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Life & Chemistry

Unpicking HIV’s invisibility cloak

Drug researchers hunting for alternative ways to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections may soon have a novel target—its camouflage coat. HIV…

Physics & Astronomy

Accounting for missing particles

For several years, physicists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), USA, have studied an unusual state of…

Studies and Analyses

Cancer Risk Quadruples in Kids with Juvenile Arthritis

New research reports that incident malignancy among children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is four times higher than in those without the disease….

Studies and Analyses

Young adults allowed to stay on parents' health insurance have improved access to care

This analysis indicates the potential positive impact of a key provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). The study appears in…

Technology Offerings

New miRNA Biomarker Targets Memory Impairment in Dementia

Age associated dementia consist a serious health and social problem for our society, with their prevalence increasing as lifespan expands. Efficient…

Technology Offerings

Boosting Antibody Therapy Efficacy With Novel Combi Treatment

Antibody-mediated therapies have evolved as a mainstay of targeted anti-cancer therapy but also of auto-immune and other diseases. However, antibody drug…

Technology Offerings

New Enzyme Converts CO2: Insights from Coraline Sponge Discovery

Scientists from the University of Göttingen found new members of carbonic anhydrase from a living fossil, a coralline sponge, major contributors to reef…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Corn Yield Boost: Erosion-Slowing Cover Crops Study at ISU

The results are the best yet in the ongoing research, according to Ken Moore, Distinguished Professor of agronomy and primary investigator on the project, who…

Life & Chemistry

Hydrogen Production From Acidic Water: A New Catalyst Approach

A technique for creating a new molecule that structurally and chemically replicates the active part of the widely used industrial catalyst molybdenite has been…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineers Build “No-Waste” Laser

The two new lasers require very low power to operate, an important breakthrough since lasers usually require greater and greater “pump power” to begin lasing…

Environmental Conservation

Bird Populations Near Fukushima Are More Diminished Than Expected

In July 2011, the researchers identified and counted birds at 300 locations in Fukushima Prefecture, ranging from 15 to 30 miles from the damaged nuclear…

CeBIT 2012

French Innovators Showcase at CeBIT 2012 by UBIFRANCE

UBIFRANCE will group together the French companies in two areas during the CeBIT trade show in March. Companies focused on new technology and research will be…

Materials Sciences

Materials that shrink when heated

One common reason that people with fillings experience toothache is that their fillings expand at a different rate to the original tooth when, for example,…

Life & Chemistry

New Prenatal Genetic Test Enhances Fetal Abnormality Detection

A nationwide, federally funded study has found that testing a developing fetus' DNA through chromosomal microarray (CMA) provides more information about…

Life & Chemistry

Scripps Research Scientists Identify Most Lethal Known Species of Prion Protein

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified a single prion protein that causes neuronal death similar to that seen in…

Life & Chemistry

Secrets of Plant UV Protection Revealed by Scripps Research

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun can damage proteins and DNA inside cells, leading to poor growth and even death (as well as carcinogenesis in humans)….

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