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Malaria Parasite Transferred from Wild Chimps to Humans

An international research team led by evolutionary geneticist Stephen M. Rich of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered that the parasite…

Life & Chemistry

Cannibalistic Cells: A New Approach to Prevent Infections

Salmonella, the causative agent of salmonellosis, causes many of the intestinal infections and food-related illnesses reported in the U.S. About 600 people die…

Information Technology

New Satellite Star Tracker Developed by Würzburg Scientists

This is what scientists of the University of Würzburg are currently concerned with.Satellites are launched into orbit by means of carrier rockets. The larger…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Human Fertility: Insights from University Researchers

Drs David Miller and David Iles from the University of Leeds, in collaboration with Dr Martin Brinkworth at the University of Bradford, have found that sperm…

Life & Chemistry

La Jolla Institute Unveils Novel Tumor Suppressor Discovery

La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology researchers studying an enzyme believed to play a role in allergy onset, instead have discovered its previously…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Higher CO2 Levels Could Boost Pine Tree Competitiveness

Carbon dioxide readings that high are expected everywhere by mid-century. The findings suggest some woody tree species could, in the future, out-compete…

Environmental Conservation

Gasoline-diesel 'cocktail': A potent recipe for cleaner, more efficient engines

The answer, based on tests by the University of Wisconsin-Madison engine research group headed by Rolf Reitz, would be a diesel engine that produces…

Life & Chemistry

Big cattle — the genes that determine carcass weight

Akiko Takasuga, from the Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics, led a team of researchers who studied Japanese Black and Japanese Brown cattle, two breeds…

Studies and Analyses

Exercise Benefits for Leukemia Patients: New Study Insights

A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill indicates that exercise may be a great way to do just that, combating the debilitating fatigue…

Life & Chemistry

Breakthrough Study Halts Epilepsy in Mice Using New Approach

The study is published today in the US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). It offers, for the first time, irrefutable proof that a…

Health & Medicine

Obesity Misleading in Detecting Cholesterol in Children

With the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States, there is concern that overweight and obese children need to be screened for chronic medical…

Corporate News

Memcor Ultra Filtration System Boosts Water Treatment in Wuxi

Siemens Water Technologies received a contract from Wuxi Water Supply General Company in China’s Jiangsu Province to supply a turnkey water treatment solution…

Medical Engineering

Siemens Unveils Unique Imaging Technologies at Medanta

Siemens Healthcare has entered into one of the largest technology partnerships in India to provide innovative imaging & IT solutions to Medanta–The Medicity,…

Materials Sciences

Smart Implants: Adapting to Your Body’s Needs

Modern regenerative medicine is on the lookout for implantable materials that can change as the surrounding tissue does, and two Stanford University…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Signature in Cancer Stem Cells Reveals New Drug Targets

“We have found that gene expression patterns in a subset of these resistant cancer cells differ from those associated with the bulk of the epithelial cells in…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Variation Linked to Increased Bladder Cancer Risk

Researchers have pinpointed a specific gene variation that causes increased risk of urinary bladder cancer, according to a scientific team led by The…

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