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Life & Chemistry

New MRI Thermometry Technique Uses Encaged Hyperpolarized Xenon

Researchers in Germany and the US have developed a new approach to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) thermometry using encaged hyperpolarized xenon as a…

Information Technology

Siemens Midas 2.0: Enhanced Mining Machinery Performance

Compared with the previous version, the database connection has been updated in particular and the user interface given a simpler and more flexible design.Built on the solid foundation of the .NET platform, the Midas 2.0 solution uses an active SQL Server database to deliver substantial performance increases over the previous release….

Power and Electrical Engineering

Assessing Environmental Impact of Organic Solar Cells

Solar energy could be a central alternative to petroleum-based energy production. However, current solar-cell technology often does not produce the same energy…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on APC Gene Mutants and Demethylation Mechanisms

It has been known for some time that mutations in the APC gene occur in more than 85 percent of all sporadic colon cancers. Now researchers at Huntsman Cancer…

Environmental Conservation

$5 Million Grant Boosts Great Lakes Water Quality Research

The researchers will focus on extreme weather events caused by climate change.The Great Lakes hold 84 percent of North America's surface fresh water, and their…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Variants Impacting Breast Cancer Risk Discovered

“These findings should be useful in helping determine individual risk for breast cancer in BRCA1 carriers,” says Fergus Couch, Ph.D., Mayo investigator and…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Silicon Carbide Tech: Newcastle’s Breakthrough in Extreme Conditions

The state-of-the-art technology being pioneered by experts at Newcastle University uses Silicon Carbide electronics that can withstand temperatures equal to…

Studies and Analyses

New Genetic Links to Ovarian Cancer Risk Identified

The consortium, including scientists from the U.S., Europe, Canada and Australia, based the new work on their earlier research comparing 10,283 women with…

Health & Medicine

New Therapy Shows Promise for Poorly Controlled Asthma

A drug commonly used for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) successfully treats adults whose asthma is not well-controlled on low…

Life & Chemistry

Biologists Reveal Link Between Biological Clock and Diabetes

Their discovery, detailed in this week's advanced online publication of the journal Nature Medicine, provides an entirely new biochemical approach for…

Life & Chemistry

Rutgers Researchers Uncover HIV Resistance to AZT

Rutgers researchers have discovered how HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, resists AZT, a drug widely used to treat AIDS. The scientists, who report their…

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Rouen Hosts B.I.G Talents in Biotech, IT, and Greentech

Frédéric Sanchez, President of the Agence de Développement Economique de l’Agglomération Rouennaise (ADEAR), the Economic Development Agency for the Rouen…

Life & Chemistry

New Marker for Breast Cancer May Cut Second Surgeries

A team of chemists, radiologists and surgeons at the University of California, San Diego, created the new material, which they describe in a forthcoming issue…

Studies and Analyses

Childhood Viral Infection Linked to Rising Obesity Rates

The study will be published in the September 20 online edition of the journal Pediatrics. September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.Jeffrey B….

Health & Medicine

Manganese in drinking water: Study suggests adverse effects on children's intellectual abilities

Manganese: toxic in the workplace but harmless in water?The neurotoxic effects of manganese exposure in the workplace are well known. This metal is naturally…

Studies and Analyses

H1N1 Virus Linked to Increased Seizures in Children

A recent study by researchers at the University of Utah determined that the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) caused a higher rate of neurological complications…

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