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Genetic Study Reveals Insights Into Auto-Immune Arthritis

Markers which are more frequent in individuals with the disease are more likely to be involved in the condition.Using this approach the investigators found an…

Physics & Astronomy

Light propagation controlled in photonic chips — major breakthrough in telecommunications field

They have shown that it is possible for light (electromagnetic waves) to propagate from point A to point B without accumulating any phase, spreading through…

Health & Medicine

Arthroscopic Treatment Enhances Hip Range of Motion

“This is the first study to show that in patients who are being treated for hip impingement with arthroscopy, not only do we restore their mechanical…

Materials Sciences

Latest DuPont™ Vespel® SCP-5009 shapes raise the bar in engineering polymer performance

The latest product from the Vespel® SCP family is intended to help customers looking for extended part life in many sealing and bearing applications,…

Health & Medicine

New Therapy System for Metastatic Spinal Tumors at JGU

The Orthopedic Clinic and Policlinic at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany has recently deployed a new system…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ivy-Covered Walls Take on New Power from the Sun

The first location in the United States to apply this colorful array is the University of Utah (the U) in Salt Lake City. This new product called Solar Ivy was…

Life & Chemistry

"Unnatural" Chemical Allows Researchers to Watch Protein Action in Brain Cells

Researchers at the Salk Institute have been able to genetically incorporate “unnatural” amino acids, such as those emitting green fluorescence, into neural…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Flexible, Printable Sensors Detect Underwater Hazards

Joseph Wang has successfully printed thick-film electrochemical sensors directly on flexible wetsuit material, paving the way for nano devices to detect…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ambient Energy Harnessed for Small Electronic Devices

“There is a large amount of electromagnetic energy all around us, but nobody has been able to tap into it,” said Manos Tentzeris, a professor in the Georgia…

Life & Chemistry

“Pure” Human Blood Stem-Cell Discovery Opens Door to Expanding Cells for More Clinical Use

This breakthrough opens the door to harnessing the power of these life-producing cells to treat cancer and other debilitating diseases more effectively.The…

Health & Medicine

Indoor Air Pollution Linked to Cardiovascular Risk

In a study just published online in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have…

Earth Sciences

Holes in Fossil Bones Reveal Dinosaur Activity

Professor Roger Seymour from the University's School of Earth & Environmental Sciences has applied the latest theories of human and animal anatomy and…

Earth Sciences

Climate Change Reducing Ocean’s Carbon Dioxide Uptake

As one of the planet’s largest single carbon absorbers, the ocean takes up roughly one-third of all human carbon emissions, reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

UW-Madison Scientists Played Role in Potato Genome Project

The consortium’s work, which is described in the current issue of Nature, turned up more than 39,000 genes and is expected to speed potato research and…

Physics & Astronomy

First X-ray lasing of SACLA

The world’s second X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) recently went online in Japan, hot on the heels of the first, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Unfazed by imperfections

While insulating against electrical currents in their interior, the surface of materials called topological insulators permits the flow of electron spins…

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