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Physics & Astronomy

First Detection of Magnetic Field on Bright Star Vega

Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing the first detection of a magnetic field on the star Vega, one of the brightest stars in the sky. Using the…

Physics & Astronomy

Molecular typesetting — proofreading without a proofreader

Ensuring that proteins are built correctly is essential to the proper functioning of our bodies, but the 'quality assurance' mechanisms that take place during…

Studies and Analyses

High BMI Linked to Increased Pancreatic Cancer Risk

In reviewing the weight history of pancreatic cancer patients across their life spans, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have…

Life & Chemistry

Mouse model of Parkinson's reproduces nonmotor symptoms

A genetically engineered mouse reproduces many of the non-motor symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease seen in humans and sheds light on their possible…

Studies and Analyses

New Insights on Growth Factor Signaling in Tamoxifen Resistance

Sherene Loi, from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, worked with a team of Australian and Belgian researchers to investigate the differences between…

Studies and Analyses

Brain Architecture Shaped by Cognitive Challenges in Wasps

The study is the first to compare multiple species of related animals, in this case social wasps, to look at how roles of individuals in a society might affect…

Life & Chemistry

New Urine Test Aims to Improve Appendicitis Diagnosis

Appendicitis is the most common childhood surgical emergency, but the diagnosis can be challenging, especially in children, often leading to either unnecessary…

Environmental Conservation

Corals "facing a stormy future"

That’s one of the findings from a new scientific study of the fate of corals in the wake of large climate-driven bleaching and storm events.“We have found…

Earth Sciences

How Americans Use 300 Billion Weather Forecasts Annually

The research is the first comprehensive study of its kind to examine how the public perceives, uses, and values weather forecasts. Funded by the National…

Health & Medicine

Vitamin D Sufficiency: Food Industry Challenges and Opportunities

It may play a role in preventing autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, some types of cancer (breast, ovarian, colorectal and…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Challenges Beliefs on Perceptual Abilities Growth

Conventional wisdom says that human perceptual and cognitive functions broaden and improve as humans grow and mature, but a study published in the June 17…

Environmental Conservation

Wildlife Faces Rising Cancer Threat: A Conservation Concern

A newly published paper in the July edition of Nature Reviews Cancer compiles information on cancer in wildlife and suggests that cancer poses a conservation…

Earth Sciences

Geologists from Münster have found rock material from the Earth's proto-crust

The material was formed around four and a half to four billion years ago – in the Earth's so-called Hadean Eon. This is only the second find of its kind in the…

Business and Finance

Boosting Smart Growth in the Baltic Sea Region: Key Strategies

This requires enhanced coordination between various EU instruments plus more national and regional public and private investments. The key target is to enhance…

Health & Medicine

Preventing Stomach Ulcer Bacteria Spread: Key Findings from Sweden

This is shown in a thesis at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. It is therefore possible to prevent the spread of the bacterium in…

Business and Finance

Owning too much company stock puts workers' retirement at risk

Sean Anderson says employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs, are the biggest threat, with even heavier investment in company stock than the 401(k) plan that…

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