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Life & Chemistry

New Therapy Reduces Heart Attack Risks by Inhibiting Cell Regrowth

AIF-1 stimulates undesirable formation of new cells after a vascular injury, and IRT-1 has the opposite effect. It is the latter, IRT-1, that Maria Gomez wants…

Physics & Astronomy

Unveiling SS Leporis: Secrets of a Unique Star System

The astronomers observed [1] the unusual system SS Leporis in the constellation of Lepus (The Hare), which contains two stars that circle around each other in…

Studies and Analyses

Autoimmune Diseases Linked to Higher Lung Blood Clot Risks

Autoimmune diseases, in which the immune system attacks the body, are fairly common. Thyroid diseases, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and…

Corporate News

Siemens Funds €6M Collaboration with RWTH on Raw Materials

On January 1, 2012, Siemens will begin providing €6 million in funding for the strategic collaboration — which is the world’s first Siemens research program at…

Materials Sciences

Recycling Electric Motors: A Sustainable Source of Raw Materials

In their efforts to develop a solution suitable for application in industry, the partners in the MORE (MOtor REcycling) project are taking into account all…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes Ready for Space Environment Tests

The coordinated measurements of the two RBSP spacecraft will advance our understanding of space weather and the sun’s influence on the Earth and near-Earth…

Environmental Conservation

Public-Private Partnership Helps to Monitor Fish Populations in the Mid-Atlantic and New England

Researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) are now working with commercial fishermen to collect and share fisheries data in a cooperative…

Life & Chemistry

Chemists Become Sculptors of Tiny, Molecular Traps

Sculpted from a special kind of molecule called a “bottle-brush molecule,” the traps consist of tiny, organic tubes whose interior walls carry a negative…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Medical Robotics Experts Advance NASA ‘Satellite Surgery’ Project

Another idea is now getting attention: Send robots to the rescue and give them a little long-distance human help. Johns Hopkins scientists say the same…

Environmental Conservation

Benefits Abound with Recently Patented System That Reduces Phosphorus in Wastewater, Engineering Team Finds

Excess phosphate from both animal and human wastewater is an important environmental problem. It can pollute water resources and cause algae blooms, a problem…

Environmental Conservation

Researcher Finds Key to Ancient Weather Patterns in Florida's Caves

His goal? To compare ancient meteorological patterns with modern ones in the northern Gulf of Mexico region and ultimately inform policymakers on how to build…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Sea Temperatures Influence Melting in Antarctica

Higher-than-normal sea-level pressure north of the Amundsen Sea sets up westerly winds that push surface water away from the glaciers and allow warmer deep…

Earth Sciences

"Double Tsunami" Doubled Japan Destruction

Satellites captured not just one wave front that day, but at least two, which merged to form a single double-high wave far out at sea – one capable of…

Environmental Conservation

Cameras Snap First Images of Snow Leopards in Siberia

The cameras captured photos of two snow leopards in October as they walked along a ridge in the Altai Mountains along the Russia-Mongolia border.“To get a…

Life & Chemistry

Lessons Learned from Yeast About Human Leukemia: the Power of Basic Model Organisms in Human Health

Stowers investigator, Ali Shilatifard, Ph.D., and his team finally confirmed that the molecular mechanics of a key regulatory complex implicated in human…

Environmental Conservation

Fukushima Radioactivity Study: Impact on Ocean Health Revealed

The study, conducted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution chemist Ken Buesseler and two Japanese colleagues, Michio Aoyama of the Meteorological Research…

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