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Earth Sciences

Icelandic Volcanoes: Insights from a Research Scientist

Jay Miller, a research scientist in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program who has made numerous trips to the region and studied there under a Fulbright grant,…

Health & Medicine

New Discovery Aims to Accelerate Healing for Diabetics

Loyola University Health System researchers found that certain immune system cells slow the wound-healing process. Thus, it might be possible to improve…

Earth Sciences

Electrified Lunar Polar Craters: New Insights on Resources

Polar lunar craters are of interest because of resources, including water ice, which exist there. The moon's orientation to the sun keeps the bottoms of polar…

Earth Sciences

GOES-13 is America's new GOES-EAST satellite

“Just in time for the 2010 hurricane season, NOAA will have one of its newest, technologically advanced satellites closely tracking these storms – from when…

Awards Funding

Bauhaus.SOLAR Award Boosts Young Talent in Renewable Energy

This award for young talent is being advertised Europe-wide by SolarInput e.V. and Solarvalley Mitteldeutschland e.V. and is aimed at students and young…

Health & Medicine

UC Researchers Explore Targeted Prostate Cancer Treatment

In the study, UC researchers in the lab of Zhongyun Dong, PhD, will test the efficacy of a new agent targeted against a specific protein on the surface of the…

Earth Sciences

Terra Satellite sees Iceland volcano's ash moving into Germany

NASA's Terra satellite flew over the volcano on April 16 at 10:45 UTC (6:45 a.m. EDT) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Shows Dual FXR and TGR5 Agonist Reduces Liver Damage

Results of a study presented today at the International Liver CongressTM 2010 demonstrate that a dual FXR and TGR5 agonist decreases liver damage and modulates…

Process Engineering

New ‘green’ technologies make die castings stronger

The two new technologies – a dynamic gating system and the ‘ATM runner system’ – produce high-integrity castings with fine-grained microstructure and low…

Health & Medicine

Breast Cancer Biopsy May Predict Lymph Node Spread

Now, researchers from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Center say that they have clues to molecular markers on breast tumors that may predict which cancers…

Health & Medicine

Vitamin and Calcium Supplements Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Risk

“It is not an immediate effect. You don't take a vitamin today and your breast cancer risk is reduced tomorrow,” said Jaime Matta, Ph.D., professor in the…

Life & Chemistry

Explorers census hard-to-see sea life: microbes, tiny animals key to Earth's food, carbon systems

Ocean explorers are puzzling out Nature's purpose behind an astonishing variety of tiny ocean creatures like microbes and zooplankton animals – each perhaps a…

Life & Chemistry

You had me at hello: Frisky yeast know who to 'shmoo' after 2 minutes

Yeasts are single-celled microbes that scientists often use as model organisms, to help them understand how cells work. They usually reproduce asexually, by a…

Life & Chemistry

Brain connections for stress — lessons from the worm

Pioneering work by Roger Pocock, a newly arrived Group Leader at the research centre BRIC, University of Copenhagen, reveals the remarkable ability of…

Studies and Analyses

New Brain-Recording Device Enhances Electrode Contact Safely

“These implants have the potential to maximize the contact between electrodes and brain tissue, while minimizing damage to the brain. They could provide a…

Studies and Analyses

Treatment-Resistant Ringworm Rising Among Children in Schools

“The organism T. tonsurans has become the leading cause of scalp infection in the U.S., and we believe it is on the rise in inner city areas,” said Susan…

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