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Asthma Costs Rise Due to Traffic-Related Air Pollution

The total cost of asthma due to pollution is much higher than past traditional risk assessments have indicated and there is growing evidence that exposure to…

Life & Chemistry

Protein in the brain could be a key target in controlling Alzheimer’s

A group led by Domenico Pratico, professor of pharmacology and microbiology and immunology at Temple, discovered the presence of the protein, called…

Physics & Astronomy

Vesta’s Polar Regions May Harbor Hidden Water Ice

“Near the north and south poles, the conditions appear to be favorable for water ice to exist beneath the surface,” says Timothy Stubbs of NASA's Goddard Space…

Earth Sciences

NASA Tracks Tropical Storm 09S Development in Indian Ocean

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm 09S on January 25 at 7:05 UTC (2:05 a.m. EST), and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument measured…

Event News

Explore Innovations at EGU General Assembly 2012 in Vienna

EGU’s General Assembly is an opportunity for journalists and science writers to learn about recent developments in topics as diverse as shale gas and fracking,…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellites Analyze Major Cyclone Funso’s Impact

Two instruments aboard NASA's Aqua satellite and instruments aboard NASA and JAXA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite provided cloud extent,…

Information Technology

NCSA Blue Waters Project Selects Globus Online for Data Movement

The Globus Online team announced today that the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has chosen Globus Online as the data movement solution…

Materials Sciences

Crystallizing the Future of Oxide Materials

Jak Chakhalian of the University of Arkansas, A.J. Millis of Columbia University and J. Rondinelli of Drexel University present their ideas in the current…

Studies and Analyses

Do Baby Faces Win Trust? Insights from Hebrew University Research

Do baby-faced enemies have a better chance of gaining your trust? By subtly altering fictional politicians' faces, researchers at the Hebrew University of…

Life & Chemistry

Cambridge Team First to Grow Smooth Muscle Cells from Patient Skin Cells

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the world**. These deaths are mainly caused by the hardening and subsequent blockage of blood vessels…

Life & Chemistry

Olivucci models potential of toxic algae photoreceptors

Blue-green algae is causing havoc in Midwestern lakes saturated with agricultural run-off, but researchers in a northwest Ohio lab are using supercomputers to…

Studies and Analyses

Men More Likely to Experience Mild Memory Loss Than Women

“These results are surprising, given that women generally have higher rates of dementia than men,” said study author R.O. (Rosebud) Roberts, MB ChB, MS, of the…

Health & Medicine

Brachytherapy Lowers Death Rates in High-Risk Prostate Cancer

Brachytherapy for high-risk prostate cancers patients has historically been considered a less effective modality, but a new study from radiation oncologists at…

Health & Medicine

Mayo Clinic Study: Mild Cognitive Impairment Affects Men More

Also, the condition appears to affect men and those who only have a high school education more than women and those who have completed some higher education….

Studies and Analyses

Big Three Automakers: Ignoring Accounting 101 Costs

Essentially, the domestic automakers built far more vehicles than they needed while failing to appropriately account for the costs of excess capacity or the…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals 42% of Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis Inactive

A new study, funded by a grant from the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), found that two in five adults (42%)…

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