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New animal model for sporadic Alzheimer's Disease (AD)

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the main neurodegenerative disease worldwide. It places a large social and financial burden on society due to the need of life-long…

Technology Offerings

Antibody Therapy and Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD)

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the main neurodegenerative disease worldwide affecting more than 29 Mill. people. By 2050 the prevalence will quadruple, by thich…

Earth Sciences

New Discoveries Enhance Climate Models With Underwater Ridges

New discoveries on how underwater ridges impact the ocean's circulation system will help improve climate projections.An underwater ridge can trap the flow of…

Studies and Analyses

Mega-Sized Drinks: Sugar Warnings for Coffee and Energy Fans

Ellen Schuster, a University of Missouri nutrition expert, says that Americans should be wary of extra calories and sugar in the quest for bigger, bolder…

Earth Sciences

University of Nevada’s Model Enhances Gold Exploration in Nevada

The deposits, known as Carlin-type gold deposits, are characterized by extremely fine-grained nanometer-sized particles of gold adhered to pyrite over large…

Earth Sciences

Scientists Find Part of New Zealand’s Submerged “Pink Terraces"

They were called the Eighth Wonder of the World. Until the late 19th century, New Zealand’s Pink and White Terraces along Lake Rotomahana on the North Island,…

Environmental Conservation

Wolverine Habitat Threatened by Climate Change Impacts

Wolverine habitat in the northwestern United States is likely to warm dramatically if society continues to emit large amounts of greenhouse gases, according to…

Life & Chemistry

'Tall order' sunlight-to-hydrogen system works, neutron analysis confirms

Photosynthesis, the natural process carried out by plants, algae and some bacterial species, converts sunlight energy into chemical energy and sustains much of…

Environmental Conservation

Oyster Reefs Decline: Solutions for a Global Challenge

The team's global comparison of oyster reefs past and present shows that oyster reefs are at less than 10% of their prior abundance in 70% of the 144 bays…

Health & Medicine

Future surgeons may use robotic nurse, 'gesture recognition'

Both the hand-gesture recognition and robotic nurse innovations might help to reduce the length of surgeries and the potential for infection, said Juan Pablo…

Life & Chemistry

Ozone Air Pollution Spike Linked to Super Bowl XLV Lights

Researchers have discovered — in a classic case of scientific serendipity — that the bright light from sports stadiums and urban street lights may boost…

Environmental Conservation

Critical Data Needed on Gulf of Mexico Oil Impact

Writing in the Feb. 4 issue of the journal Science, Karen A. Bjorndal, a University of Florida biology professor and director of the Archie Carr Center for Sea…

Health & Medicine

New Clue to Lupus: Targeting Autoimmune Suppression Defects

Correcting the defect “may represent an effective therapeutic approach to systemic lupus erythematosus-like autoimmune disease,” the researchers state in their…

Studies and Analyses

Field Work Ending in Big Study of Smoggy Inversions

The field campaign – part of a three-year study by the University of Utah and other institutions – ends Monday, Feb. 7 as atmospheric scientists begin…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Immune System Regulation and Its Challenges

A difficult task: The immune system needs to differentiate between the body's own components and foreign agents. It has to fight pathogens and tumor cells,…

Earth Sciences

Geographer Recreates ‘The Great Louisiana Hurricane of 1812’

But a University of South Carolina geographer has reconstructed the storm, using maritime records, and has uncovered new information about its intensity, how…

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