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New Tools Enhance Discovery of Disease-Causing Genes

In findings that may speed the search for disease-causing genes, a new study challenges the prevailing view that common diseases are usually caused by common…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Purple Pokeberries: A New Path to Affordable Solar Power

Nanotech Center scientists have used the red dye made from pokeberries to coat their efficient and inexpensive fiber-based solar cells. The dye acts as an…

Environmental Conservation

Virginia Tech Study Unveils Human Behavior’s Impact on Disease

Although human behavior is frequently cited as a factor that influences disease emergence events, most behavioral research has focused on the pathogen, the…

Studies and Analyses

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to MS Brain Atrophy and Cognition

Their results, reported at the American Academy of Neurology meeting, held earlier this month, indicated that: – The majority of MS patients and healthy…

Environmental Conservation

Research finds low oxygen resources in Central New York's Three Rivers system

As oxygen is necessary to support life in aquatic ecosystems, its measurement is essential for gauging the overall state of water bodies; in one of the study's…

Studies and Analyses

Blinking Eyes Reveal When Minds Wander: New Study Insights

Cognitive neuroscientist Daniel Smilek, of the University of Waterloo, studies how people pay attention — and don't. For this study, he was inspired by brain…

Life & Chemistry

Tiny Particles Could Enhance Brain Tumor Surgery Effectiveness

Scientists at Ohio State University are experimenting with different nanoparticles that they hope may one day be injected into the blood of patients and help…

Environmental Conservation

A roadmap for 'the only practical way to preserve the planet'

That's the conclusion of an article published online today, along with a news article on the topic, in the American Chemical Society's semi-monthly journal…

Medical Engineering

Siemens and Olympus Innovate with Magnetically Guided Endoscope

Siemens Healthcare and Olympus Medical Systems Corporation are collaborating on the development of a technology for a magnetically guided capsule endoscope…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Texas A&M scientist tracks origins of bootleg honey from China

The tariffs were attached to the import of Chinese honey about two years ago because exporters there were “dumping” it in the U.S. – selling it at a much lower…

Life & Chemistry

New Vaccines from Giardia’s Unique Surface Proteins

Now Hugo Luján, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute international research scholar, reports that Giardia's extensive wardrobe of surface proteins might actually…

Life & Chemistry

Aphids’ Surprising Talents: Uncovering Their Genetic Innovations

Contrary to popular belief, aphids are not just sap-sucking, plant-destroying enemies of agriculture. In fact, these pests are genetic pioneers that evolved…

Studies and Analyses

Sign Language Study Helps Explain How Human Brain Learns Language Unlike Any Other Species

Instead, humans rely on several regions of the brain, each designed to accomplish different primitive tasks, in order to make sense of a sentence. Depending on…

Information Technology

Prelytis LiveDashBoard 4Team: Elevate Your Online Business Intelligence

Alexandre Schneider, Prelytis CEO, says, “In an era of social networks and cloud computing, we are seeing the emergence of collective business intelligence….

Trade Fair News

Otonomy Aviation’s wireless security system flies high to Aircraft Interiors

PARABELLUM® is a video security system for parked aircraft, which is fully DO 160-qualified. The system integrates the CAMHD® range of 1080 HD cameras, which…

Life & Chemistry

Clustomesogens: A New Class of Liquid Crystal Compounds

Combine liquid crystals (mesogens) and metal clusters and you get clustomesogens—a new class of compounds, the first examples of which have now been produced…

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