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Health & Medicine

Resveratrol Plant Compound Reduces Inflammation in Humans

Results of the study appear as a rapid electronic publication on the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism website and will be published in an…

Materials Sciences

Unlocking Silk’s Secrets: High-Tech Innovations Ahead

Tougher than a bullet-proof vest yet synonymous with beauty and luxury, silk fibers are a masterpiece of nature whose remarkable properties have yet to be…

Studies and Analyses

Memory's Master Switch

Neuroscientists have long wondered how individual connections between brain cells remain diverse and “fit” enough for storing new memories. Reported in the…

Trade Fair News

Siemens Supports Sustainable Ship Operations for Profitable Trade

Profitable trading and environmental compatibility are not mutually exclusive, but a competitive factor. Siemens Marine Solutions will be showcasing solutions…

Earth Sciences

UI Researcher Links Black Carbon to Global Warming Effects

Black carbons — arising from such sources as diesel engine exhaust and cooking fires — are widely considered a factor in global warming and are an important…

Physics & Astronomy

Graphene Strain Generates Massive Pseudo-Magnetic Fields

In the current issue of the journal Science, a multi-institutional team of researchers headed by Michael Crommie, a faculty senior scientist in the Materials…

Life & Chemistry

Some trees 'farm' bacteria to help supply nutrients

“In acidic forest soils, availability of inorganic nutrients is a tree-growth-limiting factor. A hypothesis to explain sustainable forest development proposes…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Polymer Movement Through Nanometer Pores

Polymer strands wriggle their way through nanometer-sized pores in a membrane to get from here to there and do their jobs. New theoretical research by Rice…

Life & Chemistry

Lower Speed Limit Set for Cell-Signaling Protein Assembly

How proteins spontaneously “fold” from wiggling chains of amino acids into a wide variety of functional – or malfunctioning – three-dimensional molecules is…

Studies and Analyses

Study Links Resting Brain Activity to Fibromyalgia Pain

A recent study from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and University of Michigan provides the first direct evidence of linkage between elevated…

Life & Chemistry

New Mechanism in Salmonella Affects Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance

Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism in Salmonella that affects its virulence and its susceptibility to antibiotics by changing its production of…

Life & Chemistry

Snake Venom Studies Offer New Insights for Heart Disease Therapies

The Japanese team is reporting in a Journal of Biological Chemistry “Paper of the Week” that they are optimistic that inhibiting a protein found on the surface…

Studies and Analyses

Transforaminal Steroid Injection: Key Study for Lumbar Pain Relief

A recent study from Australian researchers determined that transforaminal injection of steroids was a viable alternative to surgery for lumbar radicular pain…

Studies and Analyses

Flaws in Bias Assessment Tools for Standardized Tests

This key finding from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business challenges reliance on such exams to make objective decisions for employment or academic…

Life & Chemistry

Protein complex reveals molecular mechanism of innate immune response

To defend against foreign pathogens, plants and animals employ proteins known as immune sensors which recognize extracellular molecules and initiate immune…

Physics & Astronomy

Brown Dwarf Discovered Orbiting Young Sun-Like Star

Astronomers have directly imaged a very young brown dwarf (or failed star) in a tight orbit around a young nearby Sun-like star. An international team led by…

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