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Dose Optimization Workshop Cuts Radiation in MDCT Scans

Ten hospital-based public and private sector radiology practices in Queensland, Australia, participated in the study. A one day feedback and optimization…

Physics & Astronomy

Researchers develop advanced search tool to help physician's sort and retrieve vital EMR data

“Even in its simplest implementation, the presence of an EMR system presents considerable challenges to the radiologist,” said Michael Zalis, MD, lead author…

Social Sciences

Innovative Solutions for a Resilient Future: Anti-Crisis Insights

But couldn’t we foresee at least some of the disasters before they strike?In fact, scientists say, with the right kind of effort, we could do much better, not…

Life & Chemistry

H. Pylori: New Link to Stomach Cancer Uncovered

The new study, in the journal Oncogene, reports the discovery of a previously unknown mechanism linking H. pylori infection and stomach cancer, the second…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Uncover Global Distribution of Marine Biodiversity

The researchers found striking similarities among the distribution patterns, with temperature strongly linked to biodiversity for all thirteen groups studied….

Earth Sciences

Study Findings Have Impact Up and Down Stream

Geosciences researcher Stephanie Shepherd, geosciences professors John C. Dixon and Ralph K. Davis, and graduate student Rose Feinstein report their findings…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Turfgrass that Wears Down and Springs Back Up

Researchers Bradley Park, T.J. Lawson, Hiranthi Samaranayake, and James A. Murphy, from Rutgers University Center for Turfgrass Science, reported their…

Life & Chemistry

Key Step in Body’s Ability to Make Red Blood Cells

They found that a tiny fragment of ribonucleic acid (RNA), a chemical cousin of DNA, prompts stem cells to mature into red blood cells. The researchers also…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Is Biochar the Answer for Ag?

A research team led by Bhupinder Pal Singh from Industry and Investment New South Wales and Balwant Singh from the University of Sydney, tested the effects of…

Physics & Astronomy

Nuclear physics incorporates a 'strange' flavor

In 2009, physicists from Japan’s KEK high-energy proton accelerator announced the sighting of a rare event: an unusually bulky beryllium nucleus that, in…

Life & Chemistry

The long and short of cell signaling

Like a telegraph transmission, the significance of a cellular signal can change greatly depending on whether it arrives as a brief ‘dot’ or a sustained ‘dash’….

Life & Chemistry

Intercepting inflammation

Scientists and doctors continue to find themselves baffled by Kawasaki disease (KD), an inflammatory disorder that represents the leading cause of pediatric…

Life & Chemistry

Key Enzyme Discovered in DNA Repair and Cancer Resistance

Researchers have discovered an enzyme crucial to a type of DNA repair that also causes resistance to a class of cancer drugs most commonly used against ovarian…

Materials Sciences

'White graphene' to the rescue

What researchers might call “white graphene” may be the perfect sidekick for the real thing as a new era unfolds in nanoscale electronics.But single-atom-thick…

Environmental Conservation

Ear Bones Uncover Walleye Spawning Secrets in Lake Erie

Using a statistical analysis of chemicals found in walleye ear bones, the researchers were able to calculate the percentage of walleye hatched in the Sandusky…

Life & Chemistry

New pathway to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases

Although their genetic underpinnings differ, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease are all characterized by the untimely death of…

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