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Life & Chemistry

Gene Insights Uncover Self-Injury Clues in Rare Disorder

Puzzlingly, mice with mutations in the same gene don't behave differently than normal mice. Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have identified…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

UIC Biologists Poll Pollinators for Urban Agriculture

Living in a city poses particular problems of having enough bees, of the right type, and at the crucial time, to pollinate crop plants. Two University of…

Life & Chemistry

Microscopes Borrow Tricks from Astronomy to See Deep Into Living Tissues

Funded by a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation, the new W. M. Keck Center for Adaptive Optical Microscopy at UC Santa Cruz builds on efforts begun…

Studies and Analyses

New Therapy Offers Hope for Unexplained Pain and Fatigue

“People with these symptoms make up one-third of all clinic visits, but the outcomes are poor,” said study author Michael Sharpe, MD, of the University of…

Materials Sciences

Prototype tools for mass producing nanostructures to launch in Singapore

Nanoimprinted structures and components are being used in items such as anti-reflection films, and solar cells. However, their impact in consumer products is…

Life & Chemistry

Mapping mangrove biomass

Mangroves provide protection against typhoon damage, pollutant absorption and water purification, as well as being an important habitat for flora and fauna….

Health & Medicine

Global Coeliac Disease Estimates: Understanding Mortality Impact

In the 1930s, before the discovery of the gluten-free diet as the way to manage coeliac disease, results from Great Ormond Street Hospital in London1 showed…

Environmental Conservation

Cod Resurgence: A Positive Shift in Canadian Waters

“This early-stage recovery represents a long ecological transition for an ecosystem that was pushed out of balance and that is gradually moving back into…

Machine Engineering

Siemens Launches Sinvert PVS ControlBox for Inverter Management

The Siemens Industry Automation Division has expanded their portfolio of central inverters with the system boxes Sinvert PVS ControlBox 300, Sinvert PVS ComBox…

Life & Chemistry

New Pigment Discovery Expands Color Palette for Innovation

First on the list, appropriately, is a brilliant orange pigment – appropriate for the OSU Beavers whose team colors are black and orange, and a university in a…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Depression 11W: Impacts on Yap and Guam

Yap and Guam are both experiencing the tail end of gusty winds and rains as Tropical Depression 11W moves between the two islands in the western North Pacific…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s TRMM Data Reveals Tropical Storm Nock-Ten Rainfall

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite data was used to create a 3-D image of Tropical Storm Nock-ten's rainfall and cloud heights as it…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Farmers Go Green Through Neighborly Conversations

Scientists from the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability at Michigan State University used a simulation model to study the amount of land farmers…

Life & Chemistry

Bizarre Insect Inbreeding May Eliminate Males, Study Finds

A bizarre form of inbreeding could spell the end of males in one insect species, according to researchers from Oxford University. The research focused on…

Earth Sciences

Unlocking Global Erosion: New Insights from a Century of Research

For more than a century, scientists have looked for ways to measure and compare erosion rates across differing landscapes around the globe—but with limited…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Graphene Nanocomposite: Advancing Battery Technology

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created a graphene and tin nanoscale composite…

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