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Health & Medicine

Understanding Depression’s Impact on Concentration and Cognition

“The relationship between cognition – thinking, attention and memory – and depression remains poorly understood from a neuroscientific standpoint,” said Dr….

Earth Sciences

Urbanization and Export Crops Fuel Tropical Deforestation

The drivers of tropical deforestation have shifted in the early 21st century to hinge on growth of cities and the globalized agricultural trade, a new…

Physics & Astronomy

New High-Performance Microring Resonator for Telecoms

A new, more efficient low-cost microring resonator for high speed telecommunications systems has been developed and tested by Professor Roberto Morandotti's…

Life & Chemistry

Single Gene Mutation Linked to Endometrial Cancer Risk

The finding suggests that eventually it might be possible to screen women with endometrial cancer to see if they have that mutation and use the drug as…

Studies and Analyses

Climate 'tipping points' may arrive without warning

“Many scientists are looking for the warning signs that herald sudden changes in natural systems, in hopes of forestalling those changes, or improving our…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers discover new way to kill pediatric brain tumors

The scientists robotically “fired” 2,000 compounds into culture plates containing tumor cells to see if the compounds had any effect. When the robotic screener…

Social Sciences

Unlocking Social Science: The Role of Fathers and Grandparents

As a contributor to the report Professor Ann Buchanan will present her research on the value of fathers and grandparents in helping children avoid social…

Studies and Analyses

Racial Gaps in Women’s Heart Health Awareness Revealed

American Heart Association rapid access journal reportRacial gaps exist in women’s heart-health awareness, women’s knowledge of heart attack warning signs…

Life & Chemistry

Kids’ Sweet Taste Preference Linked to Family Alcoholism

New research from the Monell Center reports that children's response to intense sweet taste is related to both a family history of alcoholism and the child's…

Health & Medicine

APA Unveils Draft Diagnostic Criteria for DSM-5

The American Psychiatric Association today released the proposed draft diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental…

Life & Chemistry

Great Tits: Exploring Unique Personalities in Birds

In humans and animals alike, individuals differ in sets of traits that we usually refer to as personality. An important part of the individual difference in…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Method for Micro-Profiles on Grinding Wheels

Using the invention, virtually no force is exerted on the abrasive layer during a dressing process. Combined with the small dimensions of the wire electrode…

Technology Offerings

Single-Lever Mixer: Save Water and Energy Efficiently

To save water and particullarly to save energy is widely accepted to be a requirement not only for the industry but also for private households. The amount of…

Physics & Astronomy

Scientists Explore the Future of High-Energy Physics

“How much energy you can put into a particle per meter corresponds directly to how big the machine is,” says Steven Sibener, the Carl William Eisendrath…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Researchers Develop Technology to Make Energy-Efficient Lighting

At the core of RTI's breakthrough is an advanced nanofiber structure that provides exceptional lighting management. Nanofibers are materials with diameters and…

Information Technology

New Magnetic Tuning Method Enhances Data Storage

Magnets that can readily switch their polarity are widely used in the computer industry for data storage, but they present an engineering challenge: A magnet’s…

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