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Medical Engineering

Near-Infrared Imaging: A New Tool for Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis

To test the diagnostic potential of OCT imaging, researchers used the technique to examine surgically removed pancreatic tissue samples from patients with…

Power and Electrical Engineering

NIST Reveals Reliability Concerns in Carbon Nanotube Electronics

For instance, these tiny cylinders of carbon molecules theoretically can carry 1,000 times more electric current than a metal conductor of the same size. It's…

Environmental Conservation

Measuring Greenhouse Gases: Tackling the Measurement Challenge

Developing an effective strategy for managing the planet's greenhouse gases is complicated by the many and varied sources of such gases, some natural, some…

Materials Sciences

Why spiders don't drop off of their threads

“The strength of spider dragline silk exceeds that of any material produced in laboratories, by far. All attempts to manufacture threads of similar strength…

Studies and Analyses

Working together can help battle effects of fatigue

Fatigue can lead to dangerous errors by doctors, pilots and others in high-risk professions, but individuals who work together as a team display better…

Business and Finance

Can Stock Markets Self-Regulate During Financial Crises?

Whenever crisis threatens the financial markets, voices are loud in calling for greater control. It is dubious, however, whether tighter regulation would…

Health & Medicine

Powder-Free Latex Gloves Cut Allergy Rates in Healthcare Workers

Researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin investigating latex allergy in health care workers have demonstrated the most effective public health strategy…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Discover Primitive Eel in Fringing Reef

Scientists at the Smithsonian and partnering organizations have discovered a remarkably primitive eel in a fringing reef off the coast of the Republic of…

Studies and Analyses

Exploring Glaucoma’s Link to Diabetes and Hypertension

Joshua D. Stein, M.D., M.S., a glaucoma specialist at Kellogg, led a research team that recently reviewed billing records of more than 2 million people aged 40…

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Studies and Analyses

How Competitive Scrabble Boosts Cognitive Skills

Since competitive Scrabble players are expert at studying language, University of Calgary researchers sought to determine if and how players' techniques and…

Environmental Conservation

First Major Survey of Deadly Amphibian Fungus in Asia

An international team of researchers has completed the first major survey in Asia of a deadly fungus that has wiped out more than 200 species of amphibians…

Life & Chemistry

New Antibodies Show Promise Against HIV Infection

A team of researchers at and associated with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), The Scripps Research Institute, the biotechnology company…

Social Sciences

Bringing KiVa: Successful Anti-Bullying Program to US Schools

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Kansas plan to bring a highly successful anti-bullying effort, the KiVa program, to American…

Business and Finance

Want to improve employee engagement? Make it part of the performance management process

The paper's authors – Professor Alan Saks from the University of Toronto and Professor Jamie Gruman of the University of Guelph – contend performance…

Studies and Analyses

KU study shows suburban schools have worked to 'hoard' advantages

While urban schools’ not keeping pace with suburban schools is an acknowledged problem, few have studied the causes of the discrepancies. John Rury and Argun…

Physics & Astronomy

New Research Reveals Moon Is Younger Than Expected

This is concluded in new research conducted by an international team of scientists that includes James Connelly from the Centre for Star and Planet Formation,…

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