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Life & Chemistry

Sharpening the focus of microscopes

A new advanced imaging scheme—with a resolution ten times better than that of its counterparts to date—can resolve objects as small as atoms1. Previously, the…

Social Sciences

Balancing Parties: Gender Equality Strategies Explored

In a dissertation in political science, Emelie Lilliefeldt, Södertrön University, in Sweden, shows that there are several different formulas for achieving…

Environmental Conservation

Powerful mathematical model greatly improves predictions for species facing climate change

The research, federally funded by the National Science Foundation, is published Dec. 2 in the journal Science. The team's groundbreaking integral projection…

Interdisciplinary Research

ONR Boosts Undersea Robots’ Decision-Making Capabilities

“Using the new algorithms, the vehicle has a greater ability to make its own decisions without requiring a human in the loop,” said Marc Steinberg, program…

Life & Chemistry

Human Cells Create Protein Cages to Trap Shigella

In research on the never-ending war between pathogen and host, scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris have discovered a novel defensive weapon, a…

Life & Chemistry

Genentech Unveils Ras Oncogene Inhibitors at ASCB Meeting

A drug discovery team at Genentech, Inc., has uncovered a chink in the molecular armor of Ras, the most commonly occurring oncogene, which is a gene that when…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Reveals Brain Mechanism Behind Muscle Fatigue

They have discovered a mechanism in the brain that triggers a reduction in muscle performance during tiring activities and ensures that one’s own physiological…

Life & Chemistry

New Mechanism Discovered for Tumor Cell Reprogramming

A study by researchers Raúl Méndez, ICREA Research Professor at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and Pilar Navarro at the IMIM…

Environmental Conservation

Global warming changes balance between parasite and host in fish — new study

Parasitic worms that infect fish, and have a devastating effect on fish reproduction, grow four times faster at higher temperatures – providing some of the…

Earth Sciences

Global carbon emissions reach record 10 billion tons — threatening 2 degree target

Published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, the new analysis by the Global Carbon Project shows fossil fuel emissions increased by 5.9 per cent in…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Farming’s Role in Protecting Threatened Species Worldwide

Published today in the journal Conservation Letters, the study concludes that many species, rather than just using farmland to supplement their natural…

Information Technology

How Design Can Help Facebook Users Strengthen Security

When Facebook members sign up for apps developed by third-party companies, they may not know that these apps are sometimes overriding their global settings on…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Study Reveals Brain Signaling Defects Linked to ADHD

Pediatric researchers analyzing genetic influences in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have found alterations in specific genes involved in…

Life & Chemistry

Biochemical Changes in ADHD: Insights for Future Treatments

“This indicates that several signal substances are implicated in ADHD and that in the future this could pave the way for other drugs than those in use today,”…

Life & Chemistry

Explore BAM’s New Reference Organisms Database for Testing

BAM offers a new “Reference Organisms Database” for bacteria, fungi and insects on the Internet which can be used for standard tests and tests on manufactured…

Studies and Analyses

Frequent Gene Mutations in Kidney Cancer: BGI’s New Study Insights

BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, announced that a study on frequent mutation of genes encoding ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis pathway (UMPP)…

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