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New Radar System Analyzes Sea Wave Behavior Effectively

Scientists of the Geesthacht GKSS Research Centre have developed a radar system with which it is possible to study the behaviour of sea waves. This technology…

Power and Electrical Engineering

A tight fit helps energy transmit

Although plants have efficiently captured energy from sunlight for millions of years, producing light-harvesting and energy storage devices based on…

Earth Sciences

Silent strike from thunderclouds

Recently, Harufumi Tsuchiya at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute and co-workers observed a long radiation burst above the mountains of Japan that they…

Life & Chemistry

Carnitine Supplements Improve Glucose Tolerance in Animals

A team led by Deborah Muoio (Moo-ee-oo), Ph.D., of the Duke Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, also performed tests on human muscle cells that…

Studies and Analyses

High-Fat Diets: Impact on Memory and Motivation Explored

Short-term memory getting worse? Exercise getting harder? Examine your diet. New research published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) showed…

Earth Sciences

Satellites unlock secret to Northern India's vanishing water

Using satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA hydrologists have found that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as 1 foot per year over…

Earth Sciences

Increased Hurricane Activity Linked to La Niña Conditions

“La Niña conditions are favorable for hurricanes because they lead to less wind shear in the tropical Atlantic,” said Michael E. Mann, professor of…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Super Planetary Nebulae: Stars’ Final Flourish

Planetary nebulae are shells of gas and dust expelled by stars near the end of their lives and are typically seen around stars comparable or smaller in size…

Physics & Astronomy

Study Reveals Type 1a Supernova Variability for Dark Energy

But a new study published this week in Nature reveals sources of variability in type 1a supernovae that will have to be taken into account if astronomers are…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Therapy Success: Patients Maintain Vision Gains After 1 Year

Three young adults who received gene therapy for a blinding eye condition remained healthy and maintained previous visual gains one year later, according to an…

Life & Chemistry

The mind's eye scans like a spotlight

You're meeting a friend in a crowded cafeteria. Do your eyes scan the room like a roving spotlight, moving from face to face, or do you take in the whole…

Life & Chemistry

Anti-Psychotic Drugs Show Promise in Cancer Treatment

A preliminary finding in the current online issue of the International Journal of Cancer reports that the anti-psychotic drug, pimozide, kills lung, breast and…

Health & Medicine

Passive Oxygen Flow Outperforms Ventilation in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation

Arizona researchers have added another piece to the mounting body of evidence that suggests during resuscitation efforts to treat patients in cardiac arrest,…

Earth Sciences

Warming Ocean Contributes to Global Warming

Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton working in collaboration with researchers from the University of Birmingham, Royal Holloway London…

Health & Medicine

Sun, sea and sickness – expect better healthcare abroad!

Whether it is for business, leisure, visiting friends and family or education, Europeans are frequent travellers – making hundreds of millions of trips abroad…

Health & Medicine

New No-Needle Method to Prevent Blood Clots Discovered

The dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Public Health and a team of scientists worldwide have found a better way to prevent deadly blood clots after…

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