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New Origins Uncovered for Medulloblastoma Tumor Subtypes

Investigators have demonstrated for the first time that the most common malignant childhood brain tumor, medulloblastoma, is actually several different…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Discover New Exoplanet HR 8799e in Family Portrait

An international team of astronomers has discovered a fourth giant planet, HR 8799e, outside our solar system. The new planet joins the three planets that were…

Life & Chemistry

UCSF team develops “logic gates” to program bacteria as computers

The work builds into cells the same logic gates found in electronic computers and creates a method to create circuits by “rewiring” communications between…

Earth Sciences

Lost Civilization Discovered Beneath Persian Gulf Oasis

Jeffrey Rose, an archaeologist and researcher with the University of Birmingham in the U.K., says that the area in and around this “Persian Gulf Oasis” may…

Life & Chemistry

Two Fathers, One Litter: Groundbreaking Mouse Study Revealed

The study was posted today (Wednesday, December 8) at the online site of the journal Biology of Reproduction. The achievement of two-father offspring in a…

Physics & Astronomy

New pictures show fourth planet in giant version of our solar system

The solar system, discovered by a team from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Herzberg Institute of…

Health & Medicine

Study Reveals Disability Risks in Older Ventilator Survivors

The study was published online ahead of the print edition of the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.”Our…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA’s Newest Airborne Observatory Completes First Science Mission

A 17-ton telescope mounted in the fuselage of a modified 747 jumbo jet, SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) will now embark on a 20-year…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Engineer New Methane-Production Pathway in Microorganism

A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have created the first methane-producing microorganism that can metabolize complex carbon structures,…

Health & Medicine

New Treatment Strategy for Autism’s Social Impairment Unveiled

Eastern Virginia Medical School researchers have identified a potential novel treatment strategy for the social impairment of people with Autism Spectrum…

Physics & Astronomy

World's first microlaser emitting in 3-D

Versatile electronic gadgets should employ a number of important criteria: small in size, quick in operation, inexpensive to fabricate, and deliver high…

Physics & Astronomy

Carbon-rich planet: A girl's best friend?

A peculiar gas-giant planet orbiting a sun-like star 1200 light-years away is the first carbon-rich world ever observed.The implications are big for planetary…

Earth Sciences

Greenland Ice Sheet Flow Impacted by Weather Extremes

The ice sheet consists of layers of compressed snow and covers roughly 80 per cent of the surface of Greenland. Since the 1990s, it has been documented to be…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Capture Image of New Earth-Like Planet

The research is published Dec. 8 in the advance online version of the journal Nature.The astronomers say the planetary system resembles a supersized version of…

Health & Medicine

Pediatric Trauma Research Network: A Call to Action

Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD, director of the Trauma Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has co-authored a call to action for filling a significant gap in…

Health & Medicine

Study Suggests Cranberry Juice Not Effective Against Urinary Tract Infections

However, a new study published in the January 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, and now available online, suggests otherwise.College-aged women who…

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