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Architecture & Construction

Small Materials, Big Impact: Nanomaterials in Construction

Pedro Alvarez and colleagues note that nanomaterials likely will have a greater impact on the construction industry than any other sector of the economy,…

Studies and Analyses

PET Scans Uncover Estrogen-Producing Areas in the Brain

A study at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has demonstrated that a molecule “tagged” with a radioactive form of carbon can…

Studies and Analyses

Customer Satisfaction Surveys: Benefits and Pitfalls Revealed

The study finds companies that use immediate follow-up customer surveys or multiple follow-up surveys may open themselves to negative consequences because…

Physics & Astronomy

Earth’s Night Sky: Possible Alien Meteor Shower Unveiled

NASA meteor experts had predicted it was a long shot, but the evenings of November 2nd and 3rd might display a meteor shower from dust which puffed off this…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Half of Travelers Unaware of Health Risks

Despite these potential risks, a recent study conducted by the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and published in the…

Life & Chemistry

Cell Membranes Mimic Cornstarch and Water Behavior

Mix two parts cornstarch and one part water. Swirl your fingers in it slowly and the mixture is a smoothly flowing liquid. Punch it quickly with your fist and…

Health & Medicine

Multifocal Contact Lenses: Impact on Night Driving Vision

According to an article published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (“The Effect of Presbyopic Vision Corrections on Nighttime Driving…

Health & Medicine

Improving Blood Pressure Control in CKD Through Medication Adherence

This report was published in the Nov. 2 online edition of the American Journal of Nephrology.The study, led by researchers at UC and the Cincinnati VA, showed…

Physics & Astronomy

Cosmic Curiosity: Dead Quasar’s Ghostly Glow Revealed

Two years later, a team led by Yale University researchers has discovered that the unique object represents a snapshot in time that reveals surprising clues…

Materials Sciences

Transparent Light-Harvesting Material Developed by Scientists

2010—Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory have fabricated transparent thin films…

Health & Medicine

New Lymphoma Therapy Offers Efficacy With Fewer Side Effects

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a type of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that accounts for approximately 40 percent of lymphomas among adults. If…

Physics & Astronomy

Webb Supercomputer Models Offer Sneak Previews of Space Discoveries

“It's an interesting problem,” said Jonathan Gardner, the project's deputy senior project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md….

Earth Sciences

NASA's TRMM satellite sees Tomas' power fluctuate

During the morning hours on Nov. 3, an Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft found no tropical storm force winds so Tomas was downgraded by the National…

Physics & Astronomy

New Physics Experiment Hints at Unseen Particle Discovery

The new results go further to describe a violation of a fundamental symmetry of the universe asserting that particles of antimatter behave in the same way as…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Virus Discovered in Switchgrass by Illinois Researchers

The virus is associated with mosaic and yellow streak symptoms on switchgrass leaves. This virus has the potential of reducing photosynthesis and decreasing…

Earth Sciences

Water Flowing Through Ice Sheets May Speed Up Warming

The new study showed ice sheets like the Greenland Ice Sheet can respond to such warming on the order of decades rather than the centuries projected by…

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