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Life & Chemistry

Why Flu Can Turn Deadly: Key Insights from Researchers

As the swine flu continues its global spread, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have discovered important clues about why…

Life & Chemistry

Targeted Gene Suppression in Cancer Cells – Four-in-One

As they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, their work involves magnetic iron oxide particles with a fluorescence dye, RNA fragments, and a special…

Health & Medicine

Lung Cancer Screening Methods and Their Impact on Survival Rates

The study was published in the May issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Fermi Explores High-energy "Space Invaders"

“Fermi's Large Area Telescope is a state-of-the-art gamma-ray detector, but it's also a terrific tool for investigating the high-energy electrons in cosmic…

Earth Sciences

New Evidence Challenges Asteroid Theory of Dinosaur Extinction

A Princeton University geoscientist who has stirred controversy with her studies challenging a popular theory that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs has…

Studies and Analyses

Childhood Obesity Linked to Allergies: New Study Insights

The study published in the May issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology showed that obese children and adolescents are at increased risk of…

Life & Chemistry

Atoms in Proximity: Understanding Chemical Bonding Models

The description of compounds and interactions between atoms is one of the basic objectives of chemistry. Admittedly, chemical bonding models, which describe…

Health & Medicine

Researchers surprised by similar structures in Sanfilippo syndrome and Alzheimer's disease

Researchers seeking to understand the causes of a rare genetic lysosomal storage disease, Sanfilippo syndrome type B, were surprised to find protein…

Studies and Analyses

Memory grows less efficient very early in Alzheimer's disease

Even very early in Alzheimer's disease, people become less efficient at separating important from less important information, a new study has found. Knowing…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Linked to Acetaminophen Liver Injury Uncovered

But likely due to genetics, even the recommended dose can induce serious liver damage in a significant number of people. In a study published online in Genome…

Life & Chemistry

FIZ Karlsruhe now markets in-house version of USGENE®, the USPTO Genetic Sequences Database, in Europe

For the purpose of promoting the USGENE® in-house version more effectively in Europe, US-based SequenceBase Corporation and FIZ Karlsruhe have entered into an…

Social Sciences

Swine Flu Outbreak: Global Isolation Measures in Response

Hotel guests are being isolated at a hotel in Hong Kong, and people with the sniffles are being isolated in airports around the world. But before the outbreak…

Business and Finance

Grain Prices Bounce Back After Flu-Linked Drop

Darrel Good says corn, soybean and wheat prices dropped sharply this week in the first trading session after reports of a virus in Mexico that was spreading…

Earth Sciences

World's Largest Tornado Experiment Heads for Great Plains

The collaborative international project, involving scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and a number of other organizations,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Seeds: The Key to Sustainable Food Security Solutions

With each passing year, the human population of our planet continues to expand. This growth has created a wide ranging strain on our water and soil resources,…

Life & Chemistry

Texas Tech Patents Process for Toxic Chemical Wipes

The process used to create nonwoven toxic chemical decontamination wipes, such as Texas Tech University’s Fibertect™, recently received a patent from the…

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