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Life & Chemistry

Virus Targets Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Childhood Cancers

Soft tissue sarcomas are cancers that develop in tissues which connect, support, or surround other structures and organs of the body. Muscles, tendons, fibrous…

Studies and Analyses

Competitive Gaming’s Impact on Aggressive Behavior Explained

While most research into video games and aggressive behavior has focused on violent games, competitiveness may be the main video game characteristic that…

Environmental Conservation

Wastewater Recycling: Uncovering Its Greenhouse Gas Impact

That's the summary of a new paper by Amy Townsend-Small, assistant professor of geology and geography at the University of Cincinnati, and a team of…

Life & Chemistry

New Salts Enhance Chemical Solutions for Future Demands

In order to meet future demands for new pharmaceuticals, innovative materials and agricultural pesticides, the chemical industry is dependent on the ongoing…

Life & Chemistry

Starving Breast Cancer Cells: New Hope for Resistant Patients

This method of starving cancer cells could provide new options for patients, particularly those resistant to standard therapies such as tamoxifen, Georgia…

Studies and Analyses

The brittleness of aging bones — more than a loss of bone mass

It is a well-established fact that as we grow older, our bones become more brittle and prone to fracturing. It is also well established that loss of mass is a…

Health & Medicine

MRI predicts survival in locally advanced rectal cancer

The findings suggest that MRI-assessed tumor responses to neoadjuvant therapy can help physicians to better plan their patients' subsequent treatments. MRI…

Physics & Astronomy

New Approach to Information Tech: Encoding with Electron Spin

A possible solution could be to encode ones and zeros, not with voltage, but with electron spin, and researchers have now quantified some of the benefits this…

Physics & Astronomy

Voltage-Controlled Magnetic Memories: A Power-Saving Innovation

One advantage of this voltage-induced magnet control is that less power is needed to encode information than in a traditional system. But earlier this year,…

Physics & Astronomy

New Microscope Sees Beneath Skin in 4-D Imaging

Typical LSCMs take 3-D images of thick tissue samples by visualizing thin slices within that tissue one layer at a time. Sometimes scientists supplement these…

Studies and Analyses

Bacterium’s Unexpected Evolution: From Mild Irritant to Killer

In the evolutionary blink of an eye, a bacterium that causes mild stomach irritation evolved into a deadly assassin responsible for the most devastating…

Materials Sciences

Tiny Gold Wires Transform Nanoscale Behavior in Electronics

Thin gold wires often used in high-end electronic applications are wonderfully flexible as well as conductive. But those qualities don't necessarily apply to…

Life & Chemistry

Illinois Researchers Transform Seaweed Into Biofuel Faster

“The key is the strain's ability to ferment cellobiose and galactose simultaneously, which makes the process much more efficient,” Jin said. Red seaweed,…

Corporate News

Siemens Launches Polypropylene Tanks for Japan’s Pickling Line

“We’re proud that an industry leader like NSSC has selected Siemens in bringing this innovative polypropylene tank technology to Japan,” said Jagannath Rao,…

Physics & Astronomy

First Simulation Creates Milky Way-Like Galaxy in Detail

After nine months of number-crunching on a powerful supercomputer, a beautiful spiral galaxy matching our own Milky Way emerged from a computer simulation of…

Health & Medicine

Foods Rich in Protein, Dairy Products Help Dieters Preserve Muscle and Lose Belly Fat

The study, published in the September issue of the Journal of Nutrition, compared three groups of overweight and obese, but otherwise healthy, premenopausal…

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