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Life & Chemistry

Fluorescent Peptides Illuminate Nerves During Surgery

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine may have found a remedy: injectable fluorescent peptides that cause hard-to-see…

Life & Chemistry

New Links Found Between Genome Regions and Ulcerative Colitis

An international team of researchers has made new links between 29 regions of the genome and ulcerative colitis – a common form of inflammatory bowel disease…

Health & Medicine

Allergies Linked to Lower Glioma Risk: New Research Insights

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago, used self-reported data on medically diagnosed allergies and antihistamine use for 419 patents with…

Physics & Astronomy

Clay-Armored Bubbles: Key to First Protocell Formation

A team of applied physicists at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Princeton, and Brandeis have demonstrated the formation of…

Automotive Engineering

Normal Air: Potential to Halve Fuel Consumption in Vehicles

Air hybrids, or pneumatic hybrids as they are also known, are not yet in production. Nonetheless, electric cars and electric hybrid cars already make use of…

Life & Chemistry

New hope for treatment of diabetes and burn wounds

A low cost, nanometer-sized drug to treat chronic wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers or burns, has been developed by a group of scientists from the Hebrew…

Environmental Conservation

‘Pollution’ May be Key Ingredient in Concrete Mixtures

Currently the nation’s power plants generate about 130 million tons of fly ash and bottom ash during the coal combustion process. Fly ash – the fine particles…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Analyzing Long-Term Impacts of Biofuel on the Land

While a useful biofuel source, crop residues also play a crucial role in maintaining soil organic carbon stock. This stock of organic carbon preserves soil…

Studies and Analyses

New National Study Finds Mountain Bike-Related Injuries Down 56 Percent

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found the number…

Studies and Analyses

Rethinking Management: Key to a Thriving Workplace

A good working climate is not only a requirement for job satisfaction. It is also an important success factor for a profit-driven company. Almost 200 employees…

Life & Chemistry

Animal with the Most Genes? A Tiny Crustacean

The findings are part of a comprehensive report in this week's Science by members of the Daphnia Genomics Consortium, an international network of scientists…

Studies and Analyses

Facebook Use Linked to Eating Disorders in Adolescent Girls

The more time adolescent girls spend in front of Facebook, the more their chances of developing a negative body image and various eating disorders, such as…

Life & Chemistry

Better together

Many natural compounds found in plant and animals display potent medicinal capabilities, but their intricate chemical structures prevent large-scale…

Life & Chemistry

Fighting their way to the middle

Foreign entities within the body get chopped into pieces by antigen-presenting cells (APCs), which display the resulting chunks on their surface. These…

Physics & Astronomy

Antimatter atoms ready for their close-up

Two international teams of physicists, including RIKEN researchers, have trapped and manipulated atoms made out of antimatter, in milestone experiments that…

Technology Offerings

Decapeptide Combi-Therapy: A New Approach for Steroid-Resistant Cancers

Steroid-related cancers have the highest incidence among tumors and its market potential for Europe and U.S.A. is estimated to be at least US$ 2.4 bn p.a. …

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