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Earth Sciences

NASA Discovers Rapid Melting of Arctic Multi-Year Ice

The thicker ice, known as multi-year ice, survives through the cyclical summer melt season, when young ice that has formed over winter just as quickly melts…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellites Track Tropical Cyclone Irina Near Mozambique

The low pressure area called System 92S that tracked across northern Madagascar this week and brought flooding rains has moved into the Mozambique Channel,…

Environmental Conservation

Making Industrial Parks Greener: A Case Study in Innovation

A case study published in Environmental Engineering Science (http://www.liebertpub.com/ees), a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc….

Studies and Analyses

Survey: Sleep Quality Improves With Age for Americans

Aging does not appear to be a factor in poor sleep, a new survey of more than 150,000 Americans shows. In fact, subjective sleep quality seems to improve over…

Studies and Analyses

Improving Radiation Curriculum for US Residents: Key Insights

However, a recent study, published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, suggests curricula addressing these items still seem…

Life & Chemistry

Investigators predict, confirm how E. coli bacteria hijack cells' directional mechanism

The study proposed a new model to explain how mammalian cells establish the sense of direction necessary to move, as well as the mechanism that a…

Life & Chemistry

Bacterial Protein Innovation: Preventing Mammalian Cell Adhesion

Thus, they have been extensively investigated during the last decade. Natural biomacromolecules such as bovine serum albumin (BSA) have conventionally been…

Studies and Analyses

Experts Recommend Increased Bone Density Testing for At-Risk Women

Although a recent study suggests that women with normal results on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans at ages 67 and older may wait up to 15 years…

Health & Medicine

Cannabis Use in Europe: Trends, Risks, and Innovations

Abuse of cannabis and preparations containing synthetic cannabis-like substances (cannabinoids) is on the rise all over Europe. At the same time,…

Health & Medicine

Aspirin may counteract potential trans fat-related stroke risk in older women

However, the risk of stroke associated with trans fat intake was lower among women taking aspirin, according to the findings from University of North Carolina…

Life & Chemistry

New Protein Linked to Increased Lifespan in Animal Studies

In animal experiments on both simple organisms like fruit flies and in more complex animals like mice, researchers have seen that stimulating autophagy leads…

Life & Chemistry

New 'magnetic yeast' marks step toward harnessing Nature's magnetic capabilities

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School have developed a method for inducing…

Information Technology

Smartphones That Project Images on Walls: The Next Innovation

Mobile phones currently on the market are capable of showing high quality images and video, but the phones' small size sets insurmountable limits on screen…

Health & Medicine

New Insights Into Depression: Brain Plasticity Uncovered

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now traced the brain's lower plasticity to reduced functionality in its support cells, and believe that learning more…

Physics & Astronomy

Direct Measurement of Photon Formation Length Explained

They achieved this by utilising the phenomena of objects moving slower and shortening in length from Einstein’s theory of relativity, along with two pieces of…

Studies and Analyses

How Deceptive Advertising Affects Brain Response: New Study

The study utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to capture images of the brain while study participants were shown a series of print…

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