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Life & Chemistry

New Prognosis Markers Improve Prostate Cancer Detection

One of the major problems with prostate cancer is that, with today's prognosis markers, some 70-80 percent of patients wind up in a group where very little can…

Awards Funding

World Negotiating Championships: Top Teams Showcase Skills

Who stands the negotiating test the best? Which college team uses the most effective negotiating strategies? Which team has the most sophisticated arguments…

Physics & Astronomy

Compostable Plastics: Eco-Friendly Solutions from Biomass

The degradable polymer is made from sugars known as lignocellulosic biomass, which come from non-food crops such as fast-growing trees and grasses, or…

Earth Sciences

Projection Reveals Water Challenges Amid Rising Temperatures

Keith Cherkauer, an assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, ran simulation models that show Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan…

Earth Sciences

Permafrost Line Retreats 130 km Over 50 Years: Study Insights

In a recent issue of the scientific journal Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Serge Payette and Simon Thibault suggest that, if the trend continues,…

Life & Chemistry

Chubby Birds: How Stopovers Enhance Migration Speed

Small migratory birds, like the garden warbler, must make stopovers on their journeys to their breeding grounds. When they have crossed extensive ecological…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Assay Helps Track Termites, Other Insects

That's according to recently published research by ARS entomologist James Hagler, at the agency's U.S. Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center in Maricopa,…

Information Technology

E-Health Challenges and Solutions for Low-Income Countries

“I wanted to make a system that was able to harness the community-held expertise, not just bringing in outside expertise. With mobile phones, I saw an…

Health & Medicine

New Standards for Quantitative Lung Structure Assessment

“This is the first concise state-of-the-art review of stereological methods for lung morphometry that formulates practical guidelines for the use of advanced…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Evaluating Vegetated Buffers for Reducing Agricultural Pollution

Agricultural nonpoint source pollution has been listed as one of the leading sources of pollution in rivers and water bodies throughout the world….

Health & Medicine

E-Health Challenges and Solutions in Low-Income Countries

“Although business enterprises in developed nations have begun to use electronic information systems to collect, manage and communicate information, low-income…

Earth Sciences

Exploring the Carbon Cycle: Insights Before Human Impact

Geoengineering — deliberate manipulation of the Earth's climate to slow or reverse global warming — has gained a foothold in the climate change discussion….

Materials Sciences

Additive Manufacturing Process May Lead to Tougher, Heat-Resistant Components

The research involves a process that is also less harmful to the environment because it uses water to reduce the amount of polymer needed to bind the metal and…

Life & Chemistry

Chickens 'One-Up' Humans in Ability to See Color

Scientists mapped five types of light receptors in the chicken's eye. They discovered the receptors were laid out in interwoven mosaics that maximized the…

Science Education

Dalarna University Launches Free Courses on iTunes U

For a university on the cutting edge of internet-based education, this is an important step toward openness and Next Generation Learning (NGL).”Our students…

Life & Chemistry

UWM Software Predicts Stem Cell Fate with Precision

A software program created by an engineer at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) can not only predict the types of specialized cells a stem cell will…

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