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Portable Laser Devices Enhance Disease Diagnosis Accuracy

C&EN Senior Editor Celia Henry Arnaud notes that these new diagnostic tools will have the ability to see beneath the skin and detect disease, without exposing…

Studies and Analyses

Career Choices May Influence Early-Onset Dementia Locations

The study was led by Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute in collaboration with the Memory and Aging Centre at the University of California, San Francisco and…

Studies and Analyses

NYC School Students Face Easy Access to Unhealthy Food Options

Most studies of the food choices available near public schools have focused on fast food outlets rather than the full range of options available to…

Health & Medicine

Chromium Picolinate May Reduce Inflammation in Diabetic Nephropathy

Taking chromium picolinate may help lessen inflammation associated with diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease), say researchers at the Medical College of…

Life & Chemistry

New Sea Slug Species Discovered at Carpinteria Reef

Goddard was working in the tide pools at Carpinteria Reef, in Carpinteria State Park, Calif., when he found a new species of nudibranch –– a group of sea slugs…

Life & Chemistry

Yale Scientists Use Fruit Flies to Discover New Insect Repellents

By following the “nose” of fruit flies, Yale scientists are on the trail of new insect repellents that may reduce the spread of infectious disease and damage…

Earth Sciences

GOES-13's wide view of Atlantic's Tropical Storm Lisa and low, Pacific's Georgette

At 1445 UTC (10:45 a.m. EDT) today, Sept. 22, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite called GOES-13 captured Tropical Storm Lisa in the far…

Earth Sciences

Hurricane Igor: NASA Captures Stunning Images Over Newfoundland

NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites captured visible and infrared images of Hurricane Igor yesterday as he brought heavy rainfall into northeastern Canada. A…

Health & Medicine

New Treatment for Aortic Stenosis Saves Lives at TCT Conference

The study will also be presented at 8 a.m. Pacific time at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 23.”This is…

Transportation and Logistics

First Human-Powered Ornithopter Achieves Sustained Flight

The “Snowbird” performed its record-breaking flight on August 2 at the Great Lakes Gliding Club in Tottenham, Ont., witnessed by the vice-president (Canada) of…

Studies and Analyses

Humanized Mice Model Aids Typhoid Fever Treatment Insights

Better treatments and prevention for typhoid fever may emerge from a laboratory model that has just been developed for the disease. The model is based on…

Health & Medicine

Gum Disease: A Rising Public Health Concern in the U.S.

The prevalence of periodontal disease in the United States may be significantly higher than originally estimated. Research published in the Journal of Dental…

Studies and Analyses

Doctors Overprescribe Antibiotics for Respiratory Infections

The study, which tracked patients in two Pennsylvania hospitals, found that doctors often use antibiotics to treat patients whose infections are known to be…

Business and Finance

Innovative Ways to Market Your Community

The report, “Innovative Ways to Market Your Community,” by Ross Ament, president of Ament Associates Inc., presents several basic implementation strategies and…

Environmental Conservation

Less Toxic, More Efficient Dispersant is Scientist’s Goal

That’s why a University at Buffalo researcher with expertise in how the main ingredients of dispersants — polymers and surfactants — interact in solutions…

Environmental Conservation

Genetically Engineered Salmon Safe to Eat, but a Threat to Wild Stocks

Altier says:“The fisheries of the world are being rapidly depleted and so advances in aquaculture will be needed to meet the growing demand for protein….

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