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Physics & Astronomy

Topological Matter in Optical Lattices

Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute* have shown that an optical lattice system exhibits a never-before-seen quantum state called a topological…

Environmental Conservation

Bison on Konza Prairie Fuel Experiments to Restore Prairie Ecosystem

But the bison at Konza serve an important purpose by furthering the efforts of numerous experiments being conducted on-site, according to Kansas State…

Life & Chemistry

New shrimp species found in Songkhla Lake

The first, Karmaka songkhlaensis, were 2-3 millimeters in size, and named after the location in which they were found. They were in abundance in the upper part…

Studies and Analyses

Gray Matter in Brain’s Control Center Linked to Ability to Process Reward

The more gray matter you have in the decision-making, thought-processing part of your brain, the better your ability to evaluate rewards and consequences. That…

Life & Chemistry

Gene 14-3-3σ: Key to Slowing Breast Cancer Progression

New research out of McGill University's Goodman Cancer Research Centre provides compelling new evidence that a gene known as 14-3-3ó plays a critical role in…

Health & Medicine

Everolimus and Octreotide Boost Survival in Neuroendocrine Tumors

Combination treatment with everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target rapamycin (mTOR), and octreotide has shown to improve progression-free survival for…

Health & Medicine

Study demonstrates a connection between a common chemical and Parkinson's disease

Dr. Franca Cambi of the UK Kentucky Neuroscience Institute collaborated with researchers from across the U.S. on a paper recently published in the Annals of…

Studies and Analyses

UI Engineers Study Residential Soils in U.S. First

The authors of the study, published in the November online edition of the journal Environmental Pollution, collected soils in the residential areas of downtown…

Innovative Products

Engineers Design Handle To Make Lifting Car Seats Safer, Easier

“Many products that are designed for parents don’t take ergonomics into account, and the instructions are usually not very helpful,” says Michael Clamann, a…

Life & Chemistry

Quack Medicines, Insect Immigrants, and What Eats What Revealed by DNA Barcodes

The newfound scientific power to quickly “fingerprint” species via DNA is being deployed to unmask quack herbal medicines, reveal types of ancient Arctic life…

Studies and Analyses

Car Seats Effective for Overweight Kids, Study Finds

Researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Center for Injury Research and Prevention studied nearly 1,000 1- to 8-year-old children involved in…

Power and Electrical Engineering

A smarter way to make ultraviolet light beams

A paper on the research is newly published in Optics Express. The research was led by Mona Jarrahi and Tal Carmon, assistant professors in the Department of…

Materials Sciences

WSU researchers use a 3-D printer to make bone-like material

It looks like bone. It feels like bone. For the most part, it acts like bone. And it came off an inkjet printer. Washington State University researchers have…

Health & Medicine

Abstinence-Only Education: Insights from Teen Pregnancy Data

The researchers looked at teen pregnancy and birth data from 48 U.S. states to evaluate the effectiveness of those states' approaches to sex education, as…

Studies and Analyses

How Violent Video Games Impact Young Men’s Brain Function

The controversy over whether or not violent video games are potentially harmful to users has raged for many years, making it as far as the Supreme Court in…

Earth Sciences

Lava Fingerprinting Reveals Differences Between Hawaii's Twin Volcanoes

This study is the first to conclusively relate geochemical differences in surface lava rocks from both chains to differences in their deep mantle sources,…

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