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Environmental Conservation

Pollution Triggers Genetic Resistance Mechanism in a Coastal Fish

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have joined colleagues from New York University (NYU) and NOAA to investigate this phenomenon and…

Studies and Analyses

Job Seekers: How Do You Rate with Employers?

Many have sacrificed and toiled for perfect grades, worked at internships to prepare for careers, and filled their schedules with university affiliated clubs…

Studies and Analyses

Driving After a Stroke: Key Tests for Safe Assessment

The research analyzed all of the available studies on driving after a stroke. In all of the studies, participants’ driving skills were tested in an on-road…

Life & Chemistry

Carrying calcium

The transport of ions is essential for the routine maintenance of the body. For this reason cells contain specialized enzymes that act as pumps that help ions…

Physics & Astronomy

Finding solid ground

Supersolids and superfluids rank among the most exotic of quantum mechanical phenomena. Superfluids can flow without any viscosity, and experience no friction…

Studies and Analyses

Melanoma Risk Ignored by Relatives of Patients, Study Finds

Professor Sharon Manne at the Centre Cancer Prevention and Control Program, New Jersey, asked over 500 people with a family history of melanoma, the most…

Earth Sciences

Earth's core rotating faster than rest of the planet but slower than previously believed

Previous research had shown that the Earth's core rotates faster than the rest of the planet. However, scientists from the University of Cambridge have…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Decode Trichinosis Parasite DNA for New Insights

After analyzing the genome, investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and their collaborators report they have identified unique…

Medical Engineering

New Device Transforms Blood Pressure Measurement Techniques

In a major scientific breakthrough, a new blood pressure measurement device is set to revolutionise the way patients' blood pressure is measured.The new…

Studies and Analyses

Poverty, Water Diseases, and Their Impact on Wealthy Lives

Mulligan is a PhD student at the McMaster University campus of the United Nations University's Institute on Water, Environment and Health and a recipient of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Stanford’s New Tech Boosts Solar Cell Efficiency Three-Fold

Stanford researchers have found that adding a single layer of organic molecules to a solar cell can increase its efficiency three-fold and could lead to…

Environmental Conservation

Water, water, everywhere… but is it safe to drink?

Sherwood Lollar is taking part in the THINK CANADA Press Breakfast Sunday at AAAS. Her research examines society's efforts to reverse and stop groundwater…

Studies and Analyses

Increasing Triglycerides Tied to Higher Stroke Risk in Men

A study by researchers in Denmark revealed that increasing levels of non-fasting triglycerides are associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke in men…

Life & Chemistry

Reprogrammed Stem Cells Face Challenges in Research Progress

It's a discordant note in the symphony of good news that usually accompanies stem cell research announcements. Stem cells hold enormous promise in regenerative…

Health & Medicine

Careful cleaning of children's skin wounds key to healing, regardless of antibiotic choice

When it comes to curing skin infected with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), timely and proper wound…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Cancer Gene Regulation for Better Treatments

Cancer develops from a disturbed balance between the division, the growth and the death of cells. This is what makes it so difficult to treat this disease: the…

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