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Middle Age Stress Linked to Late-Life Dementia Risks

The research, published in prestigious scientific journal Brain, is based on a major population study of women from Gothenburg. A representative sample of…

Life & Chemistry

New Gene Discovery Helps Barnacles Avoid Ship Hulls

Fouling of hulls is a major problem for world shipping, for private leisure craft as well as large cargo ships. The University of Gothenburg has attempted to…

Health & Medicine

Improving Atrial Fibrillation Treatment and Risk Management

The function of the heart is affected if it is subject to atrial fibrillation for a long period. It becomes successively more difficult to restore and maintain…

Business and Finance

Boost Employee Engagement Through Consistent Leadership

A doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg shows that in order to build a business with a high degree of employee engagement, managers not only need…

Life & Chemistry

Climate Change Shifts Plant Geographical Ranges, Study Finds

The researcher Mats Töpel at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, has studied how climate change has influenced the…

Earth Sciences

Ocean’s Color Affects Hurricane Paths

It turns out that the formation of typhoons – as hurricanes are known in the region – is heavily mediated by the presence of chlorophyll, a green pigment that…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists clarify structural basis for biosynthesis of mysterious 21st amino acid

Researchers at the RIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center and the University of Tokyo have clarified the structural basis for the biosynthesis of…

Studies and Analyses

Illinois Researchers Study Canine Gut Bacteria with Pyrosequencing

Researchers at the University of Illinois are making strides in devising dietary interventions to combat these infections through advanced DNA pyrosequencing…

Physics & Astronomy

Fermi Detects 'Shocking' Surprise from Supernova's Little Cousin

A nova is a sudden, short-lived brightening of an otherwise inconspicuous star. The outburst occurs when a white dwarf in a binary system erupts in an enormous…

Materials Sciences

Wax and Soap: A Simple Solution for Cheaper Lithium-Ion Batteries

A little wax and soap can help build electrodes for cheaper lithium ion batteries, according to a study in August 11 issue of Nano Letters. The one-step method…

Physics & Astronomy

Citizen Scientists Uncover New Rotating Pulsar Discovery

View a webcast with the citizen scientists who discovered a rotating pulsar, the Einstein@Home director, and an Arecibo researcher; artist's simulations of the…

Health & Medicine

Acetaminophen Use in Teens Doubles Asthma Risk, Research Finds

The research results will be published online on the American Thoracic Society's Web site ahead of the print edition of the American Journal of Respiratory and…

Studies and Analyses

Single Neurons: How They Detect Sequences in Research Study

The study, published today in Science and carried out by researchers based at the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research at UCL, shows that single neurons,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Open software platform helps to save energy

Faced with rising electricity and heating costs, more and more consumers are opting to save energy, and now the government is beginning to help them. As from…

Studies and Analyses

Climate Models Indicate Future Holds Stronger, Longer Heat Waves for Indiana, Midwest, Says Researcher

“Heat waves are known to kill hundreds of people in the United States every year and are the leading cause of weather-related fatalities; usually outstripping…

Information Technology

Research Aims to Improve Speech Recognition Software

Zahorian, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, recently received a grant of nearly half a million dollars from the Air Force Office of…

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