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Life & Chemistry

'Knowing it in your gut' is real

A lot of chatter goes on inside each one of us and not all of it happens between our ears.Researchers at McMaster University discovered that the “cross-talk”…

Life & Chemistry

Larger Female Hyenas Linked to Higher Offspring Rates

A new study by Michigan State University researchers, which appears in Proceedings of the Royal Society, revealed this as well as defined a new way to measure…

Materials Sciences

Rice University Lab Develops Self-Strengthening Nanocomposite

Work by the Rice lab of Pulickel Ajayan, professor in mechanical engineering and materials science and of chemistry, shows the potential of stiffening…

Health & Medicine

Understanding Gut Feelings: Insights from McMaster Research

“During seizures, a patient's heart rate most often increases significantly, but in about 1 percent of this population, a seizure will lead to the heart…

Materials Sciences

Artifacts from Peru's Huaca Prieta undergo analysis in Adovasio lab

One of the world’s leading authorities in the analysis of basketry, textiles, cordage and other plant fiber-derived artifacts in prehistoric societies,…

Environmental Conservation

Monitoring Peccaries in Brazil: Benefits for Wildlife and Communities

The study—conducted between 2003 and 2005 in a region of the Pantanal undergoing increasing land-use change and habitat fragmentation —has shed light on the…

Life & Chemistry

Bird Embryo Study Sheds Light on Cancer and Wound Healing

The new study provides insights into the mechanisms of epiboly, a developmental process involving mass movement of cells as a sheet, which is linked with…

Life & Chemistry

In Vivo Systems Biology: Understanding Biological Harmony

Biological systems, including cells, tissues and organs, can function properly only when their parts are working in harmony. These systems are often dauntingly…

Life & Chemistry

Stem cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration — a step closer to reality

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in older Americans and worldwide. AMD gradually destroys sharp,…

Studies and Analyses

Longer Delays Post-Heart Attack Boost Elective Surgery Outcomes

Before undergoing elective surgery, patients should consider waiting longer after a heart attack than is currently recommended, according to a study scheduled…

Health & Medicine

Linköping University’s Innovative Home Diagnostic Solution

“The idea is to make complex diagnostic processes as simple to perform as modern-day pregnancy tests,” says Nathaniel Robinson, who leads the Transport and…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Visualize Object Orientation and Motion Encoding

Imagine sitting in a train at the railway station looking outside: Without analyzing the relative motion of object contours across many different locations at…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Silicon and Nitride LEDs: A New Chip for One-Bit Counters

However, silicon has an indirect band gap, which severely limits its use for fabricating photonic devices such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers. A…

Health & Medicine

New Microorganisms Enhance PCB Contamination Cleanup

A promising remediation technology is bioremediation using dehalorespiring bacteria (DHRB), which dehalogenate PCBs to less chlorinated biphenyls via…

Awards Funding

Two Hebrew University professors win prestigious Canadian international medical science award

The honorees are Prof. Chaim Cedar and Prof Aharon Razin. They are the first Hebrew University faculty members to have won the Gairdner Awards. Both are…

Trade Fair News

GEPPIA Showcases French Packaging Innovations at INTERPACK 2011

GEPPIA’s objective is to highlight new products as well as industrial and commercial services from 30 French equipment manufacturers that will be exhibiting at…

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