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Life & Chemistry

Peripheral Induction of Alzheimer’s Pathology in Mice Study

This is shown in a new study done by researchers at the Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research (HIH, University Hospital Tübingen, University of Tübingen)…

Technology Offerings

New Method Improves Dental Bridge Dimensioning Accuracy

A method has been developed that facilitates the individual prediction of forces affecting the dental bridges for each patient. In order to do so, the forces…

Technology Offerings

Nanoparticle Coated Metal Foam Enhances Crash Absorbers

The french-german institution for security and defence (ISL) and Saarland University joined their efforts and developed a method to strengthen the structur of…

Health & Medicine

Post-Chemotherapy Challenges for Women: New Research Insights

Now, researchers in the University of Missouri School of Health Professions have studied the lives of breast cancer patients following chemotherapy and found…

Materials Sciences

New Advances in Metallocenes Create Super-Strong Plastics

C&EN Senior Editor Alexander Tullo notes that the catalysts, called “metallocenes,” engendered excitement years ago because they allowed production of stronger…

Life & Chemistry

‘Reaper’ protein strikes at mitochondria to kill cells

This self-destructive tendency can be a very good thing, as when dangerous precancerous cells are permitted to kill themselves, but it can also go horribly…

Life & Chemistry

Frontal Lobe’s Role in Automatic Responses Revealed by Scientists

These motor skills are learned in one part of the brain, whereas classroom instruction and information read in a book are acquired in another area of the…

Studies and Analyses

Harm Reduction Cigarettes: Are They Really Safer?

To reduce the toxicity of cigarette smoke, tobacco companies have introduced “harm reduction cigarettes,” often marketed as safer than conventional brands.But…

Life & Chemistry

Reovirus: Unlocking Its Surprising Benefits in Health Innovation

By the age of five, most people have been exposed to the virus, called reovirus. For some, it can trigger brief episodes of coughing or diarrhea while many…

Studies and Analyses

Estrogen Therapy Linked to Faster Ovarian Cancer Growth

Menopausal estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) also significantly increases the likelihood of the cancer metastasizing to the lymph nodes, according to the…

Life & Chemistry

Discovery of a Mechanism that Controls the Expression of a Protein Involved in Numerous Cancers

In an article published in the journal Cell, Marc Therrien's team explains the recent discovery of a protein complex that controls the RAS/MAPK signalling…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Change: Tipping Points for Populations Explored

As Earth's climate warms, species are expected to shift their geographical ranges away from the equator or to higher elevations. While scientists have…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellites Capture Typhoon Megi’s Strengthening Images

NASA's TRMM, CloudSat and Aqua satellite captured images of Megi's clouds, rainfall and eye as they passed over the storm and saw clouds higher than 9 miles…

Life & Chemistry

New Forensic Metal Fingerprinting Technique Enters Industry

Groundbreaking research into fingerprint detection developed at the University of Leicester now has an industrial application, thanks to a new invention by the…

Life & Chemistry

Improving AFM Probes: Insights from Microwave Techniques

Scientists from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) were successful in improving a fabrication process for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probe…

Earth Sciences

System 99L Organizes Tropically Near Grand Cayman

At 8 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 20, System 99L, a low pressure system about 150 miles southwest of Grand Cayman appears to be getting organized as it…

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