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Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Technique Maps Oil Contamination in Soils

Scientists are reporting a new technique for mapping and testing oil-contaminated soils. Traditionally, samples need to be collected from the field and…

Life & Chemistry

New Parasite: Late Summer Beach Pest Uncovered

Researchers at the Department of Marine Ecology at the University of Gothenburg have been following the invasion of the American comb jellyfish, Mnemiopsis,…

Technology Offerings

Piezo-Electric Hail Sensor: A New Era in Storm Detection

In recent years, we have been confronted with increasingly severe natural disasters, partially accompanied by damages into the millions. An important example…

Health & Medicine

Changing young people's eating habits

A thesis from the University of Gothenburg shows that initiatives related to school meals together with teaching with a focus on fish are achieving results….

Studies and Analyses

Intrauterine Devices Cut Repeat Abortions, Study Shows

Ingela Lindh is a midwife and researcher at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Sahlgrenska Academy. She is part of a study group who monitored 286…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular circuit uncovered governing key cell-fate decisions

Critical missing links in a signaling-transcription cascade responsible for pivotal cell-fate decisions have been described for the first time in a paper in…

Physics & Astronomy

Scientists discover 45 new radioisotopes in 4 days

The world’s most powerful beam of heavy ions has enabled Japanese scientists and their international collaborators to uncover 45 new neutron-rich radioisotopes…

Studies and Analyses

Exploring New Video Surveillance Technology and Its Impact

Brawls in the city center, homicide on railway platforms or suitcase bomb attacks; in Germany, such criminal acts do not really happen on a day to day basis,…

Studies and Analyses

Personality Traits Linked to Women’s Fertility Potential

The study, which was published yesterday (7 June 2010) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that women with higher levels of…

Health & Medicine

New Chickenpox Insights Could Enhance Blood Test Accuracy

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh devised a technique to separate the virus into its constituent proteins and then print them on to a biochip, before…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Common Risky Food-Safety Behavior Trends

“Meals prepared outside the home have been implicated in up to 70 percent of food poisoning outbreaks, making them a vital focus area for food safety…

Interdisciplinary Research

New Model Reveals How the Brain Recognizes Objects

Researchers at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research have developed a new mathematical model to describe how the human brain visually identifies objects….

Life & Chemistry

How Plants Detect Infections and Adapt to Threats

In the wild, the life of a plant is constantly in jeopardy: unfavorable environmental conditions, such as prolonged drought or pollutants in the atmosphere,…

Health & Medicine

Enhancing Diabetes Management with Insulin Delivery Devices

The growing use of insulin delivery devices such as pens and pumps may help individuals with diabetes optimize blood glucose control and minimize their risk…

Life & Chemistry

Discovering a New Shortcut for Faster Cell Growth

People have them, cats have them and whales have some, too. Neurons, those interlinked nerve cells that carry sensations including pain, stretch from our…

Studies and Analyses

Invasive Tallowtree Threatens Gulf Coast Ecosystems

A study by a USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station scientist shows the numbers of nonnative Chinese tallowtree in Louisiana, Mississippi and east Texas…

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