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Materials Sciences

ORNL experiments prove nanoscale metallic conductivity in ferroelectrics

Ferroelectric materials, which switch their polarization with the application of an electric field, have long been used in devices such as ultrasound machines…

Health & Medicine

Innovative Method Helps Cancer Cells Absorb Chemotherapy Effectively

Honing chemotherapy delivery to cancer cells is a challenge for many researchers. Getting the cancer cells to take the chemotherapy “bait” is a greater…

Life & Chemistry

Queen's researchers shed light on how children learn to speak

During the study at Queen’s University, the researchers changed the vowel sounds that the participants heard over headphones as they talked. They found that…

Studies and Analyses

Researchers find 'Google Flu Trends' a powerful early warning system for emergency departments

A report on the value of the Internet search tool for emergency departments, studied by a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine over a 21-month period,…

Health & Medicine

Pill May Prevent Serious Foodborne Illness, Research Shows

Arun Bhunia, a professor of food science; Mary Anne Amalaradjou, a Purdue postdoctoral researcher; and Ok Kyung Koo, a former Purdue doctoral student, found…

Studies and Analyses

Soda Tax: Potential Lives Saved and Health Benefits Explained

Every year, Americans drink 13.8 billion gallons of soda, fruit punch, sweet tea, sports drinks, and other sweetened beverages—a mass consumption of sugar that…

Life & Chemistry

Illinois Scientists Discover DHA’s Impact on Male Fertility

“Normal sperm cells contain an arc-like structure called the acrosome that is critical in fertilization because it houses, organizes, and concentrates a…

Studies and Analyses

Cutting Calories: The Impact of Dining Out on Weight Loss

Going out to eat has become a major part of our culture. Frequently eating out and consuming high-calorie foods in large portions at restaurants can contribute…

Earth Sciences

Gulf of Mexico Topography’s Impact on Bacterial Cleanup of Spill

When scientist David Valentine and colleagues published results of a study in early 2011 reporting that bacterial blooms had consumed almost all the deepwater…

Studies and Analyses

University of Utah and Google Develop Autism Support Program

These days, we hear a lot about the disorder of autism, but researchers at the University of Utah have created a program that helps kids with autism focus on…

Health & Medicine

New Study Unveils Improved Myocardial Infarction Therapy

This is the result of a clinical study recently reported by a group of scientists from the University Duisburg-Essen (UDE) in Circulation Research, the…

Event News

Hasylab Users' Meeting 2012

The annual users' meeting of the Hamburg Synchrotron Laboratory (HASYLAB) at DESY is coming up. Approximately 60 companies will showcase their products…

Technology Offerings

Neues Tiermodell für die sporadische Alzheimer Erkrankung (AD)

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the main neurodegenerative disease worldwide. It places a large social and financial burden on society due to the need of life-long…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Change Impact on Mountain Vegetation Across Europe

Led by researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Vienna, biologists from 13 different countries in Europe analysed 867 vegetation…

Studies and Analyses

'Couch potato pill' might stop heat stroke too

But, in a new study published today in the journal Nature Medicine, scientists discovered what they believe is one of the first drugs to combat heat stroke….

Life & Chemistry

New Test Detects Early Signs of Inherited Metabolic Disorders

The findings will be published online January 8 in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. MPS is caused by the absence or malfunctioning of a lysosomal enzyme…

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