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Health & Medicine

Effective Minimally Invasive Treatment for Esophageal Cancer

Researchers have found that early stage cancers of the esophagus can be treated as effectively by less-invasive, organ-sparing endoscopic therapy as compared…

Physics & Astronomy

NGC 4945: The Milky Way’s not-so-distant Cousin

Though the galaxy is seen edge-on, observations of NGC 4945 suggest that this hive of stars is a spiral galaxy much like our own, with swirling, luminous arms…

Materials Sciences

Intelligent Structural Elements: New Advances in Construction

Based on new hybrid intelligent construction elements (HICE), researchers at the University of Stuttgart have developed a shell structure which is able to…

Awards Funding

$30 Million Grant to Enhance Teragrid Computing Network

Launched in 2001, TeraGrid provides access to extremely powerful supercomputers, connected via ultra-high-speed networks. As the world’s largest computer…

Event News

TMS Joins Brazilian Materials Society in Presenting 1st TMS-ABM International Materials Congress

The new specialty meeting is an outcome of the TMS Alliance of the Americas initiative to build Society partnerships in North and South America. “I am excited…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Identify Protein–telomere Interactions That Could be Key in Treating Cancer, Other Diseases

Since this RNA also facilitates the formation of DNA at telomeres—a process that can protect aging cells and destabilize tumor cells—manipulating its…

Health & Medicine

How Alcohol Blunts the Ability of Hamsters to ‘Rise and Shine’

The study describes the changes that drinking can produce on the body’s master clock and how it affects behavior. The research provides a way to study human…

Life & Chemistry

Diversity in Key Environmental Cleanup Microbe Found

The team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Michigan State University and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory analyzed the gene…

Life & Chemistry

Invasive Plant Loses Toxic Traits Over Time: Study Insights

The study, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is one of the first to show that evolutionary forces can alter the very attributes that give an…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New robot to reduce burden on care facilities

In an effort to cope with the challenges of an aging population, a new robot making use of the latest in sensor, control, information processing, mechanical…

Studies and Analyses

Human Tissue Act: Boosting Clarity in Medical Research Decisions

In fact, the research suggests that the Act may have helped medical research by giving Research Ethics Committees clarity when making decisions. Many medical…

Environmental Conservation

Geoengineering: A Last Resort Against Rising CO2 Emissions

The report (published today,1st September, by the Royal Society(1), the UK’s national academy of science) found that unless future efforts to reduce greenhouse…

Physics & Astronomy

Giant Galaxy Reveals Most Distant Supermassive Black Hole

The galaxy, so distant that it is seen as it was 12.8 billion years ago, is as large as the Milky Way galaxy and harbours a supermassive black hole that…

Life & Chemistry

DNA Mutations Linked to Type II Diabetes Explained

Type II diabetes is characterised by a lower sensitivity to insulin in muscles and organs, and a reduced ability to consume energy in the form of glucose….

Information Technology

W3C’s New POWDER Tool Enhances Trust on the Web

Today W3C takes steps toward building a Web of trust, and making it possible to discover relevant, quality content more efficiently. When content providers use…

Physics & Astronomy

Laser Pulses Manipulate Single Electrons in Molecules

In order to achieve control over single electrons in a bunch, ultrashort light pulses of a few femtoseconds duration are needed. Physicists of the Max Planck…

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