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New Insights Into Brain Sealing Mechanisms Unveiled

Researchers of the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) and the Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) in Berlin-Buch, have now demonstrated how these brain…

Studies and Analyses

Improved Drug Control Could Save 400 Lives in Sweden

Now these researchers in Sweden, at the Nordic School of Public Health (NHV) and elsewhere, have reviewed randomly selected deaths in three Swedish counties…

Physics & Astronomy

Matterless Double-Slit Experiment: Insights into Quantum Vacuum

This employs the equally fundamental concept of the structure of quantum vacuum, which mediates between incoming photons from a probe laser and the double-slit…

Materials Sciences

Biathlete Aims for Speed: A Race Won by Milliseconds

The snow's perfect and the biathlete's in top form. He's one of the best – he can win the race. Often there's only a few thousandths of a second between the…

Earth Sciences

Melting Tundra Fuels Waste Rivers into Arctic Ocean

Several Russian rivers enter the Arctic Ocean particularly in the Laptev Sea north of Siberia. One of the main rivers flowing into the Laptev Sea is the Lena,…

Life & Chemistry

Calcium’s Surprising Role in Taste Perception Uncovered

Calcium may not come to mind when you think of tasty foods, but in a study appearing in the January 8 issue of JBC, Japanese researchers have provided the…

Health & Medicine

New TMN Staging System Proves Effective for Lung Cancer

The medical records of 1,393 patients with non-small cell lung cancer who underwent complete resection were thoroughly reviewed for pathologic findings and…

Studies and Analyses

New System Tracks Juvenile Salmon Migration More Efficiently

A new acoustic telemetry system tracks the migration of juvenile salmon using one-tenth as many fish as comparable methods, suggests a paper published in the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Test Boosts Sheep Industry’s Fight Against Costly Parasite

This technology is now available, and will allow a faster, easier and less expensive way to test for the presence and quantity of Haemonchus contortus, or…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Fluctuations Unlock Potential in Iron-Based Superconductors

New experiments on a recently discovered class of iron-based superconductors suggest that the ability of their electrons to conduct electricity without…

Studies and Analyses

Researchers identify an immune cell linked to inflammation and scarring in Graves' eye disease

A cell type that causes significant scarring in lung disease appears to have a similar effect in Graves' disease, University of Michigan Health System…

Earth Sciences

Cyclone Edzani: Powerful Swells Forming Off the Coast

On January 8 at 10 a.m. ET (1500 UTC), Cyclone Edzani had maximum sustained winds near 155 mph! That's 135 knots or 250 kilometers per hour, and it has higher…

Physics & Astronomy

Suzaku finds 'fossil' fireballs from supernovae

“This is the first evidence of a new type of supernova remnant — one that was heated right after the explosion,” said Hiroya Yamaguchi at the Institute of…

Life & Chemistry

Paper Strips Detect Toxins in Water 28X Faster

Engineers at the University of Michigan led the development of the new biosensor.The paper strips perform 28 times faster than the complicated method most…

Physics & Astronomy

NOvA Scientists Enhance Neutrino Detector Design for 2010

But it could take years before the nation's largest “neutrino” detector answers the profound questions that matter to scientists.Construction is underway now…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Security System Shields Cells from Harmful DNA

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered a molecular security system in human cells that deactivates and degrades foreign DNA. This discovery…

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