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GOES-13 Satellite Reveals Formation of Tropical Storm Arlene

System 95L strengthened and became the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season's first tropical storm, named Arlene. It happened at 8 p.m. EDT on June 27 in the…

Health & Medicine

Diabetes Drug Shows Promise in Delaying Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that early, prolonged treatment…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers discover universe's most distant quasar

This brilliant and rare beacon, powered by a black hole with a mass two billion times that of the Sun, is by far the brightest object yet found from a time…

Life & Chemistry

U of M Researchers Enhance Global Plant Database for Climate Insights

The availability of plant trait data in the unified global database promises to support a paradigm shift in Earth system sciences.University of Minnesota…

Health & Medicine

Getting an Accurate Read on Parkinson's

Parkinson's Disease, brought to public awareness by figures such as Michael J. Fox, is not just difficult to diagnose. It's also difficult to accurately…

Studies and Analyses

Women Football Players Show Faster Recovery Times

Interruptions are frequent in football: Football players (m/f) spend on average 38 percent of the total game time not chasing the ball. This was established by…

Physics & Astronomy

Squeezed Light Innovations: Unlocking Quantum Photon Potential

In classical optics light is usually described as a wave, but at the most fundamental quantum level this wave consists of discrete particles called photons….

Health & Medicine

A role for glia in the progression of Rett Syndrome

Rett Syndrome, the most physically disabling of the autism spectrum disorders, is caused by mutations in the methyl CpG-binding protein (MeCP2). Rett Syndrome…

Physics & Astronomy

'Odd Couple' Binary Makes Dual Gamma-ray Flares

The system possesses a so-far unique blend of a hot and massive star with a compact fast-spinning pulsar. The pair's closest encounters occur every 3.4 years…

Health & Medicine

Predicting Actions from Brain Activity: Key Research Insights

The findings were published this week in the prestigious Journal of Neuroscience, in the paper, “Decoding Action Intentions from Preparatory Brain Activity in…

Earth Sciences

GOES Satellites Capture Ongoing Ash Eruption from Chilean Volcano

Satellite data from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites called GOES-13 and GOES-11, both managed by NOAA, have been providing images of the…

Health & Medicine

New Method Enhances Chemotherapy Effectiveness in Bladder Cancer

Researchers at the UC Davis Cancer Center have discovered a way of sensitizing muscle-invasive bladder cancer cells so that they succumb to the toxic effects…

Health & Medicine

Blocking Molecular Target Enhances PARP Inhibitor Efficacy

Currently, the role of PARP inhibitors has mainly been restricted to cancers whose cells lack functioning versions of the damage-repair proteins BRCA1 or BRCA2…

Studies and Analyses

UT MD Anderson Launches Enhanced Lung Cancer Screening Program

Current and former heavy smokers can now be screened more effectively for lung cancer. Results from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) revealed that…

Studies and Analyses

Money and Mimicry: Insights from Groningen and Minnesota

Jia Liu, at the University of Groningen, co-wrote the article along with Kathleen Vohs at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota and Dirk…

Physics & Astronomy

Tug-of-War Between Electrons Sparks Surprising Magnetism

The three physicists have proposed that it would be possible to create a quantum dot — a kind of nanoparticle — that is magnetic under surprising…

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