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TGen analysis identifies biomarkers for diabetic kidney failure

Researchers using a DNA analysis tool developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and UCLA have identified genetic markers that could…

Environmental Conservation

Pesticides Impact Wild Salmon Recovery in Seasonal Exposure

Biologists determined that short-term, seasonal exposure to pesticides in rivers and basins may limit the growth and size of wild salmon populations. In…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring the Dark Cloud in Aquila: A Cosmic Mystery

This image shows a dark cloud 1000 light-years away in the constellation Aquila, the Eagle. It covers an area 65 light-years across and is so shrouded in dust…

Earth Sciences

Maximizing Water Use in Napa Valley Vineyards

Getting the most out of every drop of water is a high priority for grape growers in the southern Napa Valley, where summers are hot and dry and vines have to…

Life & Chemistry

Unveiling Cellular Networks: Insights into Molecular Interactions

Our cells' molecules form an intricate network of interactions. Today's techniques, however, can only be used to measure individual molecular reactions outside…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Written Language: Insights from Top Researchers

Dr Kyrana Tsapkini, from the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Dr Brenda Rapp, from the Department of Cognitive…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Discover Super-Earth With Icy Heart and Thick Atmosphere

It is the second time a transiting super-Earth has been detected, after the recent discovery of the planet Corot-7b [3]. A transit occurs when the planet's…

Earth Sciences

Geologist Goes Underground for Real World Study

It was not long before Garven's “outdoor laboratory” yielded an unexpected discovery. While drilling into an area on Tufts' campus known as “The Quad,” Garven…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Identify Missing Piece of the DNA Replication Puzzle

The process, or mechanism, by which this is accomplished presents many challenges as the double helical (coil-shaped) DNA divides into two strands that are…

Environmental Conservation

World’s Rarest Gorilla Ready for Its Close-up

With the assistance of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Cameroon Program, a film crew from the Hamburg-based NDR Naturfilm managed to video the elusive…

Earth Sciences

Microorganisms Cited as Missing Factor in Climate Change Equation

The research, publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ Early Edition, incorporates into global computer models the significant impact…

Health & Medicine

Moderate Fish Consumption May Lower Risk in Patients with a History of Heart Failure

Researchers from the University of Athens in Greece focused on demographical, nutritional, lifestyle, and medical factors combined with the risk of developing…

Life & Chemistry

Water Droplets Shape Graphene Nanostructures

Chemists at the University of Illinois at Chicago say it's possible, reporting that graphene can become quite pliable using only a nanodroplet of water to do…

Life & Chemistry

Study Reveals Surprising Lack of Genetic Diversity in the Most Widely Used Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines

In the first published study of its kind, the U-M team analyzed 47 embryonic stem cell lines, including most of the lines commonly used by stem cell…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen

The needle-in-a-haystack object found by Hubble is only 3,200 feet across and a whopping 4.2 billion miles away. The smallest Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) seen…

Life & Chemistry

Marking Tissue-Specific Genes in Embryonic Stem Cells Crucial to Ensure Proper Function

The finding in the study by researchers at the Broad Stem Cell Research Center involves a class of genes whose properties previously were thought to be…

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