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High Blood Pressure Often Overlooked in Children, Study Finds

A Johns Hopkins Children's Center study of 2,500 patient records suggests that medical staff fails to check a child's blood pressure a fifth of the time, and…

Life & Chemistry

RIKEN and The University of Tokyo release full-length human cDNA clones

The set of 80,000 full-length human cDNA, which covers nearly the entire human genome, was made available on 15 March 2010 for general use through the RIKEN…

Life & Chemistry

Ever alert for inflammation

By showing that anti-inflammatory regulatory T cells (Tregs) move to and from the skin whilst regulating an immune response, an international research team…

Life & Chemistry

Sweet surprises

By characterizing the sugar content of cells, researchers have begun to reconstruct important ‘quality control’ mechanisms for protein production Many proteins…

Event News

Rotor Blades – Mainsprings of Wind Energy

Rotor blades are the core of wind turbines. They determine the maximum harvest of wind energy. Their full functionality and security against fatigue and…

Life & Chemistry

“Junk DNA” drives cancer growth

Their studies have identified how ‘junk’ DNA promotes the growth of cancer cells in patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Dr Stephan Mathas (Charité, MDC) and…

Technology Offerings

Reactive Gas-Filled Vapour Cells Enhance Atomic Clocks

Reactive gas-filled vapour cells are particularly used in atomic clocks. They provide the time standard by serving as cavity element. The time is obtained by…

Technology Offerings

New Anti-Inflammatory Compound Class Targets Selectins

Selectins (cell adhesion molecules) exhibit functional importance in pathophysiological states of the immune and cardiovascular systems which makes them…

Technology Offerings

Heparin Nitroxide Derivatives: Enhanced Antioxidant Properties

Heparin Nitroxide Derivatives possess antioxidant and paramagnetic properties and perform the role of a scavenging agent . Therefore they are applicable to the…

Physics & Astronomy

Physicist finds colder isn't always slower as electron emissions increase at temps down to -452 F

At the heart of this search to uncover a violation of time-reversal symmetry by observing a permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron (nEDM) is the $25…

Physics & Astronomy

"Survivor" Black Holes May Be Mid-Sized

For several decades, scientists have had strong evidence for two distinct classes of black hole: the stellar-mass variety with masses about ten times that of…

Earth Sciences

Through the looking glass: Scientists peer into Antarctica's past to see

New results from a research expedition in Antarctic waters may provide critical clues to understanding one of the most dramatic periods of climate change in…

Physics & Astronomy

Largest Atlas of Nuclear Galactic Rings Unveiled Today

“AINUR (the Atlas of Images of Nuclear Rings) is the most complete atlas of nuclear rings created to date”, Sébastien Comerón, a researcher at the Institute of…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Change Fuels Invasive Fish Spread in Northern Europe

The scientists at the University of Girona (UG) who coordinated this study say it is important to understand the interaction between climate change and…

Studies and Analyses

New Genetic Link to Scleroderma Discovered by Researchers

An international research consortium including scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has identified a new genetic…

Studies and Analyses

Reducing Carbon Monoxide Exposure During Kids’ Anesthesia

Doctors at Children’s National Medical Center have found that carbon monoxide levels in the blood of young children increase during routine general anesthesia….

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