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Tinnitus discovery could lead to new ways to stop the ringing

Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are offering hope to the 10 percent of the population who suffer from tinnitus – a constant, often…

Studies and Analyses

Researchers focus on secondary stroke prevention after study reveals room for improvement

“Medication non-compliance is a major risk factor for stroke and heart disease, and we know that non-compliance with stroke prevention medications increases…

Health & Medicine

First proof in patients of an improved 'magic bullet' for cancer detection and radio-therapy

Until recently scientists accepted the notion that such an agent, an agonist, needed to enter and accumulate in the cancerous cells to act. An international…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Clemson University peach specialist unveils CaroTiger, something to roar about

“Up until now, this peach just had a number — SC82035-13-48 — but it earned a name during our long-term germplasm evaluation research,” said Layne. “We’ve been…

Studies and Analyses

MU Study Finds Quitting Smoking Enhances Personality Change

“The data indicate that for some young adults smoking is impulsive,” said Andrew Littlefield, a doctoral student in the Department of Psychology in the College…

Information Technology

Is Smartphone Technology the Future of U.S. Elections?

Human factors/ergonomics researchers have evaluated the potential benefits of using smartphones to enable online voting in future U.S. elections and will…

Life & Chemistry

Research offers means to detoxify mycotoxin-contaminated grain intended for ethanol, animal feed

But the presence of a fungal pathogen sometimes found in barley can result in a lethal toxin, called mycotoxin, in the animal feed. Now, Virginia Tech and…

Health & Medicine

Novel drug combination offers therapeutic promise for hard-to-treat cancers

While numerous anti-cancer drugs are being developed, many tumors do not respond to currently available single therapies. As such, there is a major push to…

Health & Medicine

Freeze and desist: Disabling cardiac cells that can cause arrhythmia

Many patients are responding to a new, minimally invasive way of treating irregular heartbeats by freezing out the bad cells. Atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) is…

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MUTE — Efficient city car, showcase for electromobility research

With its electric vehicle MUTE, the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) presents the first publicly visible result of its research program TUM.Energy. MUTE…

Studies and Analyses

Study finds chronic abnormal brain blood flow in Gulf War veterans

“We confirmed that abnormal blood flow continued or worsened over the 11-year span since first being diagnosed, which indicates that the damage is ongoing and…

Health & Medicine

World Alzheimer's Report 2011: The benefits of early diagnosis and intervention

The World Alzheimer's Report 2011 'The Benefits of Early Diagnosis and Intervention', released today by Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI), shows that…

Studies and Analyses

Science finding is music to the ears

A study led by Canadian researchers has found the first evidence that lifelong musicians experience less age-related hearing problems than non-musicians.While…

Health & Medicine

More evidence that spicing up broccoli boosts its cancer-fighting power

“To get this effect, spice up your broccoli with broccoli sprouts, mustard, horseradish, or wasabi. The spicier, the better; that means it's being effective,”…

Health & Medicine

Cardiotrophin 1 shows promising results for treatment of obesity and metabolic syndrome

“These new findings add to those we already know on this compound such the anti-ischemic and cytoprotective effects showed in acute liver damage and solid…

Life & Chemistry

Small molecule receptor detects lipid's telltale sign of cell death

Researchers from Boston College have developed a new class of small molecule receptors capable of detecting a lipid molecule that reveals the telltale signs of…

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