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Life & Chemistry

Mosquito Gene Study Uncovers New Disease Response Insights

Lyric Bartholomay, assistant professor of entomology, along with colleagues from around the world, infected the common southern house mosquito (Culex…

Studies and Analyses

Sleep Patterns in Early Pregnancy Affect Third Trimester Blood Pressure

A study in the Oct. 1 issue of the journal Sleep found that getting too little or too much sleep in early pregnancy is associated with elevated blood pressure…

Health & Medicine

Is photoscreening the best way to catch 'lazy eye'?

Amblyopia, known as “lazy eye,” is a major cause of vision problems in children and a common cause of blindness in people aged 20 to 70 in developed countries….

Studies and Analyses

New Research Reveals Chemotherapy Use in Advanced Lung Cancer

For the first time to date, research published in the October edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO) sought to determine the use of chemotherapy in…

Studies and Analyses

TRUST Study Confirms Erlotinib’s Safety for Lung Cancer

Featured in the October edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO), data from The Tarceva Lung Cancer Survival Treatment (TRUST) confirms the safety and…

Studies and Analyses

Rufinamide Cuts Refractory Seizures: New Research Insights

Researchers from the Arkansas Epilepsy Program found treatment with rufinamide results in a significant reduction in seizure frequency compared with placebo,…

Process Engineering

Easier Welding of Metal Foils for SMEs Using Lasers

For small and medium sized enterprises (SME) which use lasers to weld thin metal sheets, lasers with continuous wave radiation are often too expensive. This is…

Life & Chemistry

Genetically Altered Trees to Combat Global Warming Effectively

Forests of genetically altered trees and other plants could sequester several billion tons of carbon from the atmosphere each year and so help ameliorate…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Shows No Difference in Macular Degeneration Drugs

The study, which appears currently on-line in Eye, is believed to be the first study to describe one-year outcomes of a prospective, double-masked, randomized…

Studies and Analyses

Flow of empty calories into children's food supply must be reduced

With over 23 million children and adolescents in the US overweight or obese, the risks for many chronic diseases continue to increase. An article in the…

Trade Fair News

Cost-Saving Cleaning Tech Solutions at International Fair

The Fraunhofer FEP will be presenting systematic cleaning technology solutions for industrial processes at the leading international fair for cleaning in…

Technology Offerings

Diastereoselective Synthesis of Pronucleotides Explained

The present invention is directed to a process for the diastereoselective synthesis of phosphorus compounds, particularly pronucleotides (nucleotide prodrugs)….

Technology Offerings

Innovative Electrically Conductive Adhesive with Carbon Nanotubes

The invention relates to an electrically conductive adhesive consisting of a conductive phase of carbon nanotubes distributed in a matrix. The carbon nanotubes…

Physics & Astronomy

Milky Way’s Role in Galactic Tug of War Revealed

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, has long been thought to be the dominant gravitational force in forming the Stream by pulling gas from the Clouds. A new…

Health & Medicine

Surgery Enhances Survival for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer

A radical prostatectomy is an operation to remove the prostate gland and some of the tissue around it. In this study, Mayo Clinic researchers discovered very…

Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Strengthening Tropical Storm Nicole with 3 Satellites

Nicole was Tropical Depression 16 until 11 a.m. EDT, Sept. 29 and NASA data helped confirm her new designation. Satellite data from NASA showed frigid…

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