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Post-Stroke Depression: Enhancing Physical Functioning

Although as many as a third of those who experience a stroke develop depression, a new study by researchers from the Regenstrief Institute, the schools of…

Health & Medicine

New Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise Against Contagious Norovirus

Using a novel viral vector-based method to grow and deliver the vaccine that has shown promise in other agents designed to fight such infections as HIV and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Golf Courses Overusing Water: Study Reveals Irrigation Issues

“Excessive amounts of water are used, and this cannot be justified from any perspective”, María del Pino Palacios Díaz, lead author of the study and a…

Earth Sciences

Northern Peatlands: Key Insights on Climate Change Impact

Northern peatlands, which are a boggy mixture of dead organic material and water, cover more than four million square kilometers. The largest northern…

Life & Chemistry

Festive Opening of Institute of Molecular Biology in Mainz

Although it has not been in existence for long, it is already a success story: after a construction time of only 15 months, the Institute of Molecular Biology…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Dairy Farmer Discovers Unique Forage Grass for Livestock

A farmer's report of an unusual forage grass led Michael Casler, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist at the agency's U.S. Dairy Forage Research…

Physics & Astronomy

NYU Physicists Innovate with Knotted Optical Traps

In the latest twist on optical knots, New York University (NYU) physicists have discovered a new method to create extended and knotted optical traps in three…

Life & Chemistry

Key Drug Target Structure Discovered to Speed Up Drug Discovery

Researchers have solved the three-dimensional structure of a key biological receptor. The finding has the potential to speed drug discovery in many areas, from…

Physics & Astronomy

New Breakthrough in Ferroelectric Memory Chips Enhances Performance

In ferroelectric memory the direction of molecules' electrical polarization serves as a 0 or a 1 bit. An electric field is used to flip the polarization, which…

Studies and Analyses

WSU Study: Gambling Subtypes Don’t Predict Treatment Success

A study by researchers at Wayne State University reveals that gambling addiction treatment is not one-size-fits-all, but it is difficult to predict which style…

Life & Chemistry

Malaria Drug Slows Pancreatic Cancer Growth in Mice

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists report they have shrunk or slowed the growth of notoriously resistant pancreatic tumors in mice, using a drug routinely…

Life & Chemistry

Breakthrough Insights Into Protein Folding Aid Brain Disease Research

Misfold an origami swan and the worst that happens is you wind up with an ugly paper duckling. Misfold one of the vital proteins in your body – each of which…

Health & Medicine

New Self-Monitoring Device Simplifies Blood Glucose Testing

People with diabetes could be helped by a new type of self-monitoring blood glucose sensor being developed by ASU engineers and clinicians at Mayo Clinic in…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Aqua Satellite spots rare Southern Atlantic sub-tropical storm

NASA's Aqua satellite spotted some strong convection in a recently formed low pressure area that strengthened into Sub-Tropical Storm Arani in the South…

Life & Chemistry

New Insulin-Releasing Switch Found for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

In a report published online March 1 in Cell Metabolism, the researchers say the work solves a longtime mystery and may lead to better treatments for type 2…

Physics & Astronomy

Century-Old Equipment Shows X-Ray Innovation Progress

“To my knowledge, nobody had ever done systematic measurements on this equipment, since by the time one had the tools, these systems had been replaced by more…

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