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Physics & Astronomy

Inexpensive CD Plastic Set to Enhance Aircraft and Electronics

If one University of Houston professor has his way, the inexpensive plastic now used to manufacture CDs and DVDs will one day soon be put to use in improving…

Studies and Analyses

New Studies Unravel Circadian Rhythms at Dartmouth Medical School

Dartmouth Medical School geneticists have made new inroads into understanding the regulatory circuitry of the biological clock that synchronizes the ebb and…

Materials Sciences

Researchers closer to the ultimate green 'fridge magnet'

Magnetic refrigeration technology could provide a 'green' alternative to traditional energy-guzzling gas-compression fridges and air conditioners. They would…

Studies and Analyses

Hurricane Katrina: Flooding Impact and Fatalities Explained

Most of the deaths were caused by drowning or physical trauma from debris or building collapse. Some victims who remained in the flood zone in attics or floors…

Environmental Conservation

Plant Life Discovery on Boston Harbor Islands Aims to Combat Invasive Species

The recent findings by a team of Northeastern University ecologists studying plant life on the Boston Harbor Islands may advance societal efforts to stem the…

Health & Medicine

New Drug Targets Vascular Growth in Aggressive Thyroid Cancer

At the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Mayo investigators report that cancer in about two-thirds of 37 patients with…

Physics & Astronomy

Nonblinking Semiconductor Nanocrystals Enhance Applications

This discovery recently announced by scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), University of Rochester, Cornell University and Eastman Kodak Company…

Life & Chemistry

Ancient Termite Biology Revealed in Amber Discovery

The findings were made by George Poinar, an Oregon State University researcher and international expert on life forms found in amber. It was just published in…

Health & Medicine

Immunotherapy Boosts Neuroblastoma Treatment in Children

A phase III study has shown that adding an antibody-based therapy that harnesses the body's immune system resulted in a 20 percent increase in the number of…

Life & Chemistry

Genital Stimulation Reveals Female Choice in Tsetse Flies

“To the best of our knowledge, this was the first study to look at female choice following experimental manipulation of both male and female genitalia,” said…

Studies and Analyses

Researchers gain genome-wide insights into patterns of the world's human population structures

Through sophisticated statistical analyses and advanced computer simulations, researchers are learning more about the genomic patterns of human population…

Earth Sciences

Andes Mountains: New Insights on Their Ancient Origins

The geologic faults responsible for the rise of the eastern Andes mountains in Colombia became active 25 million years ago—18 million years before the…

Physics & Astronomy

Controllable Double Quantum Dots in Ultraclean Nanotubes

This was made possible by a new approach for producing ultraclean nanotubes. Moreover, the team of researchers, under the leadership of Spinoza winner Leo…

Physics & Astronomy

DNA Analysis Enhanced by Nanopore Technology Advances

Molecular biologists, including the cool dudes from CSI, use gel electrophoresis to separate DNA fragments from each other in order to analyse the DNA. A team…

Life & Chemistry

Chronic Infection Linked to Immune Protein Insights

Research up to now has tried but failed to decipher the cross-talk between 'killer T-cells' and 'helper T-cells' in the fight against viruses. The new UAB…

Life & Chemistry

Genes Impact Smoking Cessation Efforts During Pregnancy

Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Bristol, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children and the Exeter…

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