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Testosterone Linked to Behavior: New Study Insights

A study at the Universities of Zurich and Royal Holloway London with more than 120 experimental subjects has shown that the sexual hormone with the poor…

Event News

AKL'10 presents a broad program covering all aspects of laser technology

Thanks to its balanced and varied program, AKL will provide helpful information to laser users and manufacturers as well as business managers and marketing…

Health & Medicine

How Fatty Foods Impact Immune System Health in Mice

The mice fed the lard-based diet derived 60 per cent of their total calories from fat. They were compared with mice fed a low-fat diet, where no more than ten…

Process Engineering

Powerful Carbon Infrared Emitter Transforms Industrial Heating

For decades infrared emitters have been successfully used in industrial heating processes to dry coatings, form plastics and to manufacture solar cells. Since…

Life & Chemistry

Pipefish: Fathers Nourish Eggs by Absorbing Nutrients

The pipefish, which is related to the seahorse, has an unusual way of organising childcare. In this fish species it is the father who takes care of the eggs,…

Life & Chemistry

Combining Gene Pools for Superior Offspring Without Modifications

When two gene pools combine, you might expect the characteristics of the offspring to end up somewhere in the middle between those of its parents. But children…

Health & Medicine

Isolation and Stress Linked to Higher Breast Cancer Risk

The researchers found that isolation and stress result in a 3.3-fold increase in the risk of developing cancer among rats with naturally occurring mammary…

Health & Medicine

H1N1 Flu Severity in US: New Study Insights for This Season

A new study from researchers at the UK Medical Research Council and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) projects that the severity of the H1N1 flu…

Studies and Analyses

BMI and Waist Circumference Findings From Large Study

The findings, which emerged from a large prospective study of more than 20,000 Dutch men and women aged 20-65 years begun in 1993, show that the associations…

Health & Medicine

Amino Acid Diet Boosts Recovery in Brain-Injured Mice

Neurology researchers have shown that feeding amino acids to brain-injured animals restores their cognitive abilities and may set the stage for the first…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Precision Breeding: The Next-Gen Super Potato Unveiled

The fall of 2009 was a truly special season for the Emsland Group: For the first time in the history of the largest German potato starch manufacturer, it…

Life & Chemistry

Transcription Factors Shape Human and Chimp Brain Functions

The study, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that broad differences in the gene activity of humans and of chimpanzees, affecting nearly…

Health & Medicine

Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute to Supply Stem Cells to Scientists Developing Treatments for Huntington’s Disease

As part of the $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, directed by Clive Svendsen, Ph.D.,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Scientist's Camera Sees Artwork Down to Its Underdrawings

Conservators have been using infrared, or IR, cameras to examine and document artwork since the late 1960s. “But these cameras can cost upwards of $100,000, so…

Business and Finance

Don’t Worry, be Angry – Marketing Study Shows Angry Negotiators Walk Out with a Better Deal

After an hour or so, Ho walked out of the store with the $380 painting – for only $120. Negotiation, Ho knows, is an art, too. In new research conducted with…

Earth Sciences

Researchers Uncover Pictured Rocks History

John Anderton, head of the department, said the National Park Service supported the effort to locate cultural resources so they remain protected in future…

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