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Life & Chemistry

Barrow Scientists Discover Insights Into CNS Inflammation

Dr. Shi directs the Neuroimmunology Laboratory and Flow Cytometry Core Facility at Barrow. One of his research interests is natural killer (NK) cells, a type…

Health & Medicine

Malaria Mosquito Evolution: NIH Grantees Uncover Key Insights

A. gambiae is the most common vector of human malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, where rates of the disease are highest. The researchers compared the genomes of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Energy Trends in Communications Equipment: Key Insights

A team of scientists at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs have examined the energy consumption trends of communications equipment in use today and determined that gains…

Studies and Analyses

Parent-Only Treatment Shows Promise for Obese Children

The results were published today in the advanced online edition of the journal Obesity.Kerri N. Boutelle, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry…

Environmental Conservation

Plants’ Key Role in Air Pollution Cleanup Revealed by Study

Vegetation plays an unexpectedly large role in cleansing the atmosphere, a new study finds.The research, led by scientists at the National Center for…

Studies and Analyses

High Elk-Use Areas in Oregon and Washington: Key Factors Unveiled

The availability of highly nutritious forage is one of four factors linked to the presence of elk populations in western Oregon and Washington, according to a…

Life & Chemistry

Putting a bull's-eye on the flu: Paper details influenza's structure for future drug targeting

Fortunately, scientists at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Institute of Molecular Biophysics at Florida State University and researchers at…

Physics & Astronomy

Isotope near 'doubly magic' tin-100 flouts conventional wisdom

Experiments performed with the exotic nucleus tin-101, which has a single neutron orbiting tin-100's closed shell of 50 protons and 50 neutrons, indicate an…

Physics & Astronomy

Electron Billiards: Breakthrough in Nanoscale Circuit Design

The scientists created a 70-nanometer narrow channel, about as wide as the wavelength of electrons in the semiconductor. The key is that only one electron at a…

Health & Medicine

Cholesterol Drug Reduces Enlarged Prostates in Hamster Study

“We don't know the mechanism, but the results suggest to us that lowering cholesterol has the potential to reduce BPH in men,” says senior author Keith…

Earth Sciences

Evidence is weak for tropical rainforest 65 million years ago in Africa's low-latitudes

The landscape of Central Africa 65 million years ago was a low-elevation tropical belt, but the jury is still out on whether the region's mammals browsed and…

Science Education

New Preschool Initiatives Shape Early Education in the U.S.

In a new report in Psychological Science in the Public Interest, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Robert C. Pianta (University of…

Environmental Conservation

Everglades Water Quality Shows Positive Changes in Recent Study

Researchers at the University of Florida Research and Education Centers and scientists at the South Florida Water Management District have published a report…

Life & Chemistry

Chupacabra: The Victim Behind the Myth of a Monster

But the real fiend is not the hairless, fanged animal purported to attack and drink the blood of livestock; it's a tiny, eight-legged creature that turns a…

Health & Medicine

Risk markers for Alzheimer’s disease

At this point it could be too late to start medication, because the disease is now believed to begin decades before a patient displays clear symptoms. So how…

Health & Medicine

Progress in the development of new Parkinson’s drugs

In her thesis, neuroscience researcher Daniella Rylander presents two important findings that tackle different stages in the development of the uncontrollable…

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