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Exploring Insights: Dr. Quirós Asensio on Wine Innovation

Dr. Manuel Quirós Asensio works at the Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (Science Institute of Vine and Wine) in Logroño, SpainWhat three words would…

Life & Chemistry

Unveiling the Complex Journey of Blood Stem Cell Formation

We take our blood for granted, but its creation requires a complicated series of steps, starting with the formation of blood stem cells during early embryonic…

Health & Medicine

Vitamin B3: A New Strategy to Combat Fungal Infections

A team of scientists from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the University of Montreal have identified vitamin B3 as a potential…

Environmental Conservation

Wild Cat Mimics Monkey Calls: A Unique Vocal Discovery

In a fascinating example of vocal mimicry, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and UFAM (Federal University of Amazonas) have documented a…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Luteolin Stars in Study of Healthful Plant Compounds

Studies led by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) molecular biologist Daniel H. Hwang are providing some of the missing details. Certain kinds of inflammation…

Health & Medicine

New Baseline PSA Test Could Enhance Prostate Cancer Screening

Scientists say the finding, appearing early online in the journal Cancer, supports routine, early prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening among healthy men…

Health & Medicine

Mount Sinai Researchers Uncover Disease Development Insights

Using a combined approach of structural and molecular biology, a team of researchers led by Ming-Ming Zhou, PhD, Professor and Chair, Structural and Chemical…

Studies and Analyses

Researchers Find ‘Key Ingredient’ That Regulates Termite Caste System

In a study published online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NC State’s Dr. Ed Vargo and colleagues from Japan and Switzerland…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Reprogram Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells

The research illustrates what may perhaps become an effective targeted epigenetic therapy in breast cancer. Interestingly, the targeted treatment showed…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers develop drug delivery system using nanoparticles triggered by electromagnetic field

The discovery by URI professors Geoffrey Bothun and Arijit Bose and graduate student Yanjing Chen was published in the June issue of ACS Nano.According to…

Earth Sciences

Mojoceratops: New Dinosaur Species Named for Flamboyant Frill

“It was just a joke, but then everyone stopped and looked at each other and said, ‘Wait — that actually sounds cool,' ” said Longrich, a postdoctoral associate…

Studies and Analyses

Who is likely to become a bully, victim or both?

Children and adolescents who lack social problem-solving skills are more at risk of becoming bullies, victims or both than those who don't have these…

Life & Chemistry

New way to conquer disease-causing nematodes in flies has implications for human diseases

A Science article published on July 9, 2010, describes the discovery of an alternative form of evolution that helps Drosophila flies conquer nematodes that…

Earth Sciences

New findings indicate sediment composition affected the strength of Sumatran earthquake

Sumatra experiences frequent seismic activity because it is located near the boundary of two of Earth's tectonic plates. Earthquakes occur at 'subduction…

Studies and Analyses

Stirring it up: North Pacific circulation was radically changed by past post-glacial warming

A study in the July 9, 2010, issue of Science identifies changes in oceanic circulation that followed past glacial retreat. The article, titled, “Deep Water…

Studies and Analyses

NIH-Supported Finding on Cocaine Addiction: Tiny Molecule, Big Promise

A specific and remarkably small fragment of RNA appears to protect rats against cocaine addiction – and may also protect humans, according to a recent study…

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