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Solving the riddle of nature's perfect spring

University of Manchester researchers, working with colleagues in Australia and the United States, used state-of-the-art techniques to reveal the structure of…

Materials Sciences

New 'frozen smoke' may improve robotic surgery, energy storage

University of Central Florida Associate Professor Lei Zhai and postdoctoral associate Jianhua Zou have engineered the world's lightest carbon material in such…

Life & Chemistry

Immunology Breakthrough: New Insights on Cell Uptake Decisions

Immunological research at the University of Haifa, Israel, has made a new breakthrough, revealing a critical component in the “decision-making” process of…

Life & Chemistry

New Findings Challenge Immune Defense Views in Fever Study

These are findings of a years-long project where patients with vole fever, a northern Swedish hemorrhagic fever that has been studied with regard to natural…

Health & Medicine

Vitamin D’s Role in Lung Cancer Survival: New Study Insights

Recent research suggests vitamin D may be able to stop or prevent cancer. Now, a new study finds an enzyme that plays a role in metabolizing vitamin D can…

Health & Medicine

How Leisure Choice Enhances Well-Being for People with Autism

“For many of us, we look at recreation as a time to spend on activities that are fun and that are designed for our enjoyment,” said John Dattilo, professor,…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Innovations

Researchers have over time been able to show that medicine designed at nanoscale offers unprecedented opportunities for targeted treatment of serious diseases…

Business and Finance

Small Businesses Turn to Personal Assets for Financing

Small businesses are seen as an important part of the American economy. These businesses often rely heavily on loans to stay afloat. The recent economic…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Don't underestimate the power of herbal teas

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded scientists in Boston, Mass., have looked into the science-based evidence of health benefits from drinking three of…

Studies and Analyses

Higher Job Performance Linked to Honesty and Humility

The more honesty and humility an employee may have, the higher their job performance, as rated by the employees' supervisor. That's the new finding from a…

Awards Funding

Balzan Prizes 2011: Key Subjects Announced by Committee

The General Prize Committee of the International Balzan Foundation “Prize”, chaired in Milan by Salvatore Veca, has announced the subject areas for the 2011…

Information Technology

San Diego Supercomputer Center Launches Trestles

Trestles is available to users of the TeraGrid, the nation’s largest open-access scientific discovery infrastructure. The system is among the five largest in…

Health & Medicine

Elemental Mercury in Toronto, Ontario Could be Dangerous for Your Health

“Indoor air has higher mercury concentration than outdoor air,” says chemistry and biology professor Julia Lu, supervisor of the research team and one of the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Silver-Diamond Composite Cools Powerful Electronics

The research is focused on producing a silver-diamond thermal shim of unprecedented thinness – 250 microns or less. The ratio of silver to diamond in the…

Earth Sciences

New 'Thermometer' Helps Scientists Accurately Measure Rock Formation

A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have used magnesium isotopes to determine the temperature at which rocks form, which will allow…

Life & Chemistry

Switching Qubits: Terahertz Source Breakthrough in Molecules

Scientists in Germany and the USA have been able to induce rotational transitions in molecules trapped at a close distance above a chip using a terahertz…

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