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Life & Chemistry

Identified: Switch that Turns On the

The study team, led by Yong-Jun Liu, M.D., Ph.D., at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, focused on dendritic cells, immune cells…

Awards Funding

Berlin Science Award Honors Professor Nikolaus Rajewsky

The award is endowed with 40 000 euros and goes to the MDC, the institution where the research was carried out. The Young Scientist Award went to Dr. Vera…

Health & Medicine

New Evidence Links Retail Chicken to Urinary Tract Infections

Chicken sold in supermarkets, restaurants and other outlets may place young women at risk of urinary tract infections (UTI), McGill researcher Amee Manges has…

Studies and Analyses

Older brains make good use of 'useless' information

A long line of research has already shown that aging is associated with a decreased ability to tune out irrelevant information. Now scientists at Baycrest's…

Life & Chemistry

Breakthrough in Generating Functional Blood Vessel Cells from Stem Cells

In a significant step toward restoring healthy blood circulation to treat a variety of diseases, a team of scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College has…

Health & Medicine

Mild COPD Linked to Reduced Heart Function, New Study Finds

The study is the first time researchers have shown strong links between heart function and mild COPD. The research was funded by the National Heart, Lung, and…

Earth Sciences

Cave reveals Southwest's abrupt climate swings during Ice Age

The finding is the first to document that the abrupt changes in Ice Age climate known from Greenland also occurred in the southwestern U.S., said co-author…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Depression 01W Weakens Over Vietnam and Cambodia

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite has noticed that Tropical Depression 01W's (TD01W) rainfall is now light and very widely scattered….

Health & Medicine

Slow Breathing: New Research Shows Pain Relief Benefits

Research performed by a scientist at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has shown that controlled breathing at a slowed…

Health & Medicine

A novel computational model — how Parkinson's medications affect learning and attention

As reported in a forthcoming article in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/jocn.2010.21420, a new…

Studies and Analyses

PFOA Linked to Thyroid Disease: Study Reveals Health Risks

Published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, The study revealed that people with higher concentrations of PFOA in their blood have higher rates…

Automotive Engineering

AutoPort Launches First Cars with Vehicle-to-Grid Technology

The University of Delaware has signed the first license for its vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology with AutoPort, Inc., a major vehicle processing and…

Business and Finance

Skin in the Game–Mutual Funds and Performance

Less obvious is the importance of director incentives in mutual funds or the extent to which effective corporate governance is related to mutual fund…

Awards Funding

U.S. ITER awards agreement for Tokamak Cooling Water System

The TCWS is a complex piping network that is subdivided into four primary heat transfer subsystems with supporting functions performed by three additional…

Health & Medicine

Mexico-US Collaboration Launched

Mexican business leader Carlos Slim Helú today announced the launch of a major research project in genomic medicine that will help accelerate progress in…

Studies and Analyses

Researchers to Study Role of Immunologic Factors in Breast Cancer among Women of African Ancestry

African-American women are more likely than European-Americans or Asians to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancers and to have poor survival rates. It is…

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