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Nickel Nanoparticles Linked to Lung Cancer Risks: New Research

Technologists often focus on the happier among these newfound capabilities, but new research by an interdisciplinary team of scientists at Brown University…

Life & Chemistry

Newly Discovered Proteins Boost Salmonella Virulence

It's a fascinating discovery made at Ohio State University, which is featured in the Aug. 14 issue of Nature Chemical Biology. This discovery shows how…

Process Engineering

Femtosecond Laser Writing: Transforming Optical Materials

Current advanced femtosecond laser systems offer myriad possibilities to modify materials, from implementing new optical functionality to improving existing…

Earth Sciences

New Icelandic Current: Impact on Climate and Summer Cooling

If you'd like to cool off fast in hot summer weather, take a dip in a newly discovered ocean current called the North Icelandic Jet (NIJ).You'd need to be far,…

Health & Medicine

Ga ga for goo goo: Research explores the scientific basis for baby fever

Not only does the phenomenon called baby fever exist, it is found in both men and women, according to researchers from Kansas State University. Gary Brase,…

Life & Chemistry

New Methods for Predicting Chemical Safety in the Environment

Baylor University environmental researchers have proposed in a new study a different approach to predict the environmental safety of chemicals by using data…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Test Method Tackles Potato Pest Challenges Effectively

Xiaohong Wang, a molecular biologist with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health in Ithaca, N.Y., has filed…

Communications Media

Fine Art in Advertising: Risks and Insights from New Study

But art can be stripped of its special status if used carelessly by advertisers, according to a new study by researchers from Boston College and the University…

Studies and Analyses

Decision making changes with age — and age helps!

So, rather than testing the ability to make decisions one at a time without regard to past or future, as earlier research did, these psychologists designed a…

Physics & Astronomy

Los Alamos Sets World Record for Pulsed Magnetic Field

Researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's Pulsed Field Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory have set a new world record for the…

Materials Sciences

Unexpected adhesion properties of graphene may lead to new nanotechnology devices

The new findings — that graphene has surprisingly powerful adhesion qualities — are expected to help guide the development of graphene manufacturing and of…

Business and Finance

France investment in data centres worth €1 billion a year

David Appia, Chairman and CEO of IFA, says, “The financial advantages of setting up in France, coupled with high skill levels and exemplary legislation,…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Neurons from UCSF Research Findings

According to the scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) who conducted the research, the discovery doesn’t change the players involved…

Studies and Analyses

How Visual Annual Reports Boost Company Valuation

As firms begin the 2011 annual report process, which many do at this time of year, they may want to pay closer attention to the way those reports look. A…

Life & Chemistry

Scripps Research Uncovers Key Pathway for Mitochondrial Repair

In a joint research effort with researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and with help from scientists at The University of Pennsylvania, The…

Life & Chemistry

New Cytokine Shields Mice From Colitis: Key Findings Unveiled

The aberrant immune response found in IBD is prompted by different cytokines – small signaling proteins secreted by various cells, including immune cells –…

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