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Life & Chemistry

Researchers Discover Blood Proteins Associated with Early Development of Lung Cancer

The findings, by a team led by Samir Hanash, M.D., Ph.D., head of the Hutchinson Center’s Molecular Diagnostics Program and member of its Public Health…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Plan Last Look at Asteroid Before OSIRIS-REx Launch

Astronomers working on the U.S.' first asteroid-sample return mission – the NASA mission named OSIRIS-REx – have begun a months-long observing campaign that is…

Life & Chemistry

New technique elucidates dynamics of plant cell metabolites

Metabolites, the intermediates and products of chemical reactions that sustain all living organisms, play a central role in cellular processes including…

Earth Sciences

50-million-year-old clam shells provide indications of future of El Niño phenomenon

This is the conclusion drawn by an international team of researchers after it investigated 50-million-year-old clam shells and wood from the Antarctic. The…

Technology Offerings

Gfi11b/1b-mouse model – A model for studying hearing loss

Gfi1 is a transcriptional repressor being expressed in the hematopoietic and nervous system. Loss of function leads to severe defects in hematopoiesis and…

Environmental Conservation

Honduran Earthquake’s Impact on Belizean Coral Reefs

Earth's coral reefs have not been faring well in recent decades, facing multiple threats from pollution, disease, elevated water temperatures, and overfishing….

Health & Medicine

Insomnia Risk Increases 67% with Family History, Study Finds

The research team, directed by Dr. Charles M. Morin of Université Laval's School of Psychology, came to these conclusions following a study involving 3,485…

Life & Chemistry

Detecting Movement of Engineered Macromolecules in Food

Toxin proteins are genetically engineered into our food because they kill insects by perforating body cell walls, and Professor Rikard Blunck of the University…

Life & Chemistry

Ancient Predatory Fish Species Discovered by Researchers

Drs. Edward “Ted” Daeschler and Jason Downs of the Academy and colleagues from the University of Chicago and Harvard University describe the new denizen of the…

Physics & Astronomy

Extreme Weather Discovered on Distant Brown Dwarf

A University of Toronto-led team of astronomers has observed extreme brightness changes on a nearby brown dwarf that may indicate a storm grander than any seen…

Physics & Astronomy

Graphene’s Role in Advancing Terahertz Technology Innovations

Terahertz radiation offers tantalizing new opportunities in communications, medical imaging, and chemical detection. Straddling the transition between the…

Physics & Astronomy

New Model Reveals Neurons Syncing in Degenerative Disorders

The model provides a tool in the quest to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms behind this incurable degenerative disorder. Researchers from IUPUI…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Link Between High Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s Disease

“We found that high cholesterol levels were significantly related to brain plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease,” said study author Kensuke Sasaki, MD,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Microbes Travel Through the Air; It Would be Good to Know How and Where

Engineers and biologists are steering their efforts towards a new aerobiological modeling technique, one they think may assist farmers in the future by…

Studies and Analyses

Dangers of Exposure to "White Light"

Exposure to the light of white LED bulbs, it turns out, suppresses melatonin 5 times more than exposure to the light of High Pressure Sodium bulbs that give…

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Johnson Controls' ie:3 concept car makes its European debut

Johnson Controls today showcased its ie:3 concept car for the first time in Europe at the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt. The ie:3,…

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