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Life & Chemistry

Excess DNA damage found in cells of patients with Friedreich's ataxia

Elevated levels of DNA damage have for the first time been found in the cellular mitochondria and nuclei of patients with the inherited, progressive nervous…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanodiamond Breakthrough Boosts MRI Signal Strength

A Northwestern University study shows that coupling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent to a nanodiamond results in dramatically enhanced signal…

Studies and Analyses

Animal Behavior Studies: Insights into Human Actions

Studying animals in behavioral experiments has been a cornerstone of psychological research, but whether the observations are relevant for human behavior has…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Rosetta "Alice" spectrometer reveals Earth's ultraviolet fingerprint in Earth flyby

One of the instruments aboard Rosetta is the NASA-funded ultraviolet spectrometer, Alice, which is designed to probe the composition of the comet's atmosphere…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Microscopic Worms Enhanced for Effective Insecticide Use

The Brigham Young University biology professor and his students analyzed the genetic changes in lab-raised worms that make them less deadly to bugs. These…

Studies and Analyses

Zambian Study Finds Longer Breastfeeding Best for HIV-Infected Mothers

The researchers’ initial hypothesis, which proved to be incorrect, suggested that by 4 months of age, children would have passed the critical developmental…

Health & Medicine

Boosting Early Immune Response Against Cancer Viruses

But that infection might be much less troublesome and much more manageable if the immune system could mount a strong response to the virus during its first few…

Life & Chemistry

Discover How Parasitic Wasps Advance Pest Control Solutions

Parasitic wasps kill pest insects, but their existence has been largely overlooked by the public – until now. Four researchers from Arizona State University…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers identify proteins that might contribute to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease

A scientific group led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have identified three kinases, or proteins, that dismantle connections within…

Business and Finance

2010: The US Housing, Mortgage and Commercial Real Estate Markets

Rosen is chair of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. The FCIC is a…

Awards Funding

Roswell Park Receives Grant to Study Genetic Markers in Breast Cancer Development

Dr. Vita Golubovskaya, Associate Professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology at RPCI, is leading the exploration of two genetic indicators that have been…

Earth Sciences

Earthquake, Structural Engineering Expert Available to Discuss Haiti Earthquake

Cox, an assistant professor of civil engineering, specializes in geotechnical engineering issues related to earthquake loading, soil dynamics and…

Earth Sciences

Undersea Faults Make Caribbean Quakes Hard to Study

One of the challenges for assessing earthquake hazards in the Caribbean is that most of the tectonic plate is below sea level and “we can only access the…

Health & Medicine

Research with Underwater Treadmill is Breakthrough for Victims of Spinal-Cord Injuries

Following a plane crash, Jim Harris didn’t walk for two years. Today, with effort, he is walking. After a terrible fall, Bob Moody could only be on his feet…

Life & Chemistry

Theorists Close In on Improved Atomic Property Predictions

NIST’s James Sims and IU’s Stanley Hagstrom have calculated four excitation energies for the lithium atom approximately 100 times more accurately than any…

Health & Medicine

What Were They Drinking? Researchers Investigate Radioactive Crock Pots

Among the most famous of these was the Revigator, an earthenware vessel that, according to an advertisement, would infuse drinking water with “the lost element…

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