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Health & Medicine

Childhood eczema and hay fever leads to adult allergic asthma

The study was conducted by the University of Melbourne, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Menzies Research Institute and Monash University. Published…

Power and Electrical Engineering

NRL Scientists Unveil Innovative Ionic Liquid Batteries

By moving away from centuries of caustic, hazardous aqueous-based battery cells and instead using non-volatile, thermally-stable ionic liquids, scientists…

Life & Chemistry

Creating Parallel Biological Worlds With Genetic Firewalls

In the UniCat Cluster of Excellence (Unifying Concepts in Catalysis) in Berlin, a new concept is being developed by biochemist Nediljko Budisa in collaboration…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Ag firms outperform S&P 500

A recent University of Illinois report comparing the returns from publicly traded companies from 2007 until the end of the first quarter of 2011 showed an 8.6…

Medical Engineering

Introducing the world's first intubation robot

First there was McSleepyTM. Now it’s time to introduce the first intubation robot operated by remote control. This robotic system named The Kepler Intubation…

Transportation and Logistics

Ride-Sharing Solutions for Efficient German Road Freight

Many transportation companies in Germany have a serious problem: their trucks are only carrying part loads or returning to base empty. In the German road…

Life & Chemistry

Neurosurgeon Advances Brain Bypass Techniques in New Study

On the cover of a recent edition of Neurosurgery, the highest circulation medical journal in the field, readers saw an artist's intricate depiction of the…

Physics & Astronomy

Understanding Fast CMEs: Insights from the Solar Cycle Minimum

Back in 2008, the solar cycle plunged into the deepest minimum in nearly a century. Sunspots all but vanished, solar flares subsided, and the sun was eerily…

Earth Sciences

NASA sees Australian newborn Tropical Storm Errol's strongest T-storms off-shore

An infrared image on April 14 at 0517 UTC (2:47 p.m. Australia/Darwin local time) from NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument (that flies aboard…

Environmental Conservation

Human rules may determine environmental 'tipping points'

“Tipping points,” qualitative changes in an ecosystem that often result in reduced ecosystem health and are difficult and costly to reverse increasingly…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on NF2 Therapy: Merlin and Angiomotin Connection

The researchers describe, for the first time, that Merlin, the protein encoded within the NF2 gene interacts with a protein called angiomotin. This connection…

Environmental Conservation

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: The Impact of Location and Lifestyle

Tips to reduce your carbon footprint frequently include buying compact florescent light bulbs, taking your own bag to the grocery store or buying local…

Health & Medicine

New Guidelines for Heart Device Referrals and Support

“The new guidelines will likely affect who is referred for a mechanical circulatory support device, and how early in the process a physician would consider…

Health & Medicine

Low-cost molecular medicine should be included in modern eye physicians' tool kit

Dr. Richer, speaking at his 4th annual Nutrition & The Eye conference, April 16-17, hosted by the College of Optometry at the University of Missouri in St….

Environmental Conservation

Sugarcane’s Role in Reducing Carbon Emissions in Fuel

About a quarter of their automobile fuel consumption comes from sugarcane, which significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissions that otherwise would be emitted…

Life & Chemistry

Successful strategy developed to regenerate blood vessels

Dr. Geoffrey Pickering and Matthew Frontini at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry developed a strategy in which a biological factor, called fibroblast…

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