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Strategy discovered to prevent Alzheimer's-associated traffic jams in the brain

Amyloid beta (Áâ) proteins, widely thought to cause Alzheimer's disease (AD), block the transport of vital cargoes inside brain cells. Scientists at the…

Life & Chemistry

Human protein factories in 3D – Insights into the interior of human cells at the nano level

Recently, scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, succeeded in mapping the inner life of an intact…

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Prof. Schock’s Commitment to Advancing Solar Energy Research

Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Schock, department head and spokesman for Solar Energy Research at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), received the prestigious “Becquerel…

Life & Chemistry

Flying Fish: Gliding Like Birds for Over 40 Seconds

Flying fish can remain airborne for over 40s, covering distances of up to 400m at speeds of 70km/h. Haecheon Choi, a mechanical engineer from Seoul National…

Life & Chemistry

Building Sustainable Baltic Marine Resource Networks

19 partners from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden will build up a regional network for cross border cooperation and…

Studies and Analyses

Trust Issues Hinder Blood Donation Among African-Americans

Led by Beth H. Shaz, MD, Chief Medical Officer of the New York Blood Center in New York, New York, researchers created a survey to explore reasons for low…

Information Technology

Student-Built Satellite Scheduled for Launch

The Radio Aurora Explorer (RAX) is slated for launch Nov. 19 from Kodiak, Alaska. Its primary mission is to study how plasma instabilities in the highest…

Health & Medicine

AG School Develops Cool, Sustainable Way to Keep Veggies Fresher

Two 10-foot-by-10-foot air-conditioned walk-in packing sheds have been built on the approximately 450-acre farm property on Guy James Road, just off Halls Hill…

Studies and Analyses

Stanford Study Calls for Sheltering-in-Place in the Event of Nuclear Attack

The scientific and engineering analysts comprehensively modeled the impacts of a detonation in downtown Washington D.C. and calculated clogged exit roads would…

Information Technology

Cloud Computing Method Greatly Increases Gene Analysis

RNA sequencing is used to compare differences in gene expression to identify those genes that switched on or off when, for instance, a particular disease is…

Interdisciplinary Research

Researchers Give Robots the Capability for Deceptive Behavior

“We have developed algorithms that allow a robot to determine whether it should deceive a human or other intelligent machine and we have designed techniques…

Physics & Astronomy

Supernova Shrapnel Found in Meteorite

Faint traces of the supernova, found in a meteorite, account for the mysterious variations in the chemical fingerprint of chromium found from one planet and…

Earth Sciences

August 2010 Slips in (Barely) as Second Hottest

August 2010 slips in (barely) as second hottestGlobal climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.14 C per decadeAugust temperatures (preliminary)Global composite…

Life & Chemistry

Nanoparticles Enhance Conservation of Mayan Wall Paintings

The conservation of Mayan wall paintings at the archaeological site of Calakmul (Mexico) will be one on the subjects touched upon by Piero Baglioni (based at…

Life & Chemistry

Small synaptic impulses are the key to rapid non-linear information processing in the brain

A novel theoretical framework for mathematically modeling nerve cells has illuminated for the first time how small synaptic impulses enable non-linear…

Physics & Astronomy

Phoenix Mars Lander Finds Surprises About Planet’s Watery Past

Liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout Mars' history, measurements by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest. The findings, published in…

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