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Rice bioengineering students' invention may help diagnose painful eye condition

A team of five seniors made a portable unit that controls the air around a patient's eyes so doctors can study and treat those who suffer from this painful…

Health & Medicine

Long-term follow-up shows multipolar electrocoagulation ablation effective for Barrett's esophagus

This is the largest published series and longest follow-up of patients with nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus who underwent ablation therapy with multipolar…

Health & Medicine

Omega-3s Linked to Higher Aggressive Prostate Cancer Risk

The largest study ever to examine the association of dietary fats and prostate cancer risk has found what's good for the heart may not be good for the…

Physics & Astronomy

Zeroing in on the Elusive Green LED

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for manufacturing green-colored LEDs with greatly enhanced light output.The…

Earth Sciences

Effect of Cloud-Scattered Sunlight on Earth's Energy Balance Depends on Wavelength of Light

Atmospheric scientists trying to pin down how clouds curb the amount of sunlight available to warm the earth have found that it depends on the wavelength of…

Health & Medicine

It’s Time to Put Potatoes Back on the Table

The “Ingredients” column of the April 2011 issue of Food Technology magazine, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), examines the history of…

Trade Fair News

French Pavilion Showcases Innovation at IFSEC 2011

The French Pavilion (Stand C100 in Hall 5) at the NEC (in Birmingham) will offer a unique environment in which security specialists, manufacturers,…

Studies and Analyses

Insights Into H1N1 Virus Evolution: New Study from Japan

While yielding valuable clues on the genetic origins of drug resistance, the findings also pave the way toward the development of new diagnostic kits for…

Health & Medicine

Snooze Control: Balancing Fatigue and Air Traffic Safety

A day in the life of an air traffic controller is not easy. You might think the task of giving directions to planes carrying hundreds of passengers lies with a…

Power and Electrical Engineering

MIT Researchers Boost Solar Cell Efficiency with Tiny Innovations

Researchers at MIT have found a way to make significant improvements to the power-conversion efficiency of solar cells by enlisting the services of tiny…

Life & Chemistry

‘Going Off the Grid’ Helps Some Bacteria Hide from Antibiotics

Going “off the grid,” like rogue secret agents, some bacteria avoid antibiotic treatments by essentially shutting down and hiding until it's safe to come out…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Conducting ferroelectrics may be key to new electronic memory

A new study led by ORNL's Peter Maksymovych and published in the American Chemical Society's Nano Letters revealed that contrary to previous assumptions,…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Amphibian Declines: Causes and Solutions

The search for a single causative factor is often missing the larger picture, they said, and approaches to address the crisis may fail if they don’t consider…

Studies and Analyses

Mosquitoes and Heat: Insights from a New Study on Blood Meals

The mosquito’s eating pattern is inherently risky: Taking a blood meal involves finding warm-blooded hosts, avoiding detection, penetrating tough skin and…

Life & Chemistry

ISU research leads to understanding of how crops deal with stress – yield’s biggest enemy

People can exercise, or rest, or talk about the problem. For plants, ways to deal with stress are internal. And ISU researchers are trying to understand how…

Life & Chemistry

Self-Powered Sensor Detects Pancreatitis Quickly and Cheaply

The sensor, which could be produced for as little as a dollar, is built with a 12-cent LED light, aluminum foil, gelatin, milk protein and a few other cheap,…

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