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Studies and Analyses

Can a Mother's Voice Spur Recovery From a Coma?

Karen Schroeder's voice, recorded on a CD, reminded her son, Ryan, of his 4-H project when he was 10 and decided to raise pigs. “You bid on three beautiful…

Physics & Astronomy

New Cooling Material for Electronics by UC Riverside Team

Professor Alexander Balandin and a team of UC Riverside researchers, including Chun Ning Lau, an associate professor of physics, have taken another step toward…

Environmental Conservation

Promising Advances in Carbon Emissions Capture and Storage

Technology for capturing carbon dioxide and safely storing it underground rather than releasing it to the atmosphere holds significant promise in the U.S. and…

Studies and Analyses

Telephone Therapy Effective for Depression, Study Finds

Treating clinical depression on the telephone is nearly as effective as face-to-face consultations, a new Brigham Young University study finds.The trial run…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Starting Cattle on Corn Boosts Profitability, Research Shows

Researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered that high-quality beef and big per-head profits can be achieved by starting early-weaned cattle on…

Life & Chemistry

New Technique Develops Enzyme Tool Kit for Design Applications

The new approach, reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (published online on Apr. 21st, 2010) , could have wide applicability for designing…

Life & Chemistry

Monarch Watch Inspires Butterfly Gardens for Migration Success

“I spend a lot of time fretting over the status of the monarch population and I’m always searching for factors or data that will help me understand the past as…

Life & Chemistry

Revealing the metabolic activity of microbial communities – a new method for tracing carbon flux

It is now possible for the first time, thanks to a new algorithm developed at the UFZ, to use the incorporation of stable carbon isotopes into proteins to…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Entanglement’s Role in Photosynthesis Explained

Previous experiments led by Graham Fleming, a physical chemist holding joint appointments with Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, pointed to quantum mechanical…

Earth Sciences

Quantum Mechanics Unveils Deep Earth Silica Insights

Using several of the largest supercomputers in the nation, a team of physicists led by Ohio State University has been able to simulate the behavior of silica…

Life & Chemistry

Tiny Mutation Could Guide Drug Dosage for Millions

Scientists at Ohio State University and their colleagues have identified this mutation, and have shown that it alters the level of a protein in the liver…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Genomics of Sympatric Speciation

Titled “Widespread genomic divergence during sympatric speciation,” the paper appears in today's edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of…

Studies and Analyses

Folic Acid Boosts Vascular Health in Amenorrheic Runners

While the benefits for women leading an active lifestyle, including running, are profound and well-known, there are serious exercise-associated health risks….

Physics & Astronomy

Unconventional Polarization States of Light: Optical Vortices Insights

Dark spots in a beam known as optical vortices can produce new and intriguing effects when used along with polarization control in a microscope. To highlight…

Event News

University of Arizona Unveils New Findings on Hurricanes

University of Arizona researchers will report new findings about hurricanes and other tropical cyclones. The presentations highlighted here focus on improving…

Health & Medicine

ICU Exercise Program Boosts Recovery and Reduces Hospital Stays

In a quality improvement project implemented in a medical intensive care unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a multidisciplinary health care team focused on…

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