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Earth Sciences

Daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over past decade

The ratio of record highs to lows is likely to increase dramatically in coming decades if emissions of greenhouse gases continue to climb.”Climate change is…

Machine Engineering

Transform Your Workflow with a New Calendar-Based App

For the first time, a calendar-based user interface is available in Microsoft Office style for simple and easy scheduling. The innovation features both a…

Life & Chemistry

Genes Linked to Longevity: The Role of Telomeres in Aging

Yousin Suh, Ph.D.Telomeres play crucial roles in aging, cancer and other biological processes. Their importance was recognized last month, when three…

Medical Engineering

New Hand-Held Microscope Improves Brain Tumor Biopsy Precision

A new miniature, hand-held microscope may allow more precise removal of brain tumors and an easier recognition of tumor locations during surgery. Neurosurgeons…

Life & Chemistry

Mouse gene suppresses Alzheimer's plaques and tangles

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) and colleagues have identified a novel mouse gene (Rps23r1) that reduces the accumulation of…

Earth Sciences

Lightning Strike in Africa Reveals Insights on Sunspots

Sunspots, which rotate around the sun's surface, tell us a great deal about our own planet. Scientists rely on them, for instance, to measure the sun's…

Business and Finance

Aisle Placements Boost Grocery Sales: Key Insights for Retailers

“Retailers can benefit substantially by having better placement of items in their aisles,” Bezawada says. His research shows that aisle placements can…

Earth Sciences

New Insights on Early Life’s Rapid Development on Earth

Mike Tice, a researcher in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Texas A&M, says the findings could change current ideas about the earliest forms of life…

Life & Chemistry

Energy-Saving Powder: A Breakthrough in Sustainable Innovation

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces might be helping to make it worthwhile to…

Transportation and Logistics

New Logistics Model Improves Forecast Accuracy of Retail and Packaged-Goods Orders

Examining this problem at a specific link – suppliers and distribution centers – in the retail and consumer-packaged goods supply chain, a logistics researcher…

Physics & Astronomy

SUNRISE Telescope: Exploring Solar Mysteries from Above

The SUNRISE balloon-borne telescope, a collaborative project between the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Katlenburg-Lindau and partners in…

Life & Chemistry

New Mechanism Sheds Light on Blood Vessel Formation Control

Inhibiting the formation of new blood vessels is an important aspect of, for example, cancer treatment. The study is published in the November issue of the…

Studies and Analyses

Teens Less Likely to Wash Hands, More Likely to Cross-contaminate Raw Food than Adults

“While half of the adults we observed washed their hands after touching raw chicken, none of the adolescents did,” said Casey Jacob, a food safety research…

Life & Chemistry

Exploration by Explosion: Studying the Inner Realm of Living Cells

They explode the cell while it is still living inside a plant or animal, vaporize its contents, and sniff. The study appears in online in ACS’ journal…

Physics & Astronomy

Ionic Liquid’s Makeup Measurably Non-Uniform at the Nanoscale

Their findings were published online in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. The article was selected for inclusion in the Institute of Physics’ IOP…

Physics & Astronomy

Pushing Light Beyond Its Known Limits

The researchers in the University's new Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS) have discovered that light within optical fibers can be squeezed into…

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