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Physics & Astronomy

Star-birth myth 'busted'

When a cloud of interstellar gas collapses to form stars, the stars range from massive to minute.Since the 1950s astronomers have thought that in a family of…

Trade Fair News

Siemens Syngo DynaCT Cardiac: 3D Imaging for Heart Health

During transfemoral aortic valve replacement, a heart valve prosthesis gets implanted via peripheral artery access. To position aortic valve prostheses…

Trade Fair News

Siemens Showcases Innovations in Cardiovascular Medicine at ESC

During this year's event, Siemens will be offering visitors to the congress an extensive theoretical and practical training program on new diagnostic and…

Health & Medicine

Small Peptide Stops Lung Cancer Growth in Mice Study

The study, recently published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, is the first to show that treatment…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Storms: Impact of Ground Moisture on Intensity

More than 30 years of monsoon data from India showed that ground moisture where the storms make landfall is a major indicator of what the storm will do from…

Earth Sciences

Greenland Ice Coring Project Achieves New Drilling Record

A new international research effort on the Greenland ice sheet with the University of Colorado at Boulder as the lead U.S. institution set a record for…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA eyes Hilda's Hawaiian hangout — south of the islands

Tropical Storm Hilda is hanging on to tropical storm force winds, and continues to track south of the Hawaiian Islands. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring…

Life & Chemistry

Ultrasensitive Sensor Array Enhances DNA Detection Speed

A novel electronic sensor array for more rapid, accurate and cost-efficient testing of DNA for disease diagnosis and biological research has been developed by…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Heat Forms Harmful Substance in High-Fructose Corn Syrup

Their study, which appears in the current issue of ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, could also help keep the substance out of soft…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Mutation Linked to Transmissible Prion Disease Discovery

The discovery is reported in the August 27 edition of the journal Neuron. Until now, two theories about the role mutations play in prion diseases have been at…

Studies and Analyses

Study Links Insulin Resistance to Inflammation in Metabolic Syndrome

Signs of low-grade systemic inflammation are not uncommon among people who have the pre-diabetic condition known as metabolic syndrome, as well as in animal…

Life & Chemistry

UCF Discovery Paves Way for Obesity and Diabetes Treatments

At a time of alarming increases in obesity and associated diseases — and fiery debates about the cost of health care — a UCF research team has identified a…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

This idea doesn't stink: New tech cuts industrial odors, pollutants

Dr. Praveen Kolar, assistant professor of biological and agricultural engineering at NC State, has developed an inexpensive treatment process that…

Physics & Astronomy

Trifid Triple Treat: Explore the Wonders of the Nebula

Smouldering several thousand light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer), the Trifid Nebula presents a compelling portrait of the early…

Event News

Biometric Conference Meets Sept. 22-24 in Florida

The Biometric Consortium Conference focuses on biometric technologies—methods to identify humans using one or more intrinsic physical or behavioral…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

With Three New Reference Materials, NIST Gets the Dirt on Soil

Intended for use as controls in testing laboratories, the new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs)—gathered from the San Joaquin Valley in California and from…

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