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Health & Medicine

New Test Quickly Identifies Aggressive Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers

An inexpensive and rapid testing method can effectively identify a sub-group of never-smoking lung cancer patients whose tumors express a molecule associated…

Health & Medicine

Zoledronic Acid: New Hope in Early Lung Cancer Treatment

A drug that is currently used to help treat bone metastases in patients with lung cancer could also be useful at an earlier stage of treatment, to prevent the…

Studies and Analyses

Brain Imaging Unlocks Insights into Consciousness in Patients

Using a sophisticated imaging test to probe for higher-level cognitive functioning in severely brain-injured patients provides a window into consciousness –…

Earth Sciences

Microearthquakes Surge After Chilean Quake: New Findings

The observation provides an additional support that seismic waves from distant earthquakes could also trigger seismic events on the other side of the earth….

Health & Medicine

Costly Adverse Drug Events: UBC Research Insights

Patients who suffer an adverse medical event arising from the use or misuse of medications are more costly to the health care system than other emergency…

Machine Engineering

Compact RFID system for applications in intralogistics and small assembly lines

The readers of the Simatic RF200 system are designed as solutions for the low to mid-performance range and expand Siemens' existing RFID offering. The two…

Machine Engineering

Enhancing Industrial Network Safety with Integrated Security Functions

The new versions of the Simatic NET CP 341-1 Advanced and Simatic NET CP 443-1 Advanced communications processors contain a firewall as well as a VPN function…

Earth Sciences

Oscillating 'plug' of magma causes tremors that forecast volcanic eruptions

All explosive volcanic eruptions are preceded and accompanied by tremors that last from hours to weeks, and a remarkably consistent range of tremor frequencies…

Health & Medicine

High Vitamin-D Bread: A Solution to Widespread Insufficiency

Connie Weaver and colleagues cite studies suggesting that up to 7 in 10 people in the United States may not get enough vitamin D, which enables the body to…

Life & Chemistry

Needle-in-a-Haystack Search Reveals Potential Brain Disease Drug

The early positive signs for so-called prion diseases come from research in laboratory mice and cell cultures, they say in a report in ACS' Journal of…

Machine Engineering

Siemens Unveils Compact Industrial PCs with Intel Atom Processors

The product line starts with two basic designs and a number of different versions: compact Nanobox PCs with versatile installation options and Nanopanel PCs…

Machine Engineering

Enhanced Diagnostics for Motor Starters in Energy Management

With the new Profienergy communications functions, the motor starters can be integrated into the energy management system of a plant to enable, for example,…

Studies and Analyses

Life After Bankruptcy: The Power of Counseling and Education

In 2005, Congress passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act to provide counseling and education to help people make an informed choice…

Automotive Engineering

New high-performance lithium-ion battery 'top candidate' for electric cars

The new battery can store large amounts of energy in a small space and has a high rate capacity, meaning it can provide current even in extreme temperatures. A…

Health & Medicine

Two-Drug Cocktail Reduces Hearing Loss in Mice Study

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a low-dose, two-drug cocktail that reduces hearing loss in mice when given…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Cleaner Solar Panels: Sustainable Innovations in Technology

The reality of making solar panels with existing technology, however, is much different, involving use of potentially toxic substances and lots of energy. That…

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