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Hebrew U. Researcher Wins Prize for Stem Cell Brain Therapy

The prize is being awarded to Dr. Mizrahi of the Department of Neurobiology at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences for his contribution to the…

Life & Chemistry

Research team rehabs contaminated sites using bioremediation

In Mogpog, Marinduque, a team of experts from UPLB headed by College of Arts and Sciences Dean and micro-biologist Dr. Asuncion K. Raymundo has been examining…

Life & Chemistry

New Oral Anti-Diabetic Drug Innovations by Prof. Sasson

For his groundbreaking work, Prof. Shlomo Sasson of the Hebrew University School of Pharmacy has been named one of the winners this year of the Hebrew…

Health & Medicine

Consumers Confused About Sugars, USDA’s 2010 Guidelines Insight

They also examined how the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) considers this sweetener in light of the upcoming 2010 Dietary Guidelines for…

Physics & Astronomy

New Method to Measure Cosmic Distances Three Times Farther

Ohio State University researchers have found a way to measure distances to objects three times farther away in outer space than previously possible, by…

Physics & Astronomy

New Tool Visualizes Past and Future Lunar Eclipses

Lunar eclipses are well-documented throughout human history. The rare and breathtaking phenomena, which occur when the moon passes into the Earth’s shadow and…

Transportation and Logistics

New Mathematical Model Enhances Airline Passenger Screening

Changes in aviation security policies and operations since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have resulted in every passenger being treated as a potential…

Environmental Conservation

New Insights Into Sea Urchin Structures Unveiled

The research, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology, demonstrates that the approach of combining all structural data available…

Life & Chemistry

Toll-like Receptors Role in VEE-Induced Neurodegeneration

In an article published in the April 15, 2009 edition of the Journal of General Virology, Drs. Radha Maheshwari, professor of Pathology and Anuj Sharma, at…

Physics & Astronomy

New Tidal Debris Unveiled From Colliding Galaxies

The research will be being presented during a press conference at the 214th annual American Astronomical Society meeting in Pasadena, California by Drs. Jin…

Health & Medicine

Researchers identify structure of bacteria responsible for traveler's diarrhea

The findings, appear in the June issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and have important implications for creating better therapeutics…

Environmental Conservation

Ecologists Identify Migratory Canada Geese in Hudson Crash

Using forensic data from feather remains, scientists have identified the birds that caused the Jan. 15 airline crash into the Hudson River as migratory Canada…

Physics & Astronomy

Freestanding Nanoparticle Films: A Breakthrough in Innovation

­In the last 25 years, ever since scientists figured out how to create nanoparticles ­ ultrafine particles with diameters less than 100 nanometers ­ they have…

Environmental Conservation

Innovative Research Beyond Tailpipe Emissions Unveiled

Published today in IOP Publishing's Environmental Research Letters, Monday, June 8, 2009, researchers from the Department of Civil and Environmental…

Life & Chemistry

How Snakes Slither on Flat Terrain: New Study Insights

Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, run counter to previous studies that have shown snakes…

Life & Chemistry

Cells’ Internal Timekeeper: New Insights from Research

But this fungus has an internal, cell-based timekeeper nearly as sophisticated as a human’s, allowing UT Southwestern Medical Center physiologists to study…

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