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Studies and Analyses

Cell Phones of Hospital Patients Carry Dangerous Bacteria

A team of researchers from the Department of Medical Microbiology at Inonu University in Malatya, Turkey collected swab samples from three parts of cell…

Studies and Analyses

Carnegie Mellon Unveils Brain’s Face Processing Secrets

Each time you see a person that you know, your brain rapidly and seemingly effortlessly recognizes that person by his or her face.Until now, scientists…

Health & Medicine

Key Mechanism Found in Alcohol Dependence Transition

A team of Scripps Research Institute scientists has found a key biological mechanism underpinning the transition to alcohol dependence. This finding opens the…

Studies and Analyses

Bilingualism no big deal for brain

That’s what science has wondered about for decades, offering complicated theories on how the brain processes more than one language and sometimes theorizing…

Life & Chemistry

Penn Researchers Guide Nanoscale Engineers in Protein Design

The team was led by postdoctoral fellow Gevorg Grigoryan and professor William DeGrado of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in Penn’s Perelman…

Information Technology

FRAVE: Streamlining Prototype Design with VR Innovation

Product designers harness time-consuming procedures in prototype construction. Only then are they able to assess the results of their work in a comprehensive…

Life & Chemistry

Potential new drug candidate found for Alzheimer's disease

A paper detailing the findings has been published as an early online version and is scheduled for publication in the September 6 issue of the Journal of…

Life & Chemistry

Gene change identifies brain cancer patients that respond better to treatment

The prospective study looked at a gene called MGMT in tumors removed from 833 glioblastoma patients. It showed that when the gene promoter is altered by a…

Studies and Analyses

Blueberry's effects on cholesterol examined in lab animal study

Yokoyama pointed out that further research is needed to confirm whether the effects observed in hamsters hold true for humans. He works at the Western Regional…

Health & Medicine

Safe Facelift Incision Technique for Thyroid Surgery

Georgia Health Sciences University surgeons developed the technique utilizing the remote access capabilities of robots, experience gained from another…

Business and Finance

Siemens to build regional trains in Russia: Joint venture with Sinara Group to supply railway operator RZD

Siemens has formed a joint venture in Russia with its Russian partner Sinara Group to deliver regional trains. The new company Train Technologies has entered…

Health & Medicine

Vaccine increases disease-free survival for follicular lymphoma patients

A lymphoma vaccine uniquely tailored for each patient extends disease-free survival by 14 months, with signs of an even better response for patients with a…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Change Boosts Invasive Yellow Starthistle Growth

When exposed to increased carbon dioxide, precipitation, nitrogen and temperature – all expected results of climate change – yellow starthistle in some cases…

Life & Chemistry

Plant Biology Meets Up with Computational Wizardry

Ever since the Industrial Revolution, their environment has become more unpredictable and more extreme, at the same time as the world's population is growing….

Physics & Astronomy

Chameleon Magnets Could Revolutionize Computing

He is one of many scientists who believe that magnets could revolutionize computing, forming the basis of high-capacity and low-energy memory, data storage and…

Interdisciplinary Research

Engineers Look to the Birds for the Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UAVs are often used for surveillance of a fixed target in military and civilian applications. In order to observe a stationary target, a fixed wing UAV must…

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