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Medical Engineering

MRI Detects Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Early

The study, which is being presented during the American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting on May 3 in Chicago, found that radiologists using MRI could…

Studies and Analyses

Eliminate Pelvic Imaging to Cut Radiation for VTE Detection

CT venography of the pelvis during CT pulmonary angiography does not improve the detection of VTE, says Dr. Charbel Ishak, lead author for this study. He…

Studies and Analyses

Packing on the Pounds in Middle Age Linked to Dementia

“Currently, 1.6 billion adults are overweight or obese worldwide and over 50 percent of adults in the United States and Europe fit into this category,” said…

Information Technology

New Software to Support Interest in Extreme Science

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration Advanced Simulation and Computing Program has funded the addition of the new…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Discover Way to Make Insulin Cells

Simply put, people develop diabetes because they don't have enough pancreatic beta cells to produce the insulin necessary to regulate their blood sugar levels.

Life & Chemistry

Hebrew University Uncovers DNA Breakdown in Cancer Cells

Now, for the first time, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have shown that in early cancer development, cells suffer from insufficient building…

Studies and Analyses

New Protocols for Contrast Agents Reduce Nephrogenic Fibrosis Risk

Implementing this protocol is particularly important for patients with diminished kidney function says Dr. Ozden Narin, presenting author for this study. “In…

Health & Medicine

Novel program is saving newborns’ lives in developing countries

A program that teaches health care workers in developing countries basic techniques to resuscitate babies immediately after birth is saving lives, according to…

Earth Sciences

Exploring Seafloor Microbial Life: First Observatory Findings

An international team of scientists report on the first observatory experiment to study the dynamic microbial life of an ever-changing environment inside…

Life & Chemistry

New Findings Rewrite Early Genetics History

The early history of genetics has to be re-written in the light of new findings. Scientists from the University Jena (Germany) in co-operation with colleagues…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New ORNL Solar Cell Boosts Efficiency with Charge Transport Breakthrough

The technology substantially overcomes the problem of poor transport of charges generated by solar photons. These charges — negative electrons and positive…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Uncover Mechanism to Convert Cells into Insulin Makers

Simply put, people develop diabetes because they don't have enough pancreatic beta cells to produce the insulin necessary to regulate their blood sugar levels.

Medical Engineering

Dual-Energy CT: A New Approach to Assess Gout Severity

Gout is caused by the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) monohydrate crystals that stimulate acute episodes of inflammation. Chronic tophaceous gout often…

Life & Chemistry

Metal-Free Click Polymerization Advances Functional Poly(Aroxycarbonyltriazole)

They efficiently prepared functional poly(aroxycarbonyltriazole) compounds with aggregation-induced emission characteristics. This study was reported in Volume…

Life & Chemistry

EU Project NanoOnSpect: Streamlining Nanocomposite Characterization

The physical properties of nanocomposites depend significantly on the shape and distribution of the particles in the matrix. Measurement of the resulting…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Innovative Solar-Thermal Panels Boost Energy Efficiency by 8X

High-performance nanotech materials arrayed on a flat panel platform demonstrated seven to eight times higher efficiency than previous solar thermoelectric…

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