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Maternal Depression Linked to Infant Sleep Disturbances

A study in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that babies born to mothers with depression are more likely to suffer from significant sleep…

Life & Chemistry

Goldfish Pain Perception: Insights From New Research

Joseph Garner, an assistant professor of animal sciences, helped develop a test that found goldfish do feel pain, and their reactions to it are much like that…

Earth Sciences

Polar 5 Completes Arctic Expedition for Climate Research

The Arctic campaign PAM-ARCMIP (Pan-Arctic Measurements and Arctic Climate Model Intercomparison Project) ended yesterday in Ottawa with the participation of…

Social Sciences

Exploring Gender Roles in Popular Couples Therapy Insights

Popular therapists give advice about the art of succeeding as a couple. The sociologist Sara Eldén at Lund University in Sweden has found that the advice these…

Studies and Analyses

Endoscopic Surgery Alleviates Chronic Sinusitis Symptoms

In the May issue of Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery, researchers found that symptoms usually associated with the chronic condition, including nasal…

Life & Chemistry

Dolphins Exhibit 24/7 Visual and Auditory Vigilance

What is more, the mammals seem to be able to remain continually vigilant for sounds for days on end. All of this made Ridgway and his colleagues from San Diego…

Physics & Astronomy

New Limits on Hypothetical Particles from Atomic Physics Study

In a forthcoming Physical Review Letters article, a group of physicists at the University of Nevada, Reno are reporting a refined analysis of experiments on…

Health & Medicine

Breakthrough Drug Delivery Targets Resistant Staph Infections

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have combined their revolutionary new drug-delivery system with a powerful…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Lasers Detect Melamine in Baby Formula: A New Method

Using infrared lasers and light spectroscopy methods, Lisa Mauer, an associate professor of food science, was able to detect melamine in baby formula at one…

Corporate News

Siemens Launches New Reverse Osmosis System for Offshore Water

The new system can be used on offshore platforms and drilling rigs to generate high quality water on-board – water normally transported to the platform. By…

Corporate News

Siemens’ new pulsed-bed walnut shell filter offers small footprint for offshore oil/water separation applications

The proprietary filter design requires no moving equipment to perform backwashes, and greatly reduces the volume of backwash water produced when compared to…

Health & Medicine

Chlamydia Linked to Arthritis: Insights on Inflammatory Conditions

It includes ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel-disease-related arthritis, reactive arthritis (ReA) and undifferentiated…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Confirms LC-MS for Measuring Leukemia Markers

The study shows that liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) can measure variations in histones, which are spool-like proteins that help support and…

Studies and Analyses

NASA's electronic nose may provide neurosurgeons with a new weapon against brain cancer

Neurosurgeons from the City of Hope Cancer Center, along with scientists from the Brain Mapping Foundation in West Hollywood and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory…

Physics & Astronomy

CU-Boulder Finds Unexpected Magnesium in Mercury Flyby

Scientists had suspected magnesium would be present, but were surprised at its distribution and abundance, said Senior Research Associate William McClintock of…

Physics & Astronomy

Computer hackers R.I.P. — making quantum cryptography practical

Published as part of IOP Publishing's New Journal of Physics' Focus Issue on 'Quantum Cryptography: Theory and Practice', the journal paper, 'Practical…

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