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Earth Sciences

Iberian Peninsula: Last European Hadrosaurs Discovered

A few million years before the catastrophic event that led to the extinction of dinosaurs (with the exception of birds), several species of hadrosaurs…

Health & Medicine

Lactose Intolerance Rates May Be Overestimated, Study Finds

Prevalence of lactose intolerance may be far lower than previously estimated, according to a study in the latest issue of Nutrition Today. The study, which…

Health & Medicine

Oral Contraceptives’ Positive Impact on Women with Asthma

Researchers from McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada, studied 17 women with asthma during their menstrual cycles. Results showed that individuals not…

Life & Chemistry

First International Graduate School for Skeletal Muscle Diseases – Partners: MDC, Charité, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Pari

The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI (UPMC), Paris, France are now establishing the first international,…

Health & Medicine

Three IVF Attempts: Doubling Success Rates for Families

Around three per cent of all children born in Sweden are test-tube babies resulting from IVF (in vitro fertilisation). “There are considerable discrepancies…

Health & Medicine

Community-acquired pneumonia in influenza season: There's a bad strain on the rise

Two articles in the European Respiratory Journal's November issue are dedicated to this dangerous and versatile microorganism.For many years, MRSA infections…

Studies and Analyses

Airborne Nitrogen’s Impact on Nutrient Limits in Pristine Lakes

Examining nitrogen deposition in alpine and subalpine lakes in Colorado, Sweden and Norway, James Elser, a limnologist in the School of Life Sciences at…

Life & Chemistry

New Horse Genome Sequence to Enhance Breeding Practices

Findings from the genome sequence have important implications for improved breeding of horses, which constitute a $39 billion industry in the United States…

Earth Sciences

New Study in Geology Uses Satellite Imagery to Identify Active Magma Systems in East Africa’s Rift Valley

“The Kenyan Rift volcanoes are part of a larger Great Rift Valley complex that extends all the way from Mozambique to Djibouti; their presence in East Africa…

Business and Finance

CEOs Share Vision: How Companies Aim to Impact the World

The so-called letter to shareholders is particularly important, since it allows the CEO to come forth and describe the company's operations in a rather…

Health & Medicine

Asthma’s Gender Gap: How Women Experience It Differently

“Men and women with asthma differ biologically, socially, culturally and psychologically, which affects their quality of life,” says Rosita Sundberg, a…

Health & Medicine

Blood test identifies women at risk from Alzheimer's

The thesis is based on the Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg, which was started at the end of the 1960s when almost 1,500 women between the…

Materials Sciences

New Model for Glass Formation by Harvard Materials Scientists

Harvard materials scientists have come up with what they believe is a new way to model the formation of glasses, a type of amorphous solid that includes common…

Physics & Astronomy

Explore Ultracold Atoms with Harvard’s Quantum Gas Microscope

Physicists at Harvard University have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the…

Life & Chemistry

Common Plants That Improve Indoor Air Quality Effectively

Air quality in homes, offices, and other indoor spaces is becoming a major health concern, particularly in developed countries where people often spend more…

Life & Chemistry

Nanocapsules Enhance Artificial Photosynthesis Efficiency

The structure that has been developed in the university's Organic Chemistry laboratory is fascinatingly complex: thousands of similar molecules are packed…

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