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Physics & Astronomy

First Age Measurement of Cometary Material Revealed

The research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists and colleagues provides the first constraint on the age of cometary material from a known…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanobubbles on Non-Stick Surfaces: A New Scientific Insight

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have obtained the first glimpse of miniscule air bubbles that keep water from…

Life & Chemistry

Long-Reigning Microbe Trichodesmium Shares Ocean Nitrogen Role

Marine scientists long believed that a microbe called Trichodesmium, a member of a group called the cyanobacteria, reigned over the ocean's nitrogen budget.New…

Environmental Conservation

Individual Variation Drives Forest Tree Species Diversity

It's a paradox that's puzzled scientists for a half-century.Models clearly show that the coexistence of competing species depends on those species responding…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Therapy Breakthrough: Targeting HIV Cell Receptors

Using a humanized mouse model, the researchers transplanted a small RNA molecule known as short hairpin RNA (shRNA), which induced RNA interference into human…

Materials Sciences

Penn Researchers Create Near-Frictionless Diamond Material

The end result is a diamond-like carbon material mass-produced at the nanoscale that doesn’t wear. The new nano-sized tip, researchers say, wears away at the…

Health & Medicine

Notch-Blocking Drugs Target Brain Cancer Stem Cells Effectively

One focus of attack is a chemical pathway within stem cells known as Notch, which scientists have shown is important for cancer stem cell growth. A new study…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Schizophrenia: Key Findings from New Studies

In reports of two new studies, researchers led by Johns Hopkins say they have identified the mechanisms rooted in two anatomical brain abnormalities that may…

Life & Chemistry

New Prostate Cancer Treatment Discovery Enhances Care Options

For more than 60 years the main way to treat men with prostate cancer has involved removing the hormones that fuel growth of the cancer cells. Although…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Reveals Innovative Approach to HLH Disease Research

The human disease, known as Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, or HLH, is a rare inflammatory disease that kills between 50 percent and 90 percent of its…

Health & Medicine

Study Reveals Risks of Nevirapine Use After Childbirth

A new UAB study found that while nevirapine works well to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, a single dose of nevirapine in infected pregnant women can…

Environmental Conservation

Protecting Vulnerable Species Amid Global Change Challenges

So how are we going to identify and protect the planet's most vulnerable species at this time of unprecedented change? In a specially commissioned series of…

Health & Medicine

New Guidelines Could Double Gestational Diabetes Diagnoses

Two to three times more pregnant women may soon be diagnosed and treated for gestational diabetes, based on new measurements for determining risky blood sugar…

Health & Medicine

Italian Researchers Uncover Mechanism Behind Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is a disease due to an inflammatory reaction provoked by the immune system. It causes the disruption of the coating of the nerve fibres in…

Studies and Analyses

How do postgraduate students process information and learn?

Information Processing Strategies and Styles in Instructional Design: a Grounded Theory ApproachSohaimi Zakaria of UiTM studied the understanding of…

Transportation and Logistics

Slow Down

Reduce our speedReported by Megawati OmarResearch Management Institute, UiTMas automobiles industry expands, much has been debated about unnecessary casualties…

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