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Construction Industry Faces High Traumatic Brain Injury Rates

Although traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, work-related TBI has not been well documented. In a study…

Studies and Analyses

People with Parkinson’s Disease May Have Double The Risk for Melanoma, a Dangerous Skin Cancer

Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that causes tremors and difficulty with movement and walking. It affects about one million people in the United States.

Life & Chemistry

Engineered Liver May Shed Light on Effects of Chemicals in the Environment

One of these researchers is Padma Rajagopalan, director of the Virginia Tech Institute of Critical Technology and Applied Science’s Center for Systems Biology…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Where Will Your Electrons Come From in 2030?

In the midst of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster and as summer peak electricity demand looms in the northern hemisphere, world-leading energy scientists,…

Awards Funding

University of Arkansas Professor Wins Award From National Science Foundation

Using his knowledge and passion for isotopes, Teng strives to solve some of the mysteries of the formation and evolution of the planet.One tool he uses is the…

Physics & Astronomy

CERN Experiment Traps Antimatter Atoms for 1000 Seconds

Today, we live in a universe apparently made entirely of matter, yet at the big bang matter and antimatter would have existed in equal quantities. Nature seems…

Event News

World-Class Universities: Insights from WCU-4 Conference

In the past decade, the term “world-class university” has become a catchphrase. Not simply because it represents excellence in teaching and research, but more…

Technology Offerings

DNA and RNA Aptamers Target Soluble IL-6 Receptor Effectively

The invention concerns DNA- and RNA-aptamers with high affinity and specificity for the human soluble IL-6-receptor with no or very low immunogenicity. These…

Technology Offerings

Oligonucleotide Agents Target Tumor Cells in Pancreatic Therapy

Non-sequence-specific oligonucleotides are able to inhibit the proliferation of pancreatic tumour cells both in vitro and in vivo.Further Information: PDF Patent- und Verwertungsagentur für die Wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen in Schleswig-Holstein GmbH (PVA SH)…

Technology Offerings

New MRI Method for Arterial Spin Labeling Innovation

This invention concerns a new MRI method capable of applying an arterial spin label to any blood vessel, thus enabling the visualization of individual…

Health & Medicine

Targeted Lung Cancer Therapy Shows Promise for ALK+ Patients

The patients taking crizotinib have anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and the drug targets the gene that…

Life & Chemistry

EHEC: Scientists of Münster identify genome sequence of a comparable strain of the year 2001

Investigations shall deliver further indications as to the behavior of the current pathogenYesterday, Sunday 5th June, at 13:30 CET, scientists of the Medical…

Earth Sciences

Research Uncovers Hidden Risks of Pristine Waterways

The pristine state of unpolluted waterways may be their downfall, according to research results published in a paper this week in the journal Geophysical…

Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Caribbean Low Pressures for Tropical Cyclones

There are two low pressure areas in the Caribbean Sea for future development into tropical cyclones, although the chances are near zero for one, and minimal…

Life & Chemistry

Cellular Skeletons: Key to Muscle Development and Regeneration

Such muscle cell fusion, the researchers say, is not only important for understanding normal muscle growth, but also muscle regeneration after injury or…

Life & Chemistry

Men’s Birth Control Pill: A New Era in Contraceptive Options?

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center are honing in on the development of what may be the first non-steroidal, oral contraceptive for men. Tests of…

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