph E. Kirchain, Ph.D., and colleagues explain that there has been long-standing concern about a secure supply of the so-called rare earth elements, 17…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into How Parasites Infect Their Hosts

Together with Scottish colleagues scientists around Prof. Dr. Peter Bayer and Dr. Anja Matena at the University Duisburg-Essen (UDE) have now seen through the…

Life & Chemistry

From 'Refrigerator Mothers' to untangling the genetic roots of autism

In the story, C&EN Associate Editor Lauren K. Wolf points out that most people in the 1960s believed autism resulted from a lack of maternal warmth and…

Environmental Conservation

Herbicides Linked to Decline in Endangered Butterfly Populations

A Washington State University toxicologist has found that three commonly used herbicides can dramatically reduce butterfly populations.The research was aimed…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Nanotrees harvest the sun's energy to turn water into hydrogen fuel

University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are building a forest of tiny nanowire trees in order to cleanly capture solar energy without using…

Communications Media

Communication technologies including smartphones and laptops could now be 1,000 times faster

Many of the communication tools of today rely on the function of light or, more specifically, on applying information to a light wave. Up until now, studies on…

Physics & Astronomy

Higgs Boson: A Step Closer to Proving Its Existence

The Higgs boson is a hypothetical particle thought responsible for giving mass to matter, a critical but still unproven component of the long-standing Standard…

Materials Sciences

Garafolo tests spacecraft seal to verify computer models

An Akron researcher is designing computer prediction models to test potential new docking seals that will better preserve breathable cabin air for astronauts…

Health & Medicine

Metformin Halts Atherosclerosis in HIV Patients: New Findings

Treatment with the common diabetes drug metformin appears to prevent progression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients infected with HIV. In a presentation…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Detects Massive Solar Flares Impacting Earth

The first is traveling faster than 1300 miles per second; the second more than 1100 miles per second. NASA's models predict that the CMEs will impact both…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Jet Stream Study to Illuminate Night Sky

Lower than a typical satellite's orbit, higher than where most planes fly, this upper atmosphere jet stream makes a perfect target for a particular kind of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

20.1% Efficient Solar Cell With Innovative Rear Passivation

A novel ICP-AlOx / SiNy double layer at the rear side of the solar cell enables the improvement without applying a “selective emitter”. 20.1% is one of the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Wellness Innovations at CIDRe: Advancing Dairy Cow Care

These are some of the questions that the new Center of Integrated Dairy Research (Zentrum für Integrierte Milchwirtschaftliche Forschung) or “CIDRe” for short…

Studies and Analyses

Cool Roofs Transform New York: A Sustainable Innovation

The dark, sunlight-absorbing surfaces of some New York City roofs reached 170 degrees Fahrenheit on July 22, 2011, a day that set a city record for electricity…

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