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NASA Monitors System 94L Development Over Lesser Antilles

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite known as GOES-13 captured a visible image of System 94L over the Lesser Antilles on June 18 at 11:45 UTC…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Therapy Reverses Type 1 Diabetes in Mice

Using gene therapy, the team from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston tried to counter the two defects that cause Type 1 diabetes: autoimmune attack and…

Studies and Analyses

'Lap-band' weight loss surgery in very obese adults improves mental health

“Surgical treatment, such as laparoscopic gastric banding, is increasingly recognized as the most effective means of achieving weight loss and improving blood…

Trade Fair News

Updated filtration products from Siemens increase flexibility and cost effectiveness of water treatment

The reconfigured Memcor CP ultrafiltration product line provides up to 50% more membrane area in the same footprint than previous pressurized module designs….

Power and Electrical Engineering

Carbon Nanotubes Boost Lithium Battery Energy Capacity

Batteries might gain a boost in power capacity as a result of a new finding from researchers at MIT. They found that using carbon nanotubes for one of the…

Studies and Analyses

Metabolic Syndrome Impacts Kidney Function in Living Donors

Each year more than 6,000 adults in the United States are living kidney donors. Over time, these donors typically have some decline in function of their…

Earth Sciences

New research sheds light on Antarctica's melting Pine Island Glacier

Thinning ice in West Antarctica is currently contributing nearly 10 per cent of global sea level rise and scientists have identified Pine Island Glacier (PIG)…

Life & Chemistry

Penn Bioengineers Develop Simulator for Blood Platelet Testing

Using an automated, robotic system, they exposed human blood platelets to hundreds of different combinations of biological stimuli like those experienced…

Earth Sciences

Caltech Geologist Studies Rapid Canyon Formation in Texas Flood

In the summer of 2002, a week of heavy rains in Central Texas caused Canyon Lake—the reservoir of the Canyon Dam—to flood over its spillway and down the…

Life & Chemistry

New Strategy Disables Protein to Combat Cancer Drug Resistance

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a way to disable a common protein that often thwarts chemotherapy treatment of several major forms of…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Compost Filter Socks: Enhancing Runoff Management in Agriculture

Water runoff from cropped farm fields can contain large amounts of eroded soil as well as some of the fertilizer and herbicide. Expanding on existing…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Boosting Potato Yields: Innovations in Nutrient Management

Despite sophisticated nutrient management of potato crops, quality and yield still see wide variability. Although nutrients are already well understood, the…

Health & Medicine

Flame Retardants Impact Thyroid Hormones in Pregnancy

“This is the first study with a sufficient sample size to evaluate the association between PBDE flame retardants and thyroid function in pregnant women,” said…

Awards Funding

Professors Receive $1.46 Million Grant From National Institutes of Health for Cancer Research

The grant will allow Dr. Kevin G. Pinney, professor of chemistry and biochemistry in Baylor’s College of Arts and Sciences, and Dr. Mary Lynn Trawick, an…

Life & Chemistry

Fly Cells Flock Together, Follow the Light

The study of this unexpected cell movement, reported May 16 in Nature Cell Biology, holds potential importance for understanding embryonic development, wound…

Environmental Conservation

Day 59: UD Site Shows Cities Whose 115,000 Cars Could Have Been Fueled by Spill

The UD website calculates daily the number and kinds of transportation vehicles the spilled oil could have supplied. It also now includes a map showing the…

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