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Studies and Analyses

New Biomarkers for Early Liver Cancer Detection Needed

Widely used biomarkers are not optimal in early detection of liver cancer, the third most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide, according to a new…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

What is the ‘Grand Challenge’ Facing the Future of Agriculture?

ASA Grand ChallengeThe Society — through a process involving its members, staff, and leaders — identified a “Grand Challenge” statement that encompasses the…

Life & Chemistry

CT45, an Unexpected Link Between Hodgkin Lymphoma and Reproductive Germ Cells

The origin of these neoplastic giant cells, called Reed-Sternberg cells, and how they have attracted their accompanying benign lymphocytes, have baffled…

Physics & Astronomy

The First T2K Neutrino Event Observed at Super-Kamiokande

“It is a big step forward,” said T2K spokesperson Takashi Kobayashi. “We've been working hard for more than 10 years to make this happen.”They have constructed…

Life & Chemistry

Exposing How Sea Turtle Hatchlings Move Quickly on Sand

While these turtles’ limbs are adapted for a life at sea, their flippers enable excellent mobility over dune grass, rigid obstacles and sand of varying…

Life & Chemistry

Novel Antitoxin Strategy Developed Using “Tagged Binding Agents”

A Tufts-led team developed the new strategy to deliver small binding agents that seek out Botulinum toxin molecules and bind to them at several points. The…

Science Education

ZB MED Joins DataCite to Enhance Research Data Sharing

The German National Library of Medicine (ZB MED) is an official member of DataCite since Friday, 5 February. Within this initiative it is working together with…

Physics & Astronomy

New ESO Image Unveils NGC 346: A Star-Forming Marvel

Yesterday ESO has released a dramatic new image of NGC 346, the brightest star-forming region in our neighbouring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, 210 000…

Earth Sciences

Iceberg Collision Near Neumayer Station: Ice Shelf Impact

Recently an iceberg collided with the ice shelf, dislodging a chunk as well as causing extensive cracks of some distance in the ice shelf. Scientists of the…

Environmental Conservation

Researchers issue outlook for a significant New England 'red tide' in 2010

Today, scientists from the NOAA-funded Gulf of Maine Toxicity (GOMTOX) project issued an outlook for a significant regional bloom of a toxic alga that can…

Information Technology

New Optical System Enhances Undersea Communication Efficiency

Along with the “transfer [of] real-time video from un-tethered [submerged] vehicles” up to support vessels on the surface, “this combination of capabilities…

Health & Medicine

Canadian Researchers Assess Infectious Disease Risks at Mass Gatherings

As the world watches the Vancouver Olympics, researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto and Children's Hospital Boston have teamed up to monitor and…

Life & Chemistry

New Tool Aids Pancreatic Cyst Treatment Decisions

The dilemma for both patient and clinician is determining which cysts to leave alone and which to surgically remove. Existing treatment guidelines don't…

Life & Chemistry

The bigger the animal, the stiffer the 'shoes'

For decades, researchers have been looking at how different-sized legs and feet are put together across the four-legged animal kingdom, but until now they…

Studies and Analyses

New Insights: Stroke Care Access for Half of Americans

When stroke strikes, choking off blood supply to the brain, every minute counts: Nearly 2 million neurons die each minute a stroke is left untreated, making it…

Materials Sciences

New Surface Technology Makes Water Slide Effortlessly

The inspiration? Not wax. Not glass. Not even Teflon.Instead, University of Florida engineers have achieved what they label in a new paper a “nearly perfect…

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