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Health & Medicine

Society of Interventional Radiology explores 'IR evidence' in patient care

The Society of Interventional Radiology will feature minimally invasive scientific advances and new discoveries that may change the way dozens of diseases are…

Physics & Astronomy

Mysterious Electron Acceleration Explained by New Simulation

A mysterious phenomenon detected by space probes has finally been explained, thanks to a massive computer simulation that was able to precisely align with…

Life & Chemistry

Iowa State Chemists Study Mutated Plants for Biofuels

The team recently published its findings in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Mei Hong, an Iowa State professor…

Business and Finance

US Income Distribution: Who’s Winning and Losing?

People all over the world have spent almost six months in front of universities, public parks, banks, and even Wall Street to publicly protest their…

Environmental Conservation

Insights on Elephant Behavior and Conservation from Notre Dame

Spend some time with University of Notre Dame researchers Elizabeth Archie and Patrick Chiyo and you'll gain a better understanding of just what a tragic loss…

Studies and Analyses

Stopping Hormones May Aid Breast Cancer Regression

As soon as women quit hormone therapy, their rates of new breast cancer decline, supporting the hypothesis that stopping hormones can lead to tumor regression,…

Life & Chemistry

Moffitt Cancer Center Unveils XL888’s Promise Against Melanoma

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and colleagues in California have found that the XL888 inhibitor can prevent resistance to the…

Health & Medicine

SFU Researchers Unveil New Tool for HIV Vaccine Development

Ralph Pantophlet, a Faculty of Health Sciences assistant professor, and Kate Auyeung, his senior research assistant and lab manager at SFU, and scientists in…

Earth Sciences

NASA's TRMM Satellite Measures Heavy Rainfall In Madagascar from System 92S

System 92S didn't have very strong winds when it passed over the coastal city of Vohemar on Madagascar's northeastern coast over the last couple of days, but…

Earth Sciences

T. Rex's killer smile revealed

Until recently most researchers only noted the varying size of T. rex's teeth when they studied the carnivore's smile.But now a University of Alberta…

Life & Chemistry

SFU researchers test sugary solution to Alzheimer’s

That’s the conclusion seven researchers, including David Vocadlo, a Simon Fraser University chemistry professor and Canada Research Chair in Chemical…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Microfluidic Chips Innovate Bitumen-Gas Analysis at U of T

A University of Toronto research team has developed a process to analyze the behavior of bitumen in reservoirs using a microfluidic chip, a tool commonly…

Life & Chemistry

What are the causes of synapse failure in Alzheimer's disease?

The degeneration of synapses – the contact sites between nerve cells – is considered to be the main cause of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's,…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Process Technology for Nanocrystalline Material Precipitation

Particle size reduction currently receives rapidly growing attention from all industry sectors since it allows to derive interesting material properties from…

Technology Offerings

Advancing Renewable Energy with Selective Titanium Nitride Layers

In times of controversial nuclear energy, the exploration and further development of systems that are able to use renewable energies become more and more…

Technology Offerings

New FRET Sensor Measures Dynamic Pressure Load Instantly

Here we present the first instantaneous, temperature independent measurement of dynamic forces in any gaseous or fluid phase with customizable pressure…

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