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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Controlling Winter Moth Infestation in New England

The researchers marked an important milestone during field work this summer and last, when they recovered winter moth larvae recently parasitized by C….

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Design 'Green' Extraction Method for Antioxidants in Grape Skins

University of Arkansas researchers are taking grape skins left from making wine and juice and using “green” processes to extract powerful antioxidants that can…

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Erwin Schrödinger Prize Awarded for Groundbreaking Imaging Research

Prof. Vasilis Ntziachristos of the Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and Prof. Gooitzen Michell van Dam of the…

Physics & Astronomy

First Experimental Proof of Spin Pumping Effect in Magnetics

Bochum’s physicists led by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Zabel have demonstrated the spin pumping effect in magnetic layers for the first time experimentally. The…

Life & Chemistry

Common Gene Variant Linked to Aortic Dissection Risk

Richard Holbrooke, John Ritter, Lucille Ball, Jonathan Larson and Great Britain's King George II were all taken by the same silent killer: an acute aortic…

Studies and Analyses

Hyperventilation Linked to Febrile Seizures in Children

New research shows that febrile seizures in children may be linked to respiratory alkalosis, indicated by elevated blood pH and low carbon dioxide levels…

Life & Chemistry

BRCA Gene: Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Women Today

Women with a deleterious gene mutation are diagnosed with breast cancer almost eight years earlier than relatives of the previous generation who also had the…

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Studies and Analyses

Impact of Fast-Paced TV on Young Children’s Learning

U.Va. psychologists tested 4-year-old children immediately after they had watched nine minutes of the popular show “SpongeBob SquarePants” and found that their…

Life & Chemistry

A New Transporter Gene that Regulates Plant Transpiration

When plants feel stress from a lack of water, they close their epidermal pores, or stomata, to prevent water loss via transpiration. Each stoma is flanked by a…

Life & Chemistry

A New Role for Cytokinin Plant Hormones

When plants, including crops, are exposed to environmental stresses such as drought or high salinity, abscisic acid (ABA), a stress-responsive hormone is…

Health & Medicine

Virtual Surgical Planning: Siemens and Synthes Innovate

Together with Synthes, the global market leader for bone implants, Siemens Healthcare has developed the software PreOPlan that will allow surgeons to virtually…

Technology Offerings

Envirostat Chip: Single Cell Analysis – Microfluidic system for isolation and cultivation of single biological cells

The here presented Technology allows to separate polarizable bioparticles such as bacteria from each other and to cultivate them under flow and environmentally…

Environmental Conservation

Hog Waste Powers Homes With Electricity and Carbon Offsets

By capturing greenhouse gases from hog waste and burning them to run a turbine, the system produces enough electricity to power 35 homes for a year. It is…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Discovers Invisible World Tugging at New Planet’s Orbit

NASA's Kepler spacecraft has spotted a planet that alternately runs late and early in its orbit because a second, “invisible” world is tugging on it. This is…

Environmental Conservation

Fishery Gains Outweigh Fuelwood Losses in Tanzania Study

A study by a team of University of Rhode Island researchers found that the new park caused a short-term negative effect on the livelihood of those who harvest…

Health & Medicine

Chemotherapy Timing: Before or After Breast Cancer Surgery?

Whether chemotherapy is given before or after breast-conserving therapy (BCT) does not have an impact on long-term local-regional outcomes, suggesting…

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