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UCI Researchers Boost Anti-Inflammatory Fat to Combat Inflammation

UC Irvine pharmacology researchers have discovered a way to boost levels of a natural body fat that helps decrease inflammation, pointing to possible new…

Health & Medicine

Scientists put interactive flu tracking at public's fingertips

The researchers linked many powerful computer systems together to analyze enormous amounts of genetic data collected from all publicly available isolated…

Automotive Engineering

Custom Electric Cars for Affordable Urban Commuting

The vehicle is part of a new research project, ChargeCar, headed by Illah Nourbakhsh, associate professor of robotics. The project is exploring how electric…

Earth Sciences

New Insights Into Antarctic Optical Properties and Radiation

During the summer of 1997-1998, measurements of beam absorption and beam attenuation coefficients, and downwelling and upwelling irradiance were made in the…

Studies and Analyses

Link Found Between Influenza Virus and Fever Response

Viruses are microscopically sized parasites. They plant their genes in the cells of their victim in order to 'reprogram' them. The infected cells then no…

Life & Chemistry

Sterile Mosquitoes: A New Approach to Malaria Elimination

The supplement, edited by Dr Mark Benedict, who along with the other editors led the development of this technology at the International Atomic Energy Agency…

Life & Chemistry

How Cells Tolerate DNA Damage – MDC Researchers Identify Start Signal for Cell Survival Program

Dr. Michael Stilmann, Dr. Michael Hinz and Professor Claus Scheidereit have shown that the protein PARP-1, which detects DNA damage within seconds, activates…

Business and Finance

Study Identifies Causes of Executive Turnover after M&As

The study, “Brain Drain: Why Top Management Bolts After M&As,” analyzes factors that can lead to abnormally high turnover rates among target company executives…

Life & Chemistry

Petascale Tools Could Provide Deeper Insight into Genomic Evolution

Research recently funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 aims to develop computational tools that will utilize next-generation petascale…

Physics & Astronomy

China Joins Thirty Meter Telescope Project

“The TMT is delighted to take this exciting new step forward in our relationship with the National Astronomical Observatories of China,” said Henry Yang,…

Life & Chemistry

Bees Can Learn Differences in Food’s Temperature

While other researchers had previously found hints that bees might have the ability to do this, the UCSD biologists provide the first detailed experimental…

Studies and Analyses

Scientist Begins to Unravel What Makes Pandemic H1N1 Tick

In a study available online and appearing in a future issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher and…

Life & Chemistry

Nanoparticles Found in Common Household Items Caused Genetic Damage in Mice

The TiO2 nanoparticles induced single- and double-strand DNA breaks and also caused chromosomal damage as well as inflammation, all of which increase the risk…

Physics & Astronomy

Oak Ridge ‘Jaguar’ Supercomputer is World’s Fastest

An upgrade to a Cray XT5 high-performance computing system deployed by the Department of Energy has made the “Jaguar” supercomputer the world’s fastest….

Environmental Conservation

Penguins and Sea Lions Help Produce New Atlas

The atlas contains the most accurate maps ever assembled for this ecosystem revealing key migratory corridors that span from coastlines to deep-sea feeding…

Earth Sciences

Why Huge Bands of Iron Formed Billions of Years Ago on Earth’s Surface

Because these deposits carry information about early Earth’s surface conditions and climate changes, as well as provide much of modern industry’s iron…

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