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How Time and Numbers Interconnect in the Brain: New Study Insights

It’s clear that time and numbers are related in daily life, says Denise Wu of National Central University of Taiwan, who cowrote the new study with Acer Chang,…

Materials Sciences

Improving Terahertz Laser Power Measurement with Nanotubes

However, to date there is no standard method for measuring the absolute output power of terahertz lasers, one source of this type of radiation. Now,…

Technology Offerings

Molecular Markers: New Insights for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Metastasis is the most critical factor responsible for the failure of cancer treatment. Although protein expression profiling, gene array analysis and…

Technology Offerings

New Multi View Imaging System Captures 3D Scenes Effortlessly

Scientists from Saarland University have developed a new system that enables high-quality 3D digitalization of dynamic scenes using only one single camera….

Life & Chemistry

New Research Uncovers Genes Linked to Childhood Leukemia Prevention

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the blood that occurs primarily in young children. It's frequently associated with mutations or chromosomal…

Environmental Conservation

Grand Cayman Blue Iguana: A Conservation Success Story

While thousands of species are threatened with extinction around the globe, efforts to save the Grand Cayman blue iguana represent a rarity in conservation: a…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Solar Panels Enhance Building Cooling: New Study Insights

In a study in an upcoming issue of the journal Solar Energy, Kleissl and his team published what they believe are the first peer-reviewed measurements of the…

Health & Medicine

Survey Predicts PTSD Risk With Just 8 Questions

“Depression and PTSD exert a significant, independent, and persistent effect on general health, work status, somatic symptoms, adjustment to illness, and…

Life & Chemistry

Rapid Venom Evolution in Pit Vipers: A Defensive Strategy

Research published recently in PLoS One delivers new insight about rapid toxin evolution in venomous snakes: pitvipers such as rattlesnakes may be engaged in…

Studies and Analyses

Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots: Soil Degradation Study Insights

The research, accepted for publication in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, demonstrates the importance of learning more about how quantum dots…

Life & Chemistry

Juvenile diarrhea virus analyzed

Rice University scientists have defined the structure — down to the atomic level — of a virus that causes juvenile diarrhea. The research may help direct…

Studies and Analyses

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions…

We all make numerous decisions everyday; unconsciously or consciously, sometimes doing it automatically with little effort or thinking and yet, at other times,…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Breast Cancer: Key Metabolic Pathway Uncovered

RELEVANCE: PHGDH is overexpressed in approximately 70% of ER-negative breast cancer patients. Patients with ER-negative disease respond poorly to treatment and…

Health & Medicine

Penn Researchers Find Neural Signature of ‘Mental Time Travel’

The research was conducted by professor Michael Kahana of the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences and graduate student Jeremy R….

Information Technology

Unlock Location-Based Mixed Reality Games for Your Smartphone

In Tidy City, players have to solve missions involving their urban vicinity. In Portal Hunt, teams of players chase mysterious portals. Both games rely on GPS…

Health & Medicine

Single TBI Linked to Long-Term Neurodegeneration Risks

Years after a single traumatic brain injury (TBI), survivors still show changes in their brains. In a new study, researchers from the Perelman School of…

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