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Life & Chemistry

Nutrigenomics Researchers Replicate Gene Interaction With Saturated Fat

Men and women carrying the CC genotype demonstrated higher body mass index (BMI) scores and a higher incidence of obesity, but only if they consumed a diet…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Energy-Efficient Modular Inverter for Pumps and Fans

This compact drive is particularly suitable for the energy-efficient operation of flow machines in building automation, the process industry and in the water…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Introducing Key-Operated Panel PCs and Industrial LCD Monitors

For the Panel PCs Simatic HMI IPC477C and HMI IPC577C there are now 12″ and 15″ devices with keys in addition to the 12″, 15″ and 19″ devices with touch…

Studies and Analyses

Right-Handed Chimpanzees Offer Insights Into Language Origins

A study of captive chimpanzees at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Atlanta, Georgia), reported in the January 2010 issue of Elsevier's Cortex,…

Earth Sciences

Polar 5 Aircraft Launches Antarctic Research Season 2009/10

Polar 5 will be used in three research programmes in the season 2009/10 and it will logistically support the established Antarctic flight network DROMLAN…

Health & Medicine

Migraine Linked to Increased Stroke Risk, Study Shows

Pooling results from 21 studies, involving 622,381 men and women, researchers at Johns Hopkins have affirmed that migraine headaches are associated with more…

Health & Medicine

Experts Question Premature End of Niacin Study for Heart Health

Heart experts at Johns Hopkins are calling premature the early halt of a study by researchers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Washington Hospital Center…

Medical Engineering

False Positives in EKG Heart Condition Diagnoses: Study Insights

The study of 500 patients found a false positive reading between 77 and 82 percent in patients screened by electrocardiogram, and a false negative reading…

Studies and Analyses

Phthalate Exposure Linked to Less-Masculine Play in Boys

The University of Rochester Medical Center-led study is published in the International Journal of Andrology.Because testosterone produces the masculine brain,…

Life & Chemistry

How Ants Adapt Their Caregiving for Brood Development

This demonstrates: It is not only the genes, but also the conditions experienced during individual development that account for flexible behavior in an insect…

Life & Chemistry

New Climate Treaty Risks Species, Warns Top Scientists

A team of eleven of the world's top tropical forest scientists, coordinated by the University of Leeds, warn that while cutting clearance of carbon-rich…

Health & Medicine

Mammography Every Other Year: Benefits and Reduced Risks

A comprehensive analysis of various mammography screening schedules suggests that biennial (every two years) screening of average risk women between the ages…

Studies and Analyses

Young Drivers’ Self-Harm Linked to Increased Crash Risks

Newly licensed drivers aged 17-24 in New South Wales, Australia, who participated in the DRIVE study conducted by The George Institute for International…

Business and Finance

GFC’s Impact: Job Security Strains Families and Workforce

The results show that lack of job security was particularly hard on families, with almost one in five parents turning up to work ill and close to one in 10…

Health & Medicine

Researchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the…

Earth Sciences

MIT Study Uncovers Source of Arsenic in Bangladesh Water

The pervasive incidence of arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh and its link to drinking water were first identified in the scientific literature in the early…

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