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Over 40 and Never Married? New Research Shows You Are Just Fine

Bookwala and her co-author, Erin Fekete of the University of Miami, analyzed data from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Identify New Mechanism of Blocking HIV-1 from Entering Cells

Cellular invasion by HIV-1 requires the concerted action of two proteins on the viral surface: gp120 and gp41. The function of gp41 is to get the viral…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Shape Shifters: Researchers Create New Breed Of Antennas

Modern antennas are made from copper or other metals, but there are limitations to how far they can be bent – and how often – before they break completely. NC…

Earth Sciences

Acid Test: Study Reveals Both Losers and Winners of CO2-induced Ocean Acidification

The finding, based on research by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill marine scientist Justin Ries, could have important implications for ocean food…

Studies and Analyses

Adults Experience Dreamlike Thoughts During Sleepwalking Episodes

Results show that 71 percent of participants reported at least one incident of dreamlike mental content associated with an episode of sleepwalking or sleep…

Studies and Analyses

How Sleep Changes Signal Puberty Onset in Children

A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that changes in children's sleep patterns that typically occur between the ages of 11 and 12 years are…

Studies and Analyses

Study Finds Dream-Enacting Behavior Common in Young Adults

Results indicate that 98 percent of subjects (486/495) reported experiencing one of seven subtypes of dream-enacting behavior at least “rarely” in the last…

Health & Medicine

Study Reveals How Loneliness Spreads Among Social Groups

Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, research at the University of Chicago, the University of California-San Diego and Harvard shows.

Health & Medicine

Innovative Insights Into Tuberculosis Prevention Strategies

Why do some people who are exposed to tuberculosis not become infected or develop the disease? Dr. Erwin Schurr and his team at the Research Institute from the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Next-Gen Solar Cells: Tandem Dye-Sensitized Breakthroughs

Scientists at Monash University, in collaboration with colleagues from the universities of Wollongong and Ulm in Germany, have produced tandem dye-sensitised…

Health & Medicine

Weight Loss Success: Women With Depression Achieve Goals

Women with major depression were no less likely than were women without it to have successful results with a weight loss program, according to an article in…

Life & Chemistry

New Tool Identified to Combat Autoimmune Diseases and Blood Cancers

A study led by a Scripps Research Institute scientist describes a new, highly pragmatic approach to the identification of molecules that prevent a specific…

Health & Medicine

Targeting Pancreatic Tumors: Mesothelin as an Immunotherapy Marker

The marker is mesothelin, a protein normally found on mesothelial cells that line the body cavities. Several types of cancer cells make large amounts of…

Health & Medicine

Heavy metal paradox could point toward new therapy for Lou Gehrig's disease

The results surprised researchers, since lead is also a known risk factor for ALS. This paradox is still not fully understood, and at this point would not form…

Physics & Astronomy

GOES-14 (O) Enters On-Orbit Storage Around Earth

Since it was launched, scientists and engineers on the ground have been monitoring the instruments on GOES-14, formerly known as GOES-O, and it is operating…

Event News

The Automobile – The Transition from Energy Guzzler to Power Supplier

Innovative automobile batteries are getting ready to leave the research labs to become components of modern vehicles. Electro-mobility brings about challenges…

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