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HIV Patients Face Sixfold Higher CA-MRSA Infection Rates

The study, published in the April 1 issue of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, found the incidence of CA-MRSA in the Chicago area was six-fold higher…

Earth Sciences

New Model Reveals Tectonic Plate Movements After 20-Year Study

Created by University of Wisconsin-Madison geophysicist Chuck DeMets and longtime collaborators Richard Gordon of Rice University and Donald Argus of NASA's…

Studies and Analyses

Addressing Health Risks to Close Achievement Gap for Urban Youth

“Educationally relevant health disparities” are key drivers of the achievement gap, “but they are largely overlooked,” said Charles Basch, the Richard March…

Environmental Conservation

NSF Launches Webcast on Enhanced Climate Change Predictions

On March 22 at 11 a.m., EDT, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture hold a webcast announcing the launch of a…

Life & Chemistry

New Drug for TB: Scientists Explore Genetics After 50 Years

Dr Nick West, Associate Faculty of the Mycobacterial group at Centenary, is looking at the genetics of TB in the hope they will reveal a way to reduce the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Tap Chicken House Attics to Warm Broilers Efficiently

Insulating, ventilating and heating broiler chicken houses can be expensive, especially when fuel prices are high, according to study leader Joseph Purswell,…

Medical Engineering

Bone-Hard Biomaterial Transforms Ligament Surgery Techniques

In the surgical procedure the torn ligament is replaced by a piece of tendon from the leg, which is fixed to the bone by means of an interferential screw. The…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Printable Sensors Enable Touchless Control for Your Phone

This touchless control is made possible by a polymer sensor affixed to the cellphone which, like human skin, reacts to the tiniest fluctuations in temperature…

Health & Medicine

Sunlight and Multiple Sclerosis: Vitamin D’s Impact Explored

Vitamin D may reduce the symptoms of MS, says Hector DeLuca, Steenbock Research Professor of Biochemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison, but in a study…

Studies and Analyses

Kansas Researcher Explores Ancient Stone Spheres of Costa Rica

The ancient stone spheres of Costa Rica were made world-famous by the opening sequence of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” when a mockup of one of the mysterious…

Life & Chemistry

Genes Influence Diabetes and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Outcomes

Pediatric researchers analyzing DNA variations in type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease have found a complex interplay of genes. Some genes have…

Life & Chemistry

Walnuts Slow Prostate Tumors in Mice: Key Gene Insights

Walnut consumption slows the growth of prostate cancer in mice and has beneficial effects on multiple genes related to the control of tumor growth and…

Physics & Astronomy

Helium Rain on Jupiter: Unraveling Atmospheric Mysteries

In the interior of Jupiter, however, conditions are so strange that, according to predictions by University of California, Berkeley, scientists, helium…

Life & Chemistry

Seeing a bionic eye on medicine's horizon

Television's Six Million Dollar Man foresaw a future when man and machine would become one. New research at Tel Aviv University is making this futuristic…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Tree Diseases and Climate Change: A Scientific Overview

Under a changing climate, patterns of forest disturbance are expected to change, but how will forest diseases respond? A summary of scientific information that…

Physics & Astronomy

Giant 'microscope' will use neutrons to study glass transition

Using neutrons as a probe, the instrument will allow scientists to watch atoms in a suspended drop of liquid as the drop cools and solidifies.Kelton, PhD, the…

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