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Physics & Astronomy

Data storage: Magnetic memories

Solid-state memory is seeing an increase in demand due to the emergence of portable devices such as tablet computers and smart phones. Spin-transfer torque…

Health & Medicine

Diabetes Care Disparities in Developing Countries Uncovered

Worldwide, four in five people with diabetes now live in developing countries. Liu’s study found that access to healthcare support for diabetes varied widely…

Studies and Analyses

Triglyceride Levels Linked to Stroke Risk in Postmenopausal Women

Postmenopausal women may be at higher risk of having a stroke than they think. A new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and colleagues found…

Earth Sciences

Google Earth Enhances Ocean Terrain With Major Update

Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego Internet information giant Google updated ocean data in its Google Earth application…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Encourage Shy Microorganisms to Shine in Ecosystems

Understanding how the changing global environment might affect these important ecosystem players is like trying to understand the solar system when all you can…

Physics & Astronomy

Recycling Pulsars: Understanding Stellar Cannibalism

The formation of millisecond pulsars is the result of stellar cannibalism where matter flows from a donor star to an accreting pulsar in a binary system….

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals How Hits Cause Concussions in Football Players

Purdue University researchers have studied football players for two seasons at Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Ind., where 21 players completed the study…

Life & Chemistry

Innovative RNA Therapies Target Gene Expression Effectively

Short strands of nucleic acids, called small RNAs, can be used for targeted gene silencing, making them attractive drug candidates. These small RNAs block gene…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Captures Stunning Details of Star-Forming Galaxy

This observation provides a unique opportunity to study the physical properties of a galaxy vigorously forming stars when the universe was only one-third its…

Physics & Astronomy

'First Light' Taken by NASA's Newest CERES Instrument

The CERES results help scientists to determine the Earth's energy balance, providing a long-term record of this crucial environmental parameter that will be…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellites Track Wind Shear Impact on Tropical Depression Iggy

NASA infrared satellite imagery showed that Iggy's strongest thunderstorms have been pushed away from the storm's center and visible imagery shows the storm is…

Health & Medicine

Breastfeeding’s Impact on Lung Function in Children with Maternal Asthma

“In our cohort of school age children, breastfeeding was associated with modest improvement in forced mid-expiratory flow (FEF50) in our whole group and with…

Physics & Astronomy

Stunning Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1073 Captured by Hubble

Most spiral galaxies in the Universe have a bar structure in their centre, and Hubble's image of NGC 1073 offers a particularly clear view of one of these….

Studies and Analyses

New Procedure Repairs Severed Nerves in Days, Not Months

American scientists believe a new procedure to repair severed nerves could result in patients recovering in days or weeks, rather than months or years. The…

Technology Offerings

NeuroTox Chips – The Network Formation Assay: A microarray for spatially standardized neurotoxicity screening

– Patterning of neuronal cells within a microarray, with each node equally spaced from neighbouring nodes

– The array format provides assay coordinates,…

Technology Offerings

Exploring Thin Porous Metal Oxide Films and Their Applications

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Thin porous metal oxide films offer unique physical, electrical and magnetic properties with applications in various fields including catalysis,…

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