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Life & Chemistry

Developing enzymes to clean up pollution by explosives

The discovery, by scientists in the York Structural Biology Laboratory and the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, will support the development of plants…

Life & Chemistry

Receptor activated exclusively by glutamate discovered on tongue

“Although other receptors have been found on the tongue that are also aroused by glutamate, they are not specific. That is, they need to be in contact with…

Business and Finance

Survey: Economists Are Fans of Wal-Mart

That puts economists in line with the 48 percent of average Americans who picked Wal-Mart as the company that “best symbolizes America today” in a recent poll…

Event News

Int'l Task Force Developing Smart Mgt. Plans for Forage Fish, a Growing Target of Commercial Fishers

The Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force will meet from October 12-14 in Portland, ME to continue developing critical management recommendations for “forage fish,”…

Earth Sciences

Key New Ingredient in Climate Model Refines Global Predictions

The results of the experiment at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and at the National Center for Atmospheric Research are published in…

Life & Chemistry

Common Herbicides and Fibrate Drugs Block Nutrient-sensing ‘Taste’ Receptor Found in Gut and Pancreas

Commonly used in agriculture and medicine, these chemical compounds were not previously known to act on the T1R3 receptor. The T1R3 receptor is a critical…

Physics & Astronomy

Radio Waves 'See' through Walls

“By showing the locations of people within a building during hostage situations, fires or other emergencies, radio tomography can help law enforcement and…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Observes LCROSS Impact Event

Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) were pointed just off the southern limb of the moon to look for a cloud of…

Earth Sciences

Banded Rocks Reveal Early Earth Conditions, Changes

Called banded iron formations or BIFs, these ancient rocks formed between 3.8 and 1.7 billion years ago at what was then the bottom of the ocean. The stripes…

Life & Chemistry

High-speed Genetic Analysis Looks Deep Inside Primate Immune System

This system, called the “major histocompatibility complex” or MHC, is found in all mammalian immune systems. Although MHC genes are complicated, variable and…

Studies and Analyses

Donated Pacemakers Help Patients Thrive Without Complications

Patients who received refurbished pacemakers donated from Detroit area funeral homes survived without complications from the devices, according to a case…

Studies and Analyses

H1N1 Pandemic Insights: ICU Lessons for Global Health

The lessons learned in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) across the two countries on the impact of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus are being shared with countries in the…

Information Technology

Kraken: First Academic Machine to Achieve Petaflop Performance

Managed by the University of Tennessee (UT) for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the system came online Oct. 5 with a peak performance of 1.03 petaflops….

Environmental Conservation

Offshore Wind Farms: Minimal Impact on Baltic Sea Water Exchange

This is the conclusion which scientists of an international consortium coordinated by IOW draw after a four-year project period. In the framework of two…

Health & Medicine

Swedish Risk Drinking Project: Health Care Insights Unveiled

The proportion of health care personnel reporting that they always or often queried their patients regarding alcohol use has increased significantly. This is…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Protein Dynamics in ALS Drug Development

The discovery opens the possibility of designing drugs for a devastating neurological disease, ALS.Research indicates that ALS, in common with other…

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