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Health & Medicine

Scientists discover how neuroglobin protects against Alzheimer's

Scientists have learned that neuroglobin protects cells from stroke damage, amyloid toxicity and injury due to lack of oxygen. Neuroglobin occurs in various…

Studies and Analyses

How Your Opinions of Others Reflect Your Personality

“Your perceptions of others reveal so much about your own personality,” says Dustin Wood, assistant professor of psychology at Wake Forest and lead author of…

Earth Sciences

Ice Core Drilling Sheds Light on Abrupt Climate Change Risks

Led by Denmark and the United States, the team recovered ice from the Eemian interglacial period from about 115,000 to 130,000 years ago, a time when…

Studies and Analyses

Brain’s Adaptive Response: Compensating for Memory Loss

Many neuroscientists believe the loss of the brain region known as the amygdala would result in the brain's inability to form new memories with emotional…

Power and Electrical Engineering

European Researchers Innovate CMOS Device Simulation Models

However, concepts towards low-power electronics, smart power applications, CMOS image sensors, and CMOS derivatives providing extra functionalities are still…

Life & Chemistry

Purdue-IU Team Identifies New Prostate Cancer Marker Through Lipid Analysis

The team used a new analysis technique to create a profile of the lipids, or fats, found in prostate tissue and discovered a molecular compound that appears to…

Life & Chemistry

Zinc Finger Nuclease Techniques Highlighted in Cold Spring Harbor

ZFNs can be used to generate targeted genomic deletions of large segments of DNA in a wide variety of cell types and organisms.In the August issue of the…

Life & Chemistry

New Fat Cell Discovered by University of Colorado Researchers

As if fat weren't troublesome enough, a research team at the University of Colorado School of Medicine has discovered a new type of fat cell with potentially…

Process Engineering

Laser Technology Enhances Speed in Conventional Welding

In conventional GMAW, the electric arc naturally follows the path of least resistance between the electrode and the base material. The arc is difficult to…

Process Engineering

Boosting Ship, Pipeline, and Tower Efficiency with Hybrid Welding

In collaboration with seven partners, the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) is developing a hybrid welding process which combines the advantages of laser and…

Process Engineering

Laser Technique Streamlines Welding for Heat-Treatable Steels

Heat-treatable steels are often used for highly stressed construction elements, since they show a high tensile and endurance strength resulting from the heat…

Physics & Astronomy

Aurora Alert: Solar Eruption Set to Light Up the Skies

“This eruption is directed right at us, and is expected to get here early in the day on August 4th,” said astronomer Leon Golub of the Harvard-Smithsonian…

Health & Medicine

Colitis patients diagnosed later in life tend to have better disease outcomes

The study, published in the August issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is the first to look at patients whose colitis was treated with modern…

Health & Medicine

Pilot Safety Protocols Enhance Dental Error Reduction

A dental professor at the University of Michigan and two pilot-dentists believe that implementing a checklist of safety procedures in dental offices similar to…

Environmental Conservation

NOAA Report: Enhancing Ecosystem Management in Marine Sanctuaries

The report found the National Marine Sanctuary System's impact was significant due to its role developing tools that allow the participation of numerous…

Earth Sciences

Ice-Free Oceans May Hinder CO2 Absorption, Study Shows

Now, though, in research just published in the journal Science and led by a University of Georgia biogeochemist, that idea may be one more dead end. In fact, a…

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