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Life & Chemistry

Small Changes in Farming Tactics to Combat European Corn Borer

The coming of summer brings promise for humans and insects alike. The farmer planted maize for a bountiful harvest, but the European Corn Borer (ECB) is…

Studies and Analyses

Study Shows Age Doesn’t Necessarily Affect Decisions

The researchers tested groups of young adults (aged 17-28) and community-dwelling older adults (aged 60-86) – meaning they live in the community, rather than…

Physics & Astronomy

'Galactic archaeologists' find origin of Milky Way's ancient stars

Scientists at Durham's Institute for Computational Cosmology and their collaborators at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, in Germany, and Groningen…

Physics & Astronomy

New Planet Discovered Orbiting Sun-Like Star 300 Times Farther

A planet about eight times the mass of Jupiter has been confirmed to orbit a Sun-like star that's some 300 times farther from its own star than Earth is from…

Life & Chemistry

Innovative Molecules From Jeans Boost Solar Cell Efficiency

Today's heavy silicon panels are effective, but they can also be expensive and unwieldy. Searching for alternatives, William Dichtel, assistant professor of…

Health & Medicine

Sensor-Augmented Insulin Pumps Improve Blood Sugar Control

The paper is entitled, Effectiveness of Sensor-Augmented Insulin-Pump therapy in Type 1 Diabetes. “Combining the best technologies for insulin delivery and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Rethinking U.S. Farming Strategies for Evolving Challenges

To help U.S. agriculture evolve to meet these demands, the report concludes, national agricultural policies and research programs should look beyond focusing…

Earth Sciences

NOAA-Supported Scientists Predict “Larger Than Average” Gulf Dead Zone

Scientists are predicting the area could measure between 6,500 and 7,800 square miles, or an area roughly the size of the state of New Jersey. The average of…

Life & Chemistry

Cell Reprogramming: A Step Back in Time for Adult Cells

Cell reprogramming calls The Curious Case of Benjamin Button to mind.It's a new technology that uses molecular therapy to coax adult cells to revert to an…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Identifies Best Tests for Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease

Memory and brain scan tests were performed on 85 people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) who were part of a larger study called the Alzheimer’s Disease…

Earth Sciences

Arctic Climate’s Sensitivity to Warming Revealed by Study

Led by the University of Colorado at Boulder, the international study indicated that while the mean annual temperature on Ellesmere Island in the High Arctic…

Studies and Analyses

Left vs. Right Hand: Which One Drives Your Motivation?

Psychologists used to think that motivation was a conscious process. You know you want something, so you try to get it. But a few years ago, Mathias…

Health & Medicine

Depressed Mice Model Aims to Tackle Drug-Resistant Depression

The mice — which have a defect in a gene — are expected to be useful as a new model organism in the effort to develop more effective medications for specific…

Health & Medicine

Weighing Benefits and Risks of Intensive Glucose Lowering

In an analysis from the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial, one of the largest studies of its kind to determine whether intensive…

Earth Sciences

TRMM satellite sees Darby's remnants still kicking up isolated showers

The center of Darby the remnant low pressure area is located near 15 North and 97.5 West. Those remnants are still showing some scattered moderate to strong…

Earth Sciences

GOES satellite sees Celia's remnants a shadow of her former self

GOES-11 was launched by NASA and is now operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NASA's GOES Project at the Goddard Space Flight…

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