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Physics & Astronomy

Simulating Black Hole Radiation Using Laser Technology

A team of Italian scientists has fired a laser beam into a hunk of glass to create what they believe is an optical analogue of the Hawking radiation that many…

Life & Chemistry

New Anti-Inflammatory Substance Discovered by Researchers

The messenger interleukin-27 plays an important role when the human body blocks inflammations. This was discovered by an international research team, of which…

Trade Fair News

Fraunhofer IBMT Showcases BioKryo GmbH at Medica 2010

Our customers of biotechnology and pharmaceutics benefit from our cryogenic storage, which they can use to store valuable cell lines as a backup.On the Medica…

Studies and Analyses

Improved Door-to-Balloon Times for Heart Attack Patients

Door-to-balloon time has dropped dramatically as hospitals rush heart attack patients into treatment, but a five-year study released Monday shows quicker…

Studies and Analyses

How Mangrove Killifish Thrive on Land with Unique Skin

Mangrove killifish are small fish—only about an inch or two long—that live in temporary pools in the coastal mangrove forests of Central and South America and…

Life & Chemistry

UNC Scientists Discover Key Cellular Communicators in Cancer Virus

In this way, virus-infected cells can have wide-ranging effects and potentially manipulate other cells throughout the body. The findings are reported in the…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Reshape Basic Understanding of Cell Division

By tracking the flow of information in a cell preparing to split, Johns Hopkins scientists have identified a protein mechanism that coordinates and regulates…

Materials Sciences

Graphene: Singles and the few

A timely review analyzing the correlation of synthesis methods and physical properties of single-layer and few-layered graphene flakes. A review of methods…

Health & Medicine

New Study Unveils Chromosome Changes in Tumor Cells

The prevalent theory has been that genetic changes in tumour cells come about in multiple stages over a long time. However, a recent study by researchers at…

Health & Medicine

Chemicals in Food Wrappers: Risks to Human Health Explained

Perfluorinated carboxylic acids or PFCAs are the breakdown products of chemicals used to make non-stick and water- and stain-repellant products ranging from…

Earth Sciences

GOES-13 Satellite Captures Cold Front Near Tomas Remnants

Tomas is now a remnant low pressure area is located in the Atlantic near 26 North and 68 West hundreds of miles south-southwest of Bermuda and has a minimum…

Earth Sciences

NASA sees Tropical Depression Jal's remnants entering and leaving India

This weekend, Tropical Cyclone Jal made landfall in east central India and crossed the northern coast of Tamil Nadu and southern coast of Andhra Pradesh, north…

Health & Medicine

Soy Compound May Inhibit Prostate Cancer Spread, Study Finds

Northwestern Medicine researchers at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University have found that a new, nontoxic drug made from…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder in Fat Sand Rats

Saying goodbye to summer can be difficult for everybody. In some people the onset of winter triggers Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, a mood disorder in…

Studies and Analyses

UCLA Innovates with Hybrid Heart Procedures to Combat Arrhythmias

New techniques now being used at UCLA allow doctors to more precisely target certain areas of the heart to stop ventricular arrhythmias — serious abnormal…

Health & Medicine

Children’s Unique Approaches to Solving Arithmetic Problems

A study by Dr Lio Moscardini, in Strathclyde's Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, found that children deal better with arithmetical problems if they can…

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