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Life & Chemistry

Form Or Function? Evolution Takes Different Paths

The research is scheduled for online publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences during the week of April 5.In the study, U-M…

Health & Medicine

Controversial Arrhythmia Drug Shows Modest Efficacy, No Safety Gain

The review, to be published in the April 23 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, assessed data on dronedarone submitted during the…

Health & Medicine

Personalized Two-Drug Therapy Trials for Brain Tumors Start

Patients suffering from recently diagnosed malignant brain tumors called glioblastoma multiforme or a rare variant called gliosarcoma may be eligible to…

Process Engineering

New Method Detects Leaks in Pharmaceutical Packages

Today, extensive testing is done by extremely precise weighing machines. These machines are indeed able to detect tiny weight differences, the test, however,…

Life & Chemistry

Darwin's Finch and the Evolution of Smell

Sequenced zebra finch genome hints that smell may play a role in the birds' communicationDarwin's finches – some 14 related species of songbirds found on the…

Studies and Analyses

Successful Weight Maintenance After Very-Low-Energy Diet

For 12 weeks a group of just over 260 patients swapped their normal food for a very-low-energy diet in the form of soups and milkshakes. 169 of the patients…

Studies and Analyses

Creating a Sense of Home in Elderly Residential Care

Going into residential care means that elderly people have to adapt to an environment that differs in many ways to what they are used to.”A sense of belonging…

Life & Chemistry

Premature birth and brain damage – inflammation may play a role

One of the reasons for premature birth could be inflammation in the amniotic fluid or the placenta caused by bacteria. The infection triggers labour far…

Environmental Conservation

Medicine Residues In Wastewater Impact Fish Reproduction

The study is published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The fish in the study were exposed to treated waste water from three sewage…

Studies and Analyses

You're born a copy but die an original

As part of his doctoral thesis, Eriksson studied participants of the extensive and unique so-called H-70 study, which is based on a group of randomly selected…

Life & Chemistry

Western Swedish Women With Breast Cancer Gene Face Ovarian Risk

The study, published in the journal Acta Oncologica, shows that the increased risk of ovarian cancer is linked to a known mutation in women with breast cancer…

Health & Medicine

Researchers discover weak link in Alzheimer's drug candidates

By combining three dimensional computer simulations with high resolution atomic force microscopy membrane protein and cell imaging, electrical recording and…

Physics & Astronomy

Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'

NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope maps gamma rays, radiation that typically packs 100 billion times the energy of radio waves. Nevertheless, and to the…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellites Track Fizzling Ex-Cyclone Paul Remnants

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of the remnants of Cyclone Paul over…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Heart Disease: New Insights into Genetic Links

Though heart disease is a major cause of disability and death, very little is understood about its genetic underpinnings. Recently, an international team of…

Business and Finance

Researchers Develop Index of Innovative Companies

A study from the USC Marshall Center for Global Innovation co-authored by Gerard Tellis, Professor and Director of the Center and Andreas Eisingerich Assistant…

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