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Physics & Astronomy

Fast MRAM Data Storage: The Future of Computer Memory

Magnetic Random Access Memories (MRAM) are the most important new modules on the market of computer storage devices. Like the well known USB-sticks, they store…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Texas Coastal Prairie Wetlands: Impact on Galveston Bay

“Loss of wetlands closer to traditional navigable waters must be mitigated under the Clean Water Act by creating new wetlands, or preferably by protecting and…

Studies and Analyses

USC Study: California Superstorm Could Cost Nearly $1 Trillion

Researchers estimate the total property damage and business interruption costs of the massive rainstorm would be nearly $1 trillion.USC research professor Adam…

Health & Medicine

Helicobacter Pylori Infections Linked to Low Iron in Children

“Half of the world’s population is infected with H. pylori and most of the individuals are asymptomatically infected, according to several surveys,” said…

Studies and Analyses

How Evolution Shapes Bigger, Faster Plants and Animals

Researchers working at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center compiled and reviewed nearly 150 published estimates of natural selection, representing more…

Environmental Conservation

DNA Outperforms Eyes in Counting Endangered Species

Andrew DeWoody, a professor of genetics at Purdue University; Jamie Ivy, population manager at the San Diego Zoo; and Todd Katzner, a research assistant…

Life & Chemistry

UCLA researchers use 'nano-Velcro' technology to improve capture of circulating cancer cells

Metastasis is the most common cause of cancer-related death in patients with solid tumors and occurs when these marauding tumor cells leave the primary tumor…

Life & Chemistry

Columbia Engineer Reveals Unique Cell Behavior in Vessel Formation

Biologists tend to look at cells in bulk, observing them as a group and taking the average behavior as the norm — the assumption is that genetically identical…

Life & Chemistry

Iowa State Researcher Explores Green Catalysts for Sustainability

Woo, an Iowa State University professor of chemistry and an associate of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, has studied catalysts and the…

Life & Chemistry

UCLA Engineers Harness Proteins for Biofuels Innovation

In a study published online March 6 in the journal Nature Biotechnology, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science…

Health & Medicine

Online Nutrition Courses: Fad or Emerging Trend?

Most of us have heard of Phoenix, no, not the mystical bird or the capital of Arizona, but the online university. According to the Babson Survey Research…

Studies and Analyses

Massachusetts reform hasn't stopped medical bankruptcies: Harvard study

The percentage of personal bankruptcies linked to medical bills or illness changed little, and the absolute number actually increased in Massachusetts after…

Life & Chemistry

Opalinus Clay: A Promising Host Rock for Nuclear Waste

Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany, have studied natural claystone in the laboratory for more than four years in order to…

Life & Chemistry

Breakthrough DNA Analysis: 5,000 Samples in One Go

Now researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm have hit upon a new method that allows 5,000 samples to be run at the same time and at…

Life & Chemistry

Garden Compost Enzymes Boost Bioethanol Production

The researcher in question is Nadia Skorupa Parachin and the secret of her technique is enzymes that she extracted from garden soil. If ethanol can be…

Studies and Analyses

One in Five Swedish Children Overweight: Key Insights Revealed

Published in the online version of the journal Obesity Reviews, the study was part of a European project, the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance…

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