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Life & Chemistry

Gladstone Scientists Uncover Genetic Link in Heart Evolution

Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have traced the evolution of the four-chambered human heart to a common genetic factor…

Physics & Astronomy

Laser Cooling Breakthrough: Bonn Scientists Test New Principles

In their experiment the scientists tested a completely new principle of cooling. For this, they used the property that atoms can be stimulated by light.In this…

Environmental Conservation

Understanding Climate Change: Signals from Ocean Circulation

What do abrupt changes in ocean circulation and Earth's climate, shifts in wildlife populations and ecosystems, the global finance market and its system-wide…

Awards Funding

Hebrew U. Researchers Secure €6 Million in Grants

The winners were chosen after having demonstrated excellent, ground-breaking research ideas, as well as having displayed proven potential to establish…

Architecture & Construction

Engineers Create Self-Righting Buildings for Earthquake Safety

A new earthquake-resistant structural system for buildings, just successfully tested in Japan, will not only help a multi-story building hold itself together…

Life & Chemistry

Enhancing Joint Cartilage Imaging with Cationic CT Contrast

Assessing the local variations in GAGs are of significant interest for the study of cartilage biology and for the diagnosis of cartilage disease like…

Environmental Conservation

Tiny Pump Offers Pain Relief for Big Cats in Need

Veterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo and the University of Tennessee have found a solution to the challenge of providing effective…

Medical Engineering

PET/CT Scans Enhance Early Detection of Prostate Cancer

A new study published in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET)/computer tomography (CT) scans…

Environmental Conservation

Green production guidelines give 'road map' for new administration

According to Darnall, companies don't green their production processes because there are unclear and mixed messages about how doing so will benefit them and…

Earth Sciences

Mapping Active Lakes Beneath Antarctic Ice: New Research Insights

Now, researchers using space-based lasers on a NASA satellite have created the most comprehensive inventory of lakes that actively drain or fill under…

Earth Sciences

Satellites and Submarines Measure Sea Ice Thickness Insights

Among the participants in the shipboard workshop (hosted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada) was Ron Kwok of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif….

Life & Chemistry

New Method Boosts Hydrogen Storage for Eco-Friendly Vehicles

A new method for “recycling” hydrogen-containing fuel materials could open the door to economically viable hydrogen-based vehicles.In an article appearing…

Life & Chemistry

Trapping Bighorn Sheep: Innovative Research in the Rockies

Coltman, a U of A biology professor, is part of a team that traps the animals in a plywood enclosure on a mountaintop in the Rockies. He and the research team…

Information Technology

New iPhone app 'Outbreaks Near Me' locates H1N1 (swine flu), infectious diseases

A new iPhone application, created by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab, enables users to track and report…

Environmental Conservation

Umbrella Innovation: Tackling Heavy Metals in Soil Remediation

“Please take” – as simple as following a recipe in a cook book, soils containing heavy metals could be remediated in the future: Depending on the kind of…

Business and Finance

India’s Cotton Price Support Will Cool U.S., Global Markets

U.S. farmers will see their prices slashed by an average 2.48 percent during the next five years, cutting into an industry that CERI Director Darren Hudson…

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