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Genetics and Sociality

Social support from family and friends is one of the most powerful protective factors against stress-related diseases – from heart attacks to depression. Prof….

Life & Chemistry

New Therapeutic Target Discovered for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Researchers from the NYU Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated cancer center at NYU Langone Medical Center, have discovered a new potential therapeutic target…

Information Technology

Nanotribology: Tubular probes

Studying microscopic interactions at single asperities is vital for the understanding of friction and lubrication at the macroscale. Surface probe instruments…

Life & Chemistry

Nanotechnology: Probing for interactions

Double-stranded DNA must disentangle itself into single strands during replication or repair to allow functional molecules to bind and perform their various…

Medical Engineering

Siemens Launches ACUSON S3000 Ultrasound at RSNA 2011

Siemens Healthcare launched the ACUSON S3000*, its latest ultra-premium ultrasound platform, at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the…

Life & Chemistry

UCLA Engineers Blood Stem Cells to Combat Melanoma

Done in mouse models, the study serves as first proof-of-principle that blood stem cells, which make every cell type found in blood, can be genetically altered…

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Pediatricians Report Rising Demand for Alternative Vaccine Schedules

Seventy-seven percent of Washington state pediatricians report that they are sometimes or frequently asked to provide alternative childhood vaccine schedules…

Studies and Analyses

How the Brain Forms Sentences: New Insights in Language Science

While it has long been recognized that certain areas in the brain's left hemisphere enable us to understand and produce language, scientists are still figuring…

Health & Medicine

Cobblestones Trick Innate Immunity, Affecting Implant Success

“Activation of the body’s innate immune system is one of the most common reasons for an implant being rejected,” explains Professor Hans Elwing from the…

Health & Medicine

Drug may slow spread of deadly eye cancer

Their findings are available online in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.Uveal melanoma, the second most common form of melanoma, can be very aggressive and…

Physics & Astronomy

In The Heart Of Cygnus, NASA's Fermi Reveals A Cosmic-ray Cocoon

Located in the vicinity of the second-magnitude star Gamma Cygni, the star-forming region was named Cygnus X when it was discovered as a diffuse radio source…

Health & Medicine

Mammography Screening at 40: New Study Supports Guidelines

The breast cancer screening guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in November 2009 sparked a controversy among physicians, patient…

Studies and Analyses

Norwegian Study Links Longer Bar Hours to Increased Violence

The findings suggest that a one-hour extension of bar closing hours led to an increase of an average of 20 violent cases at night on weekends per 100,000…

Studies and Analyses

How Environment and Diet Shape Heart Health Insights

The new data collected greatly benefits a field that is still in its scientific infancy and is a significant leap ahead of where the researchers were, even 18…

Studies and Analyses

Higher petrol taxes don’t hurt the poor

Yet a new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, – the largest ever of its kind – shows that it is middle- and high-income earners who…

Life & Chemistry

Honey Bee Protein Boosts Health and Longevity Insights

Honey bees are the most effective pollinators of many agricultural crops and vitally important to food production. Honey bee health is a topic of considerable…

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