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Unlocking Cellular Aging: Senescence-Methylation Insights

Determination of cellular aging in cell cultures.

Invention: Long-term culture associated changes need to be
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Health & Medicine

Fish Oil’s Potential in Preventing Psychiatric Disorders

This new study is a National Institute of Mental Health-funded randomized double-blind trial that was designed to test whether Omega-3 fatty acids improve…

Life & Chemistry

Ocean Warming Forces Elephant Seals to Dive Deeper

Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association cooperating in a joint study with biologists and…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Chandra finds Milky Way's black hole grazing on asteroids

For several years Chandra has detected X-ray flares about once a day from the supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A*, or “Sgr A*” for short. The…

Physics & Astronomy

New images capture 'stealth merger' of dwarf galaxies

“This is how galaxies grow. You can see the smaller galaxy coming in and getting shredded, eventually leaving its stars scattered through the halo of the host…

Life & Chemistry

Shark-Inspired Innovation: Streamlined Skin Technology

Streamlined sharks are legendary for their effortless swimming. George Lauder from Harvard University, USA, explains that the fish have long inspired human…

Life & Chemistry

Zebra Stripes: Nature’s Secret to Insect Defense Explained

But would he have come up with the explanation that Gábor Horváth, Susanne Åkesson and colleagues from Hungary and Sweden have: that zebra's stripes stave off…

Life & Chemistry

Boost Your Swim Performance with Speedo Fastskin II Suit

For swimmers looking to gain an edge on the competition, the notion that simply donning a different swimsuit – like a Speedo Fastskin II suit, with a surface…

Life & Chemistry

Fruit Flies and Pheromones: Youth’s Sweet Smell Explained

“This is new because we have direct evidence that the pheromones produced at these different ages affect sexual attractiveness differently,” said Tsung-Han…

Studies and Analyses

High Cost of Defensive Medicine: Vanderbilt Study Findings

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers estimate that U.S. orthopaedic surgeons create approximately $2 billion per year in unnecessary health care…

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Terahertz Spectroscopy: Innovations in Diagnostics and Imaging

Nowadays Terahertz technology has proven to be a valuable tool for applications in diagnostics, measurement and testing. The industrial use of this technology,…

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Health & Medicine

NFC Technology Enhances Accessibility for Seniors and Disabled

As the proportion of senior citizens grows, their special needs are gaining momentum. Human eyesight, for example, weakens with age. VTT Technical Research…

Business and Finance

Using finance theory to examine the ideal form of corporations and society

Pursuing the social role of the financial industrySince the 1970s, a time the Modern Theory of Finance finally began to enter Japan, I have conducted research…

Life & Chemistry

Why Bad Immunity Genes Survive: Germs v. Genes Arms Race

“Major histocompatibility complex” (MHC) proteins are found on the surface of most cells in vertebrate animals. They distinguish self from foreign, and trigger…

Life & Chemistry

Transformational Fruit Fly Genome Catalog Completed

In a paper published today in Nature, North Carolina State University genetics researchers team with scientists from across the globe to describe the new…

Materials Sciences

Harvard Scientists Create Air-Driven Paper Machines

The fact that paper can bend but not stretch is the key to this remarkable invention, published today in the journal Advanced Functional Materials. Led by…

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