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Life & Chemistry

Jumping Gene Played Key Role in Corn Domestication

Today it's hard to tell that the two plants were ever close kin: Corn plants stand tall, on a single sturdy stalk, and produce a handful of large,…

Life & Chemistry

Study puts a new spin on ibuprofen's actions

Vanderbilt University investigators have discovered surprising new insights into the actions of NSAIDs. Their findings, reported Sept. 25 in Nature Chemical…

Statistics

RUB Mathematicians Unveil New Statistical Method for Predictability

Prof. Dr. Holger Dette, Dr. Axel Bücher und Dr. Stanislav Volgushev from the Institute of Statistics (Faculty of Mathematics at the Ruhr-Universität) published…

Science Education

Two-Dimensional Learning: Insights from RUB Scientists

Viewing two-dimensional images of the environment, as they occur in computer games, leads to sustained changes in the strength of nerve cell connections in the…

Life & Chemistry

Research Resolves a Mystery in DNA Replication Process

This is accomplished as the double helical (coil-shaped) DNA divides into two strands that are then duplicated. New research from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson…

Materials Sciences

ORNL Discovers Amazing Electrical Properties in Polymers

ORNL’s Volker Urban and colleagues at Technical University Aachen in Germany noticed the reverse piezoelectric effect – defined as creating a mechanical strain…

Physics & Astronomy

Antimatter sticks around

By successfully confining atoms of antihydrogen for an unprecedented 1,000 seconds, an international team of researchers called the ALPHA Collaboration has…

Life & Chemistry

Integrated bioinformatics gateways portal and interface

An easy-to-use bioinformatics interface has been developed by a research group led by Tetsuro Toyoda called the RIKEN Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering…

Materials Sciences

Generation of Spin Current by Acoustic Wave Spin Pumping

This success was achieved under the support of JST and by the collaboration among Tohoku University, JAEA, and Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern in…

Earth Sciences

New Pathways for Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Explained

Four new benchmark scenarios for future climate change are being presented now, ranging from – for the first time – a low emission scenario assuming ambitious…

Health & Medicine

Rogue Receptor Insights: New Hope for Rare Kidney Disease

The findings take a major step toward suggesting a beneficial treatment for rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN), a rare but debilitating kidney…

Health & Medicine

Fruits and Vegetables Linked to Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk

The effects of fruit and vegetable consumption on colorectal cancer (CRC) appear to differ by site of origin, according to a new study published in the October…

Studies and Analyses

Non-Verbal Cues Enhance Doctor-Patient Communication

Subtle and unspoken clues exchanged by patients and doctors exert an influence on medical care, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Health…

Life & Chemistry

New Compound Boosts Antiviral Protein Against Contagious Flu

This lead compound – which acts by increasing the levels of a human antiviral protein – could potentially be developed into a new drug to combat the flu, a…

Corporate News

Siemens Secures Third Finex Order from Posco Engineering

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies received an order from Posco Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (Posco E&C), a subsidiary company of the Korean steel…

Health & Medicine

New Evidence Links Comorbidities to COPD Risks

The findings, which will be presented today (26 September 2011) at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Amsterdam, suggest that people with…

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