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Student Team Sequences Pseudomonas Syringae Genome Discovery

The bacteria strain belongs to the plant pathogen species Pseudomonas syringae. One bacterium of this group, strain 642, was isolated at the Hahn Horticulture…

Studies and Analyses

Airlines Adapt to Change After Ash Crisis

While it may have taken the global economic recession a full year to deprive the airline industry of USD 11 billion, it took a spewing volcano just six days to…

Physics & Astronomy

Surprising Exoplanet Atmosphere Discovery Sparks Curiosity

The finding is the latest advance in the quest to measure Earth-like planets that could possibly host signs of life, which researchers expect to find in the…

Health & Medicine

NIH Identifies Key Research Needs on Climate Change and Health

The report, A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change, provides a starting point for coordination of federal research to better understand climate's impact…

Studies and Analyses

Coronary CTA: A Cost-Effective Alternative for CAD Evaluation

The study will be published in the May issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (www.ajronline.org). CAD is a narrowing of the blood vessels that supply…

Studies and Analyses

Boost Fruit and Veg Intake with Telephone Counseling Tips

Combining telephone counseling calls with a daily written diet plan increases a person's success in improving fruit and vegetables consumption, according to…

Medical Engineering

Lowering Radiation Dose in Pediatric Chest CT Scans

The study, performed at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford School of Medicine, in Stanford, CA, included 120 children who underwent chest CT scans —…

Physics & Astronomy

Caltech researchers create 'sound bullets'

Taking inspiration from a popular executive toy (“Newton's cradle”), researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have built a device—called…

Studies and Analyses

Genetic Variance Found in Cancer Protection from Statins

Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have discovered why statins — popular drugs that lower cholesterol and appear to…

Event News

Is mankind or the sun responsible for climate change?

Is mankind or the sun responsible for climate change? Is the earth getting hotter or colder? These are some of the key points to be debated at an international…

Business and Finance

Impressive demand for KfW's new 5-year 5 billion Euro Benchmark bond More than one third sold to Central Banks

More than one third of the demand came from central banks. This trend was already observed in recent Euro transactions. This has been the highest central bank…

Physics & Astronomy

Agilent Technologies and UC San Diego Collaborate on Chip-Scale Photonic Systems Testing Facility

The new Chip-Scale Photonic Testing Facility is located in the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) on the UC San…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Industry to Collaborate in Advanced Battery Research

After receiving $3 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding in August through DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy…

Environmental Conservation

Want to Live More Sustainably? ‘Just Don’t Buy Stuff’

Just in time for the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day observance (April 22), the faculty and staff at the college, where environmental issues are the…

Life & Chemistry

Rattlesnakes Sound Warning on Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation

Cornell University researchers – using cutting-edge tools including fine-scale molecular genetics and microsatellite markers – tracked the rattlesnakes to…

Life & Chemistry

Chemists Clarify Protein-Receptor Role in Iron Uptake

This is because unlike most other proteins, transferrin can cross the blood-brain barrier. But a new study of transferrin and its receptor by chemists at the…

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