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Studies and Analyses

Dental X-Rays: Predicting Fractures with Bone Structure Insights

In a previous study, researchers from the University of Gothenburg’s Sahlgrenska Academy and Region Västra Götaland demonstrated that a sparse bone structure…

Physics & Astronomy

Scientists Set World Record for One-Loop Calculations

Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have set a new record for the calculation of scattering amplitudes. This kind of calculation is used to…

Studies and Analyses

Safer Anticoagulant Dosing: New Method from Swedish Researchers

Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology have now devised a new method that improves the…

Awards Funding

Fraunhofer Researchers Win Franco-German Business Award 2011

The photovoltaics industry is booming – more and more solar modules are appearing on rooftops, and even large-scale solar power plants are increasingly feeding…

Health & Medicine

Eyebrain Tracker to be used in clinical trial for Parkinson’s therapy

EyeBrain, a company developing medical devices for the early diagnosis of neurological diseases, announces today that its EyeBrain Tracker device is being used…

Life & Chemistry

New Tick-Borne Disease Emerges in Gothenburg, Sweden

In July 2009 a 77-year-old man from western Sweden was out kayaking when he went down with acute diarrhea, fever and temporary loss of consciousness. He was…

Health & Medicine

Scientists Uncover How The Brain Corrects Motion Disturbances

The fact that humans rapidly correct for any disturbance in motion demonstrates the brain understands the physics of the limb – scientists just didn’t know…

Earth Sciences

Discovering Diamond-Heavy Super-Earths in the Milky Way

A new study suggests that some stars in the Milky Way could harbor “carbon super-Earths” – giant terrestrial planets that contain up to 50 percent diamond.But…

Studies and Analyses

Prolonged Fatigue After Breast Cancer Chemotherapy: New Study Insights

In a follow-up study, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have found that patients who receive chemotherapy for breast cancer might experience…

Physics & Astronomy

Massive Black Holes Found in Distant Monster Galaxies

These black holes are at the centers of two galaxies more than 300 million light years from Earth, and may be the dark remnants of some of the very bright…

Physics & Astronomy

Proton Beam Experiments Unlock New Research Frontiers

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego; Los Alamos National…

Environmental Conservation

Carbon Emissions Surge Post-Financial Crisis: Key Insights

In 2010, emissions reached an all-time high of 9.1 billion tons of carbon, compared with 8.6 billion tons in 2009. The downturn was also followed by milestone…

Studies and Analyses

Study: Preemies Face Lasting Memory and Attention Issues

“While we know babies born severely preterm generally achieve lower cognitive test scores, this is one of the first studies to look at how severely low birth…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomer Is Part of Team to Make First Detection of UV Emission from Hydrogen in Milky Way Galaxy

The findings were published in the December 2, 2011 issue of the journal Science in an article titled ¡°Voyager Measurements of Hydrogen Lyman-¦Á Diffuse…

Studies and Analyses

Ground Motion Study May Show Need to Modify Building Codes

“A major impediment towards understanding and realistically modeling topographic effects has been the lack of a statistically significant number of seismic…

Life & Chemistry

Acquired Traits Can Be Inherited Via Small RNAs

“In our study, roundworms that developed resistance to a virus were able to pass along that immunity to their progeny for many consecutive generations,”…

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