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Can a Victoria's Secret shopping bag make you feel glamorous?

“Why are brands such as Cartier, Harley-Davidson, and Nike so well-liked by consumers? One of the reasons is that they have appealing personalities,” write…

Materials Sciences

Plastic Solar Cells Last 8 Months: New Breakthrough Unveiled

The research groups' development of an inexpensive, readily available plastic solar cell technology hit a wall because of a chemical leeching problem within…

Information Technology

Electronic Health Records: Navigating New Liability Risks

Electronic health record systems likely will soon become a fixture in medical settings. Advocates claim they will reduce health care costs and improve medical…

Life & Chemistry

3-D Cell Study Uncovers New Cancer Targets

The study, a collaboration with researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, appears in the June issue of Nature Cell Biology.“Finding out how cells move…

Studies and Analyses

Navigating Challenges of Learning New Consumer Devices

“With the proliferation of consumer devices such as the iPhone, Wii, digital cameras, and various kinds of software applications, consumers face the challenge…

Studies and Analyses

Diabetes And COPD: Longer Hospital Stays For Patients

A new study in the journal Respirology reveals that patients with diabetes who are hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary…

Life & Chemistry

Enzyme Trio Boosts Hydrocarbon Fuel Biosynthesis Efforts

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified a trio of bacterial enzymes that can catalyze key steps…

Studies and Analyses

Using the notion of 'accounting periods' for time as well as money

“Imagine finding a free ticket to an outdoor concert after spending hours searching for it on the Internet,” write authors Robin L. Soster, Ashwani Monga, and…

Studies and Analyses

Novel Pathway Identified for New Blood Pressure Treatments

“The paper demonstrates that cytochrome P450 plays an important role in the management of high blood pressure, a disease of enormous public health concern,”…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Cell Proteins: A Fresh Approach to Medicine

Scientists studying interactions between cell proteins – which enable the cells in our bodies to function – have shown that proteins communicate not by a…

Health & Medicine

Noninvasive Technique Reduces Breast Biopsies Using Imaging

“The goal of our study was to investigate the potential of diffuse optical tomography in the near infrared spectrum with ultrasound localization as a means of…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Discover Brain Circuits Enabling Hearing Develop Without Sensory Experience

Two research teams at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute (ZNI) found that before an animal model had any hearing experience, the brain’s elementary…

Earth Sciences

Geodynamics Insights: Deformation Bands in Eisenstadt Gravel

Deformation bands in the gravel layers of the Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin form as a result of heterogeneous displacement in the surrounding sediment. This is…

Health & Medicine

Effective Monitoring: A Smart Choice for Local Prostate Cancer

How local prostate cancer, that is, cancer that has not spread outside the prostate gland, should be treated is a controversial issue. In many cases such…

Technology Offerings

Transforming Biogas Waste Into Biocoal: A Sustainable Innovation

The present invention permits to produce biocoal by charging coal particles with minerals obtained from the processing fluid of biogas plants. The invention is…

Physics & Astronomy

Scientists Discover Distant Celestial Bodies Billions of Miles Away

For several years, Pasachoff, Babcock, and Souza have worked with James Elliot and Michael Person of MIT and Amanda Gulbis of the South African Astronomical…

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