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PET Scans Reveal Effectiveness of New Breast Cancer Treatment

A new study published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) scans in mice can be used to determine…

Health & Medicine

A rush of blood to the head — anger increases blood flow

Tasneem Naqvi and Hahn Hyuhn from the University of Southern California and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center evaluated carotid artery reactivity and brain blood…

Physics & Astronomy

VLBA Discovers High-Energy Bursts Near Giant Black Hole

Using a worldwide combination of diverse telescopes, astronomers have discovered that a giant galaxy's bursts of very high energy gamma rays are coming from a…

Machine Engineering

Belt-Driven and Coupled Spindles: Enhanced Precision Explained

The motors are characterized by their excellent dynamic response, smooth running properties and low vibration levels. They therefore add greater precision to…

Physics & Astronomy

Researchers Collaborate to Distribute Quantum Keys Efficiently

With an average link length of 20 to 30 kilometres, and the longest link being 83 kilometres, the researchers from organisations such as the AIT Austrian…

Studies and Analyses

Research reveals what drives lung cancer's spread

Researchers discovered that the same cellular pathway that has been shown to be involved with the spread of colorectal cancer is also responsible for providing…

Health & Medicine

Study Finds Pain Relief Gaps for Sick Children Despite Nurse Skills

Swedish nurses have an excellent knowledge of, and a positive attitude towards pain manage-ment, but in spite of this they do not succeed in relieving…

Health & Medicine

Mid-Life Obesity Linked to Memory Decline in Later Years

“The adverse effects of being overweight and obese are not limited to cardiac function, but also extend to brain function,” says Anna Dahl doctoral student at…

Life & Chemistry

Virus-Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against Melanoma

Gregory Daniels, MD, PhD, assistant clinical professor of medicine at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and his co-workers are comparing the modified virus…

Life & Chemistry

Blood Stem Cell Growth Factor Restores Memory in Mice

A human growth factor that stimulates blood stem cells to proliferate in the bone marrow reverses memory impairment in mice genetically altered to develop…

Health & Medicine

Nanotechnology Enhances Longevity of Dental Fillings

“Dentin adhesives bond well initially, but then the hybrid layer between the adhesive and the dentin begins to break down in as little as one year,” says Dr….

Earth Sciences

Earth's most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward

If the band continues to migrate at just less than a mile (1.4 kilometers) a year, which is the average for all the years it has been moving north, then some…

Medical Engineering

TU Vienna Develops Mini Heart Pump With Air Propulsion

The pump may not be larger than five millimetres and no longer than 45 millimetres at a ratio of 1:1. It reaches the heart via a catheter and, placed in the…

Business and Finance

Eurex supports EU Commission’s outline to strengthen the safety of derivatives markets

The Communication outlines fours ways to strengthen the safety of derivatives markets: standardisation, central data repositories, central counterparty…

Physics & Astronomy

Physicists Reveal How to Make Electron Gas Visible

Why should such interfaces be researched? “They are important for the functioning of electronic components such as transistors,” says Michael Sing from the…

Technology Offerings

Synthesis Method for A-Ring-Aromatized Acetyl-Minocyclines

Object of the invention is a method for the synthesis of A-ring-aromatized single and multi acetylated derivatives of minocycline in a one-step reaction. Due…

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