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Business and Finance

Gas Prices Rise: Impact on Grocery Retailers Revealed

A University of Alberta researcher says grocery retailers need to take heed that a jump at the pumps will be a blow to their bottom line. Alberta School of…

Life & Chemistry

Earth's biodiversity: What do we know and where are we headed?

Earth's biodiversity—the number of microorganisms, plants, and animals, their genes, and their ecosystems (such as rainforests and grasslands)—is declining at…

Health & Medicine

CWRU researcher sends message to postmenopausal women: 'Increase yearly dental checkups'

That message comes from a comparison study of women on and off bone-strengthening bisphosphonate therapies for osteoporosis. Leena Palomo, assistant professor…

Life & Chemistry

Stem Cells Show Promise for Treating Pediatric Brain Injuries

Stem cells derived from a patient’s own bone marrow were safely used in pediatric patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to results of a Phase I…

Environmental Conservation

Aerosol Plumes Discovered Downwind of Deepwater Horizon Spill

Scientists from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science were part of a national research team to find two plumes of…

Studies and Analyses

HIV Patients Face Higher Bone Fracture Risks, Study Finds

Low bone mineral density in HIV-infected patients is common and raises concerns about increased risks of fracture. Although there have been several studies…

Health & Medicine

New Blood Test Detects Early Emphysema in Smokers

During a regular annual physical exam, blood is usually drawn to check the health of a person's heart, kidneys and liver. Now, researchers at…

Materials Sciences

New Measurement Into Biological Polymer Networks

“Our results have provided some of the first microscopic insights into a sixty year old puzzle about the way polymeric networks react to repeated shear…

Business and Finance

Suppliers’ Dilemma: Top-down Versus Bottom-up; New Study Examines the Value of Point-of-Sale Data in Forecasting

A new study by a University of Arkansas logistics researcher confirms that relying on retail point-of-sale data can increase the accuracy of predictions and…

Earth Sciences

Engineer Studies Damage Caused by New Zealand Earthquake

Sritharan, the Wilson Engineering Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, spent more than a week in Christchurch as part of a team from…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Engineers Create Ultra-Low-Power Memory to Boost Mobile Battery Life

University of Illinois engineers have developed a form of ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster and uses 100 times less energy than similar available…

Life & Chemistry

New transcription factor reveals molecular mechanism for wound-induced organ regeneration

The finding sheds first-ever light on the molecular-level mechanisms of plant cell dedifferentiation, offering fundamental insights on wound-induced organ…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Apparatus Detects Fog Types and Visibility Levels

So far, there is no differentiation between fog types available at the automatic stations. Solely visibility can be determined.

The <b>considerable…

Physics & Astronomy

Baby stars born to ‘napping’ parents

It has long been suspected that the build up of material onto young stars is not continuous but happens in episodic events, resulting in short outbursts of…

Health & Medicine

New microscope decodes complex eye circuitry

The properties of optical stimuli need to be conveyed from the eye to the brain. To do this efficiently, the relevant information is extracted by…

Life & Chemistry

Banana Peels Transform Into Effective Water Purifiers

Gustavo Castro and colleagues note that mining processes, runoff from farms, and industrial wastes can all put heavy metals, such as lead and copper, into…

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