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Physics & Astronomy

Nano Bubble Gum: A New Approach to Gut Drug Delivery

Some drugs, like over-the-counter aspirin, lend themselves to this mode of delivery and are trivial to take. They can be pressed into a pill and swallowed….

Physics & Astronomy

Plasma-in-a-Bag: A New Era in Device Sterilization

Through the years, numerous ways of sterilization techniques have been developed, but the old mainstay remains a 130-year-old device called an autoclave, which…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer Risks

“Postmenopausal hormone treatment is associated with increased rates of benign breast biopsies, and early and late stages of cancer. Atypical ductal…

Earth Sciences

Deep creep means milder, more frequent earthquakes along Southern California's San Jacinto fault

“Those minor to moderate events along the San Jacinto fault relieve some of the stress built by the constantly moving tectonic plates,” said Shimon Wdowinski,…

Physics & Astronomy

Strontium 84 — just right for forming a Bose-Einstein condensate

Two independent teams have, for the first time, created Bose-Einstein condensates of strontium atoms. The ability to cool strontium to very low temperatures…

Life & Chemistry

Ants Forge Unique Relationships With Select Tree Species

The research, published in the November issue of the American Naturalist, is the first to document that ants bore into live trees, and it reopens a…

Health & Medicine

Researchers find new way to attack inflammation in Graves' eye disease

A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms — and improved vision — following treatment with the…

Studies and Analyses

Nitrogen Loss Impacts Desert Plant Life: New Insights

“This is a way that nitrogen is lost from an ecosystem that people have never accounted for before,” said Jed Sparks, associate professor of ecology and…

Life & Chemistry

Babies Cry Differently: French vs. German Infants’ Accents

In the first days of their lives, French infants already cry in a different way to German babies. This was the result of a study by researchers from the Max…

Life & Chemistry

DNA Molecules in Moss Pave Way for New Biotechnology Advances

Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden have now demonstrated that plasmid-based methods, which had been limited to single-cell organisms such as…

Information Technology

Computer predicts reactions between molecules and surfaces, with 'chemical precision'

An international team of researchers, headed by Leiden theoretical chemist Geert-Jan Kroes, published on this subject this week in the journal Science. Hydrogen on copper…

Information Technology

A new computer simulator allows to design military strategies based on ants' movements

This work, developed at the department of Computer Architecture and Technology of the UGR, has designed several algorithms that permit to look for the best…

Process Engineering

Lasers Enhance Metal Finishing: Precision Meets Innovation

The work is time-consuming and monotonous but requires highest levels of concentration, because any blemish in the mold can render it useless. A skilled worker…

Earth Sciences

Antarctic Climate Insights Shape Global Warming Debate

The seriousness of current global warming is underlined by a reconstruction of climate at Maxwell Bay in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula…

Physics & Astronomy

Magnetic Nanoparticles: A New Era in Diagnosis and Treatment

The future for mNPs however appears even brighter. With the design of 'theranostic' molecules, mNPs could play a crucial role in developing one-stop tools to…

Studies and Analyses

Teenage Obesity’s Connection to Higher MS Risk: New Study Findings

The research involved 238,371 women from the Nurses’ Health Study and Nurses’ Health Study II who were 25 to 55 years old. The women answered a questionnaire…

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