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4 new genes identified for Alzheimer's disease risk

“Mount Sinai has unique resources that we contributed to the study, having one of the largest brain banks for Alzheimer samples in the world,” said lead Mount…

Studies and Analyses

Nationwide utilization of virtual colonoscopy triples, study suggests

CTC employs virtual reality technology to produce a three-dimensional visualization that permits a thorough and minimally invasive evaluation of the entire…

Life & Chemistry

Fruit Fly's Response to Starvation Could Help Control Human Appetites

Their discovery of the neural changes that control odor-driven food searches in flies, which they detail in a paper in the April 1 issue of the journal Cell,…

Life & Chemistry

Immune Therapy Can Control Fertility in Mammals

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have shown that it is possible to immunize mammals to control fertility. They say their technique could possibly…

Information Technology

Amazon, Others Make Fixes After Informaticists Uncover Online Security Flaws, Receive Free Products

The research group that included IU Bloomington School of Informatics and Computing Associate Professor XiaoFeng Wang and doctoral student Rui Wang, as the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Bats Worth Billions To Agriculture: Pest-Control Services At Risk

Natural pest-control services provided by insect-eating bats in the United States likely save the U.S. agricultural industry at least $3 billion a year, and…

Life & Chemistry

Revealing how experts’ minds tick

Primates, particularly humans, are set apart from other vertebrates by more than a huge expansion of the cerebral cortex, the region of the brain used for…

Life & Chemistry

Supporting the troops

Scientists have recognized the immune-boosting capabilities of vitamin A for the better part of a century, even without fully understanding how it helps the…

Life & Chemistry

Electrons set free

The multibillion dollar computer industry hinges on the ability to efficiently pass an electric current through a material. However, in any electronic device…

Life & Chemistry

‘Cell surgery’ using nano-beams

From a nucleus to mitochondria, lysosomes and the nuclear pore complex, every animal cell contains a range of organelles within just 1–100 micrometers of…

Physics & Astronomy

Self-Cooling Breakthrough in Graphene Electronics Research

Led by mechanical science and engineering professor William King and electrical and computer engineering professor Eric Pop, the team will publish its findings…

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Audio Innovation: Thuringia’s Experts Shine at Prolight + Sound

Hear where the action is – this is the vision under which Fraunhofer IDMT's directional sound mixer has created impressive acoustic effects on the festival…

Life & Chemistry

Micro-RNA Disrupts Insulin Function in Obesity Research

According to scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research in Cologne and the Cologne Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Tools Help Indiana Growers Cultivate Tropical Plants

Roberto G. Lopez, an assistant professor of horticulture, and Arianna P. Torres, a doctoral student in agricultural economics and a former graduate student…

Physics & Astronomy

Expanding Surface Freezing for Advanced Material Innovations

As part of the quest to form perfectly smooth single-molecule layers of materials for advanced energy, electronic, and medical devices, researchers at the U.S….

Life & Chemistry

Novel Nanowires Enhance Fuel Cell Efficiency and Endurance

But one reason fuel cells aren't already more widespread is their lack of endurance. Over time, the catalysts used even in today's state-of-the-art fuels cells…

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