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Physics & Astronomy

Is It True That No Two Snowflakes Are Exactly Alike?

On Wednesday, February 1, as part of Perimeter Institute’s Public Lecture Series presented by Sun Life Financial, Kenneth Libbrecht, Physics Professor at…

Materials Sciences

New Nanotech Technique for Lower-Cost Materials Repair

Their discovery is reported this week in the current issue of Nature Nanotechnology. The new technique has many practical implications, especially that…

Seminars Workshops

Europeans Collaborate to Enhance Data Use from Health Records

Up to 2014, within the scope of the European project “Electronic Health Records for Clinical Research” (EHR4CR), partners from academic research and industry…

Life & Chemistry

Gut Bacteria’s Role in Heart Attack Severity Revealed

New research published online in the FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) suggests that the types and levels of bacteria in the intestines may be used to…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Storm Heidi's Temperature, Cloud Heights and Rainfall Grabbed by NASA Satellites

Two instruments on NASA's Aqua satellite and two instruments on NASA's TRMM satellite provided forecasters with the rate at which rain was falling within…

Physics & Astronomy

Discovery of the Smallest Exoplanets: the Barnard’s Star Connection

The discovery was made by a scientific team led by astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) that included three members from Vanderbilt….

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Isolate Messenger Protein Linking Exercise to Health Benefits

A team led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has isolated a natural hormone from muscle cells that triggers some of the key health benefits of…

Earth Sciences

Paleontologists Give Madagascar’s Fiercest Dinosaur a Hand

Its powerful jaws bristled with bladelike teeth, and its strong legs terminated in formidable claws. Not even its own kin were safe, for given the chance,…

Materials Sciences

New Particle-Free Silver Ink Powers Tiny, Efficient Electronics

Jennifer Lewis, the Hans Thurnauer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and graduate student S. Brett Walker described the new ink in the Journal of…

Studies and Analyses

Largest bird alters their foraging due to climate change

Since winds have increased in intensity and moved to the south, the flight speed of albatrosses increased and they spend less time foraging. As a consequence,…

Life & Chemistry

Recycling Platinum: Innovations in Precious Metal Recovery

Precious metals, especially platinum, are important catalytic materials for many chemical reactions. For example, platinum is used in some fuel cells; however,…

Materials Sciences

Creation of Database for Promising Adsorbents for Decontamination of Radioactive Substances from Nuclear Power Plants

The search for more effective methods of decontamination of radioactive substances discharged from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant following the…

Studies and Analyses

How Your Imagination Shapes Perceptions of Others

Quick, come up with an imaginary co-worker.Did you imagine someone who is positive, confident, and resourceful? Who rises to the occasion in times of trouble?…

Health & Medicine

Empowering Women: Recognizing Heart Attack Symptoms

Women often don't have the same kind of chest pains that men generally experience during a heart attack. They may also have a range of other symptoms, not all…

Studies and Analyses

NASA Study: Climate Change Actions Boost Health and Food Security

The research, led by Drew Shindell of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, finds that focusing on these measures could slow mean…

Life & Chemistry

Study Reveals Drug Contamination in Swedish Waters

– This is a wake-up call that this substance and several other pharmaceuticals are so difficult to break down, says Jan Christiansson, the officer in charge at…

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