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Physics & Astronomy

Analysis of Phoenix Atmosphere Suggests Urban Growth Policies

The goal is to understand atmospheric impact on people’s health and comfort due to elements such as wind and airborne particle flow, dispersal and transport….

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ultimate Surge Protector

Cardiac and respiratory complaints increased, likely due to commuters being left without subway transportation or elevators, according to the report….

Life & Chemistry

Computer-Aided Influenza Virus Vaccine Created

The research is an outgrowth of years of investigation by a team headed by Eckard Wimmer, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and…

Awards Funding

Groundbreaking Business Ideas from Space Technologies

The European Space Agency (ESA) has several initiatives for identifying and preparing space technologies for use in other fields, which can result in…

Life & Chemistry

Finding the needle in the proteomic haystack

Researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute have demonstrated that a technique for tagging and profiling proteins can be used to accurately classify…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Capture Stunning Footage of Star Formation

The study’s authors—who include astronomers from Yale University, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in…

Environmental Conservation

New Strategy for Enhanced Polar Ocean Observation

In a report published in this week's issue of Science, a team of oceanographers, including MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory) Ecosystems Center director Hugh…

Life & Chemistry

Fuzzy Logic Models Cell Aging for Better Understanding

“One important goal of computational approaches in aging is to develop integrated models of a unifying aging theory in order to better understand the…

Studies and Analyses

Newborns and Cold Sensation: Insights on TRPM8 Protein

The finding adds to understanding of the cold sensing protein TRPM8 (pronounced trip-em-ate), first identified in a Nature paper in 2002 by USC College…

Studies and Analyses

Elderly Orphans: Impact of Africa’s AIDS Epidemic Uncovered

The researchers used existing data to develop the first estimates on the number of elderly individuals left alone, without any adult support, as a result of…

Life & Chemistry

Key Enzyme Discovery Boosts Understanding of Melanoma Growth

Melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, is highly resistant to current therapeutic strategies for reasons that are not well understood. New research at…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Depression 2-E Struggles as Tropical Storm Blas Forms

On June 17 at 08:11 UTC (4:11 a.m. EDT/1:11 PDT) the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an…

Health & Medicine

New model suggests feared side effect of Alzheimer's drugs is unlikely

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Merck & Co. Inc studied the effects of a class of drugs known as gamma secretase…

Studies and Analyses

Anxiety in Tourette Syndrome: Key Factors in Disability

An assessment of patients with adult Tourette syndrome (TS) to identify clinical factors that contribute to psychosocial and occupational disabilities…

Earth Sciences

Evaluating Human Impacts on Ocean Chemistry: WHOI Study Insights

Now, a marine geochemist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has published a report in the latest issue of the journal Science that evaluates…

Environmental Conservation

Coral Reef Protection Efforts in the Caribbean Fall Short

That's the take-home message of a paper published in this week's issue of the journal Science by researchers Ann Budd of the University of Iowa and John…

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