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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Texas Heat Boosts Rose Breeding Innovations

ut all the same, he'd opt next time for a handmade torture chamber.”Some people will complain about the heat, but from my viewpoint as a breeder, I love…

Earth Sciences

U-M Divers Discover Prehistoric Wood in Lake Huron

“This was the stage when humans gradually shifted from hunting large mammals like mastodon and caribou to fishing, gathering and agriculture,” said…

Health & Medicine

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia surgeons perform first 'ex vivo' lung transplants in New York

A 59-year-old woman from upstate New York and a 60-year-old woman from the New York metro area were the first patients in New York state and among the first in…

Health & Medicine

Research Highlights Gut’s Role in Immune Cell Function

“The findings shed light on the complex balance between beneficial and harmful bacteria in the gut,” said Prof. Jennifer Gommerman, an Associate Professor in…

Health & Medicine

Consistent Biopsy Referrals After PSA Screening Explained

After the US Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial found cancer in many men with low levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA), many debated which PSA level should…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Design Alzheimer’s Antibodies

The process is reported in the Dec. 5 Early Edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The process, outlined in the paper,…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Have Trouble Accessing Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines, Says Survey

A survey of more than 200 human embryonic stem cell researchers in the United States found that nearly four in ten researchers have faced excessive delay in…

Environmental Conservation

Hundreds of Threatened Species Not on Official US List

National “red lists” are used by many countries to evaluate and protect locally threatened species. The ESA is one of the best known national lists and…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Inheritance Patterns Influence Age of Diagnosis in BRCA Families

Iuliana Shapira, MD,director of cancer genetics, and her colleagues conducted a retrospective review of 130 breast or ovarian cancer patients with the BRCA1 or…

Health & Medicine

‘Mind-readers’ get a clearer view

A recent breakthrough in biological sample preparation by scientists at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Wako may give Astro Boy’s ‘x-ray vision’ a run for…

Life & Chemistry

Turning the Spotlight on Drug-resistant Tumors

Molecular probes that can illuminate cancer cells are often invaluable tools in the fight against the disease. The latest addition to this group is a family of…

Hannover Messe

Microtechnology Innovations at HANNOVER MESSE 2023

“Together with Deutsche Messe we are going to continue the success story of microtechnology at HANNOVER MESSE“, says IVAM-CEO Heinz-Peter Hippler. “Hall 17 is…

Corporate News

Siemens Expands Electrification for Peru Metro Line Upgrade

This high-level extension will run along a viaduct and cover a distance of approximately twelve kilometers. Siemens Infrastructure & Cities will be responsible…

Corporate News

Siemens Delivers Advanced Metallurgy Plant to Belarus Steel Producer

Thus, BMZ wishes to boost its production capacity to around 1.2 million annual tons and expand its product spectrum and quality. The order volume is in the…

Information Technology

Data storage: Coupled duo

Spin valves are essential building blocks in the magnetic sensors of read heads in hard disk drives. They consist of two magnetic layers separated by a…

Materials Sciences

Materials science: A sticky problem

Coating the ship’s hull with biocides can help prevent biofouling, but the chemicals used are often harmful to the environment. An environmentally friendly…

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