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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Controlling Invasive Trees: New Research from UC Santa Barbara

Two scientists from UC Santa Barbara, working with colleagues from the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, have published the first…

Earth Sciences

Arctic Blooms Arrive Earlier Due to Warming Trends

Warming temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic may be behind a progressively earlier bloom of a crucial annual marine event, and the shift could hold…

Physics & Astronomy

Could Black Holes Inspire New Superconductor Models?

“The context of this problem is high-temperature superconductivity,” said Phillips. “One of the great unsolved problems in physics is the origin of…

Studies and Analyses

New Drug Regimen Reduces HIV Risk for Breastfeeding Infants

The longer nevirapine regimen achieved a 75 percent reduction in HIV transmission risk through breast milk for the infants of HIV-infected mothers with higher…

Health & Medicine

Decline in CP Diagnoses Highlights Perinatal Care Advances

Because cerebral palsy is a result of brain injury received shortly before, during, or soon after birth, the number of infants being diagnosed with the…

Studies and Analyses

How Stigma Affects Health Outcomes for Obese Individuals

“Obesity is a physiological issue, but when people have negative interactions in their social world—including a sense of being discriminated against—it can…

Health & Medicine

Long-Term Mental Health Effects After Miscarriage Revealed

The depression and anxiety experienced by many women after a miscarriage can continue for years, even after the birth of a healthy child, according to a study…

Medical Engineering

Siemens Unveils Biograph mMR at European Congress of Radiology

One of the highlights was the Biograph mMR – the world’s first integrated whole-body molecular MR with simultaneous data acquisition technology. The innovative…

Health & Medicine

Affordable Portable Peritoneal Dialysis: Safe and Mobile Option

Peritoneal dialysis is less costly, easier on the body and provides greater mobility than hemodialysis, the more common procedure in the U.S.”Patients actually…

Studies and Analyses

Sperm Quality Decline in Finnish Men: A 1998-2006 Study

Led by Jorma Toppari, MD, PhD, of the University of Turku, researchers examined three cohorts of 19 year old men between the years of 1998 and 2006. The men…

Earth Sciences

Shrinking tundra, advancing forests: how the Arctic will look by century's end

Imagine the vast, empty tundra in Alaska and Canada giving way to trees, shrubs and plants typical of more southerly climates. Imagine similar changes in large…

Life & Chemistry

Peanut Worms: Annelids Redefined Through Molecular Analysis

Recent molecular phylogenetic analysis has shown that the marine animals known as peanut worms are not a separate phylum, but are definitely part of the family…

Earth Sciences

New Insights from Antarctic Ice Cores Transform Climate Theories

Climate researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association (AWI) expand a prevalent theory regarding the…

Physics & Astronomy

High-Resolution Breakthroughs in Fluorescence Microscopy

Physical limits in high-resolution light microscopy can be overcome with the aid of chemical reactions. Scientists at Heidelberg University’s Institute of…

Information Technology

New Ship Detection Method Enhances Safety in Storms

The team has come up with a new detection method “that outperforms the one that has generally been used until now, as well as offering the advantages of low…

Materials Sciences

Stronger Than Steel: Moldable Metallic Glass Innovations

Now a team led by Jan Schroers, a materials scientist at Yale University, has shown that some recently developed bulk metallic glasses (BMGs)-metal alloys that…

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