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Idaho Researchers Win Grant To Explore DNA Frontier

Chemist Patrick Hrdlicka and molecular physiologist Madhu Papasani, who are both 32, were the youngest researchers chosen among several hundred applicants….

Information Technology

Space@VT Research to Improve Space Weather Understanding

For example, “satellites experience the disruptive effects of energetic charged particles and electrical charging across the satellite structure during various…

Life & Chemistry

National Search for Proteins That Cause MS

The national research project is the first of its kind in Australia and one of the first of its kind in the world.”This collaborative research project has the…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Shed New Light on Behavior of Shark “Tweens” and “Teenagers”

While shark research and conservation typically focuses on baby sharks confined to shallow habitats, or ocean-roaming adults, less is known about these…

Environmental Conservation

World's Last Great Forest Under Threat

The researchers from Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, University of Adelaide in Australia and the National University of Singapore have called…

Environmental Conservation

Ocean Warming May Increase the Abundance of Marine Consumers

Until now, little has been known about how changes in temperatures might affect the total productivity and growth of all marine consumers (such as animals,…

Technology Offerings

New Method Enhances Explosive Detection Efficiency

Up to now, explosives based on nitroaromatic compounds have been detected as anions by means of ion-mobility spectroscopy (IMS). The present invention not only…

Technology Offerings

Cylindrical Chocolate Scroll: A Sweet Coffee Companion

The invention presented here consists of a cylindrical, hollow chocolate scroll filled with sugar. Served on the side with a cup of coffee or tea, the scroll…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Lower-Cost Solar Cells: Printed Like Newspaper for Rooftops

Brian Korgel, a University of Texas at Austin chemical engineer, is hoping to cut costs to one-tenth of their current price by replacing the standard…

Life & Chemistry

New Crustacean Species Discovered in Lanzarote’s Caves

They gracefully swim through the complete darkness of submarine caves, constantly on the lookout for prey. Instead of eyes, predatory crustaceans of the class…

Studies and Analyses

What she sees in you — facial attractiveness explained

“We have found that women evaluate facial attractiveness on two levels — a sexual level, based on specific facial features like the jawbone, cheekbone and…

Earth Sciences

Discovering Greenland’s Interglacial: NEEM Drilling Project Insights

The first season of the international drilling project NEEM (North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling) in north-western Greenland was completed at August 20th. A…

Physics & Astronomy

New Quantum Gravity Model: Reassessing General Relativity?

Does an exciting but controversial new model of quantum gravity reproduce Einstein's theory of general relativity? Scientists at Texas A&M University in the US…

Life & Chemistry

Unveiling Neuron Degeneration in Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson's disease is caused by the degeneration of neurons in the midbrain. The mechanisms leading to the loss of these neurons, however, are largely…

Life & Chemistry

Wisconsin Team Cultivates Retina Cells from Skin Stem Cells

Even sooner, the discovery will lead to laboratory models for studying genetically linked eye conditions, screening new drugs to treat those conditions and…

Life & Chemistry

GLI1: A Promising Prognostic Marker for Breast Cancer

Edgar Dahl led a team of researchers from RWTH Aachen's University Hospital who sought to evaluate whether GLI1 could represent a new prognostic marker in…

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