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Health & Medicine

New Hope for Osteonecrosis: Mount Sinai’s Bone Treatment Breakthrough

There are currently no treatment options for people with this debilitating disease. The research is published in the April 27 issue of Proceedings of the…

Environmental Conservation

Impact of Yuma Desalting Plant on Cienega de Santa Clara

The cienega, a 15,000-acre wetland, is home to several endangered species and is a major stopover for birds migrating north and south along the Pacific Flyway.

Information Technology

Iowa State Researchers Advance Computational Chemistry With Blue Waters

But it's not all that computing power that's driving three Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory researchers as they develop computational chemistry at the…

Life & Chemistry

'Epigenetic' concepts offer new approach to degenerative disease

The new field of “epigenetics” is rapidly revealing how people, plants and animals do start with a certain genetic code at conception. But, the choice of which…

Studies and Analyses

Reinventing Technology Assessment for Modern Innovation

A new report from the Science and Technology Innovation Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars defines the criteria for a new…

Information Technology

Boosting Efficiency in Hardware-Software Co-Development

The new EU-funded research project COMPLEX has started and announced details of the multinational/ multidisciplinary program: “COMPLEX – COdesing and power…

Life & Chemistry

Ash and Elm Added to Swedish Red List: A Call to Action

Over 4,000 of the 21,000 species assessed by the Swedish Species Information Centre are not considered to have Swedish populations that are viable in the long…

Event News

IAMO Forum 2010: Exploring Institutional Economics Trends

From 16-18 June 2010 the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO) is again hosting the IAMO Forum. This year the…

Trade Fair News

Laser Cladding Efficiency Boosted Fourfold at LAM and LASYS

At the LAM in Houston (Texas, USA) and the LASYS in Stuttgart (Germany), Fraunhofer IWS Dresden and Laserline are presenting a highly productive, compact…

Life & Chemistry

„Eco4Life“ networks Northern Poland, Lithuania and Germany to boost entrepreneurship

Contact points will be established in each of the regions to build up a regional network and realise vivid cross border cooperation to strengthen…

Information Technology

New technology helps visually impaired to ‘see’ emotions

Shafiq ur Réhman, Umeå University, presents a new technology in his doctoral thesis – a Braille code of emotions. “It gives new opportunities for social…

Life & Chemistry

Social Networking: How Hermit Crabs Find Their Perfect Homes

Everyone wants to live in the nicest possible house, ideally with regular upgrades. A recent study by biologists at Tufts University's School of Arts and…

Studies and Analyses

Brain Tumor Growth Tied to Immune Function Gene Changes

Previous research found that people with allergies were less likely to be diagnosed with this type of brain cancer, called glioblastoma multiforme. However, it…

Health & Medicine

Botox: Achieve Smooth Skin with Less Frequent Injections

Patients can decrease the frequency of Botox© Cosmetic injections after approximately two years and still receive most of the same wrinkle-smoothing cosmetic…

Business and Finance

Unlocking Benefits: Why Banks Prefer Internet Banking

From a bank's perspective there are many advantages to persuading their customers to adopt internet banking – clicks, as opposed to bricks, and mortar banking,…

Life & Chemistry

Immune Cells Linked to Head and Neck Cancer Treatment Success

Levels of a key type of immune cell are higher in head and neck cancer patients whose tumors are linked to the human papillomavirus, or HPV, according to…

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