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Physics & Astronomy

New Insights: Laser-Driven Electrons and Flocking Behavior

Flocking behavior does not only exist among birds, insects or fish; the microcosm offers similar phenomena, too. A team of scientists including Ferenc Krausz…

Health & Medicine

Taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer can save lives and money

That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results suggest…

Studies and Analyses

Using Statistics to Combat Online Counterfeit Goods

Currently the operators of internet auction sites are not required to guarantee the authenticity of items listed. Today's Significance article, which is a…

Environmental Conservation

New Robot System to Test 10,000 Chemicals for Toxicity

Several federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, today unveiled a new high-speed robot screening system that will test 10,000 different…

Transportation and Logistics

MTSU Aerospace Unveils New Air Traffic Control Simulator

“It was one of the most impressive things I have seen on a college campus,” Massaro said of the Department of Aerospace's unique Air Traffic Control Training…

Technology Offerings

Hyperpolarization Device Enhances MRI with Liquid Contrast Agent

The invention includes a resonator for dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), which is placed directly in an MRI scanner, so that the local standard magnetic…

Technology Offerings

Double Resonance Structure Enhances NMR and EPR Measurements

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) is one of the most important methods to elucidate the structure and dynamics of molecules, especially bio…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

USDA and Russian Scientists Develop High-Tech Crop Map

Downloadable maps and geographic information system (GIS) software are also available, allowing layering of data, such as that relating major wheat production…

Environmental Conservation

Lover's lane for birds found in Arctic

Results of the four-year study—the first to look at the full suite of bird species from around the world that descend on the Teshekpuk Lake region—showed that…

Physics & Astronomy

Northwestern’s New Device Advances Quantum Communication

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new switching device that takes quantum communication to a new level. The device is a practical step…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Cocoa Bean Handling: Impact on Flavanol Levels Explained

As evidence regarding the health benefits of consuming dark chocolate and cocoa mounts, there has been an increasing debate about which cocoa and chocolate…

Medical Engineering

Surgery Without External Scars Gains Traction

When Patricia Manrique was told she needed her gallbladder removed she immediately thought about the classroom full of children who rely on her to teach them…

Life & Chemistry

New Method Enhances Molecule Reaction Studies in Chemistry

Good chemists are passive-aggressive — they manipulate molecules without actually touching them. In a feat of manipulating substances at the nanoscale, UCLA…

Studies and Analyses

Dog Walkers More Likely to Meet Exercise Goals, Study Finds

The results, said epidemiologist Mathew Reeves, show that promoting dog ownership and dog walking could help many Americans – of which fewer than half meet…

Studies and Analyses

Primates Age Gracefully: Insights from Multi-Species Study

A new study says chimps, gorillas and other primates grow old gracefully much like humans. The findings come from the first-ever multi-species comparison of…

Life & Chemistry

Scripps Research Unveils Insights on Key Protein Family

The study, published on March 10, 2011, in Science Express, an advance, online publication of selected research from the journal Science, provides important…

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