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Physics & Astronomy

Caltech Scientists Uncover Secrets of Nanopillar Formations

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have uncovered the physical mechanism by which arrays of nanoscale (billionths-of-a-meter)…

Health & Medicine

New H1N1 Flu Advisory for Heart and Lung Transplants

Each year 3-5 million people have severe cases and 250-500,000 die from complications of seasonal influenza world-wide. This year, the novel 2009 H1N1 (nH1N1)…

Business and Finance

Longer Restyling Cycles Explain U.S. Auto Industry’s Loss of Market Share

“Non-Price Determinants of Automotive Demand: Restyling Matters Most,” a study by three economists in the VCU School of Business, analyzed secular market share…

Earth Sciences

Study of Ancient Primate Counters "Darwinus" Discovery

Led by Stony Brook University paleontologist Erik R. Seiffert, Ph.D., the research supports the more commonly held theory on adapiform evolution and refutes a…

Health & Medicine

Yellow Pea Flour May Help with Diabetes

With incidences of diabetes increasing, ways to manage glycemic responses, or changes in blood sugar levels after eating, are being investigated. Whole yellow…

Studies and Analyses

Carrots in Space: Fresh Food for Astronauts on Its Way

Researchers from Tuskegee University in Alabama conducted a study targeted at finding a way to incorporate natural and fresh antioxidants into the diets of…

Health & Medicine

New Research Discovers Methods to Increase Safety of Smoked Salmon

Smoked salmon is produced by salting, smoking and trimming or slicing the fish and then vacuum-packaging the final product. Researchers from the U.S….

Power and Electrical Engineering

Better Electric Propulsion May Boost Satellite Lifetimes

Focusing on improved cathodes for devices known as Hall effect thrusters, the research would reduce propellant consumption in commercial, government and…

Studies and Analyses

Do Dogs Detect Deception?

But does she really? Can dogs understand deception? Mark Petter, a Dalhousie *University PhD student in clinical psychology, wanted to find out whether dogs…

Technology Offerings

New Insights Into Alzheimer’s Diagnosis and Treatment

A-beta-autoantibodies were isolated from the serum of Alzheimer patients. The cDNA and amino acid sequences of the variable regions of the heavy and the light…

Technology Offerings

Functionalized Nanoparticles: New Hope for Anti-Inflammatory Therapies

Functionalized high-affinity gold-nanoparticles for the inhibition of selectin mediated cell adhesion

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Technology Offerings

Enhancing Atomic Clocks with Reactive Gas-Filled Vapour Cells

Reactive gas-filled vapour cells can be used in frequency standard devices, especially as a cavity in <b>atomic clocks</b>, where the time is delivered during…

Technology Offerings

Allosteric Regulation of AGC and Aurora Protein Kinases

Another new approach to influence protein kinases which is also part of this invention is the allosteric regulation of such enzymes.

A hydrophobe binding site…

Environmental Conservation

Glacial Melting Releases Pollutants in Lake Oberaar Sediment

In the study, Christian Bogdal and colleagues focused on organic pollutants in sediment from a model body of water –– glacier-fed Lake Oberaar in the Bernese…

Automotive Engineering

Costs of Plug-In Cars Impact Consumer Acceptance

The survey of a nationally representative sample of 2,513 adults age 18 and over was conducted between July and November 2008 as part of the Reuters/University…

Life & Chemistry

New Structure Found in Butterfly Ears Enhances Predator Detection

The team believes that the remarkable structure may be associated with the detection of predators, in particular birds. The Blue Morpho butterflies (Morpho…

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