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Earth Sciences

Updated USGS Economic Analysis of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve

This economic analysis is based on a 2010 USGS resource assessment that determined how much undiscovered, conventional oil and gas in the NPRA is technically…

Medical Engineering

New Algorithm Enhances Full-Body MRI Imaging Clarity

Motion artifacts in MRIs, such as patient movement, often appear as ghosting artifacts which may obscure clinical information says Dr. Candice Bookwalter,…

Health & Medicine

Sonography Enhances Detection of Juvenile Arthritis in Children

Early detection and treatment of active arthritis may avert long term joint damage and disability. Research has shown that sonography with power Doppler can…

Medical Engineering

Cost-Effective Imaging for Rotator Cuff Tears: Ultrasound & MRI

When performing a cost utility analysis, utilizing an ultrasound as the initial imaging test for rotator cuff tear, along with pre-operative MRI to identify…

Studies and Analyses

Prolonged Bottle Feeding Linked to Higher Obesity Risk

Dr. Robert Whitaker and Rachel Gooze of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University, and Dr. Sarah Anderson of The Ohio State University…

Business and Finance

Study Provides a 'Reality Check' of Midwest Auto Industry; Notes How Region's Economy Has Changed

It portrays how the industry's restructuring activities — such as applying new technologies and production efficiencies, reducing costs and modifying product…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Evolutionary Lessons for Wind Farm Efficiency

Senior Lecturer Dr Frank Neumann, from the School of Computer Science, is using a “selection of the fittest” step-by-step approach called “evolutionary…

Physics & Astronomy

Highly Sensitive Graphene Biosensors Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance

Adding a few graphene layers onto the conventional gold-film SPR biosensor will boost up its sensitivity dramatically. The improved sensitivity comes from the…

Earth Sciences

Climate Change’s Unexpected Impact on Arctic Snow and Permafrost

Together with Terry Callaghan, a researcher at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Margareta is the editor of the two chapters on snow and permafrost. “The…

Health & Medicine

Chicago’s Heat Wave Risks: Climate Change Predictions Unveiled

An analysis led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health calculated that the city of Chicago could experience between 166 and…

Life & Chemistry

Cacti Flourished: Brown University Uncovers Succulent Evolution

Brown University biologists and colleagues have determined that cacti exploded onto the global scene then, about the same geologic time as other succulent…

Health & Medicine

Most patients recover from 'chemo-brain' by 5 years after stem cell transplant

Many patients who undergo bone marrow or blood stem cell transplantation to treat blood cancers or a “pre-leukemic” condition called myelodysplasia experience…

Health & Medicine

Cotton Candy Glass Fibers Enhance Healing in Wound Trials

Imagine a battlefield medic or emergency medical technician providing first aid with a special wad of cottony glass fibers that simultaneously slows bleeding,…

Studies and Analyses

Teen Consumer Trends: Canada vs. China Insights

Most Canadian teenagers are expected to make their own decisions, while Chinese adolescents are still heavily influenced by their parents, according to a study…

Science Education

CMU's Classroom Salon Uses Social Networking To Tap Collective Intelligence of Online Study Groups

Taking their cue from social media, educators at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a social networking application called Classroom Salon that engages…

Health & Medicine

Rice U. parlays sun's saving grace into autoclave

The student's used Capteur Soleil, a device created decades ago by French inventor Jean Boubour to capture the energy of the sun in places where electricity –…

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