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Northeast and Southwest Precipitation Variability Linked in Study

An analysis of precipitation data collected from a lakebed in New York and a Rhode Island estuary has provided a link between the variability of precipitation…

Corporate News

Siemens Expands Industrial Software with Vistagy Acquisition

This acquisition allows Industry Automation, a Division of the Siemens Industry Sector, to continue to enhance its position as the world's leading supplier of…

Studies and Analyses

First results of Angiomax (bivalirudin) vs. heparin in transcatheter aortic valve interventions

Clinical researchers here reported the first results of a pilot study with the anticoagulant Angiomax ® (bivalirudin) as an adjunct to catheter-based…

Life & Chemistry

'Noise' tunes logic circuit made from virus genes

In electronic circuits, it is unavoidable, and as circuits get smaller and smaller, noise has a greater and more detrimental effect on a circuit's performance….

Physics & Astronomy

New Microscope Images: Less Is More With Data Compression

Compression is generally thought of as something to do to data after it has been collected, but mathematicians have recently figured out a way to use similar…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanowires: A New Path to High-Performance Solar Cells

The research group, led by electrical and computer engineering professor Xiuling Li, developed a technique to integrate compound semiconductor nanowires on…

Life & Chemistry

Paper Uncovers Power of Foldit Gamers’ Strategies

Gamers made headlines in September for unraveling the structure of a protein central to research on AIDS. Today, in a paper published online at the Proceedings…

Environmental Conservation

Virginia Brook Trout Streams Mostly Recovering From Acid Deposition

“This is good news and real evidence for the value of our national investment in improving air quality,” said Rick Webb, a U.Va. environmental scientist in the…

Life & Chemistry

Monkey Mothers Found to be Key to Sons' Reproductive Success

In a study of wild primates, reported this week (Nov. 7, 2011) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison…

Studies and Analyses

Breakthrough Scientific Discoveries No Longer Dominated by the Very Young

A study of Nobel Laureates from 1901 to 2008 in these three fields examined the age at which scientists did their prize-winning work.Results showed that before…

Life & Chemistry

Uniquely Preserved Whale Fossil Offers Clues to Transition to Water

If not for an observant Italian stonecutter, a recently discovered fossil whale specimen from Egypt might have become part of the edifice of some new…

Physics & Astronomy

New Hybrid Detector Monitors Alpha, Beta, Gamma Radiation

The device would be more economical that using different devices to measure different types of radiation, and could limit the exposure times of clean-up…

Physics & Astronomy

Extra-Long Electrical Arcs Created with Less Energy

By jump-starting the arcs using exploding wires, as opposed to the traditional method of directly breaking down air, the researchers reduced the amount of…

Studies and Analyses

New international health survey of sicker adults: Those with a medical home fare better

Chronically and seriously ill adults who received care from a medical home—an accessible primary care practice that helps coordinate care—were less likely to…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Where does tomorrow’s energy come from? Researchers explore new pathways

Behind such estimates, however, there are scientific models: computer simulations of real world processes. They are the tools to assess costs and benefits of a…

Studies and Analyses

Helping Others Aids Teens in Overcoming Addiction Cravings

A new study of teens undergoing substance abuse treatment finds helping others helps the adolescent helper by reducing cravings for alcohol and drugs, a major…

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