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Medical Engineering

MRI Risks in Early Breast Cancer: A Closer Look at Surgery Impacts

The review, appearing early online in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, says evidence shows that MRI increases the chances of more extensive surgery over…

Health & Medicine

Eat Your Way to Health: How Apples Prevent Kidney Stones

Researchers have found another reason to eat well: a healthy diet helps prevent kidney stones. Loading up on fruits, vegetables, nuts, low-fat dairy products,…

Physics & Astronomy

Advancing Metamaterials: New Electromagnetic Gateway Unveiled

The work, 'A simple route to a tunable electromagnetic gateway' is a further advance in the study of metamaterials, published today, Thursday, 14 August, in…

Environmental Conservation

NOAA: Flower Garden Banks Among Healthiest Gulf Reefs

The report, A Biogeographic Characterization of Fish Communities and Associated Benthic Habitats within the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary,…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Increased Hurricane Activity: What You Need to Know

For many Americans who live on the Atlantic coast, Andrew, Ivan and Katrina are more than just names–they are reminders of the devastating impact of cyclonic…

Health & Medicine

Innovative Strategies for Stroke Recovery and Learning

An occluded or burst blood vessel – and the blood supply through the brain is interrupted: stroke. In Germany alone, approximately 200,000 people have a stroke…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Researcher Tracks Rice Bugs to Aid Farmers and Consumers

Americans eat about 20.5 pounds of rice a year, while globally people annually eat about 126 pounds each, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture…

Life & Chemistry

Camera Flash Transforms Insulator to Conductor Efficiently

A Northwestern University professor and his students have found a new way of turning graphite oxide — a low-cost insulator made by oxidizing graphite powder…

Life & Chemistry

Uncovering Secrets of Ulcer-Causing Bacteria: New Discoveries

A team of researchers from Boston University, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently made a discovery that changes a long…

Life & Chemistry

Niche Differences: Key to Understanding Biodiversity

“Ecologists have long assumed that species differences in how they use the environment are key to explaining the large number of species we see all around us,…

Physics & Astronomy

Trigger-Happy Star Formation: Unraveling Cosmic Mysteries

While astronomers have long understood that stars and planets form from the collapse of a cloud of gas, the question of the main causes of this process has…

Physics & Astronomy

Gemini Observatory Reveals Titan’s Storm Clouds in Detail

Taking advantage of advanced techniques to correct distortions caused by Earth's atmosphere, astronomers used the NSF-supported Gemini Observatory to capture…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Targeting Cancer Cell Behavior

Cancer cells divide uncontrollably and can move from one part of the body to another. They undergo dramatic shifts in shape when they do so, said Aaron DeWard,…

Automotive Engineering

Widespread use on the horizon – Thermoelectrics conference breaks all records

The 28th International / 7th European Conference on Thermoelectrics yielded important results, e.g., in the discussion of how thermoelectric generators can be…

Information Technology

Satellites unlock secret to northern India's vanishing water

More than 26 cubic miles of groundwater disappeared from aquifers in areas of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and the nation's capitol territory of Delhi, between…

Life & Chemistry

Insect Biological Clocks: A New Approach to Pest Control

With further research, the scientists said, it may be possible to tap into this genetic characteristic, identify the times that a target insect is most…

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