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Life & Chemistry

How Prefrontal Cortex Activation Boosts Working Memory

Psychologists and neurologists invest considerable effort in the study of working memory. In terms of information retention, there is a difference between…

Environmental Conservation

Scripps Scientists Decode Tropical Sea’s Mysterious Green Glow

Many longtime sailors have been mesmerized by the dazzling displays of green light often seen below the ocean surface in tropical seas. Now researchers at…

Life & Chemistry

Butterfly Wings: Balancing Beauty and Survival in Nature

Trying to find the balance between these two crucial behaviors is one of nature’s oldest dilemmas, according to Jeffrey Oliver, a postdoctoral associate in…

Health & Medicine

Medication Shows Promise for Portal Hypertension Treatment

The drug is already approved in several countries for treatment of kidney and liver cancer, and it may be time to consider it for patients suffering from…

Studies and Analyses

New Studies Explore Innovations in Hepatitis B and C Elimination

Both HBV and HCV are global health problems. They can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer and they cause millions of deaths each year. Treatments to contain or…

Environmental Conservation

NOAA Warns: Flame Retardants Threaten U.S. Coastal Ecosystems

The new findings are in contrast to analysis of samples as far back as 1996 that identified PBDEs in only a limited number of sites around the nation. Based on…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Change’s Impact on Infectious Diseases: New Insights

Recent research has predicted that climate change may expand the scope of human infectious diseases. A new review, however, argues that climate change may have…

Earth Sciences

Simulations and Ancient Magnetism Suggest Mantle Plumes May Bend Deep Beneath Earth's Crust

Scientists believe mantle plumes are responsible for some of the Earth's most dramatic geological features, such as the Hawaiian islands and Yellowstone…

Materials Sciences

PolyU Secures $9M for Nanostructured Materials Research

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has recently received research funding totaling more than $9 million from the Research Grants Council (RGC), the…

Information Technology

‘Brain’ developed for low-cost PC-based grading of tomatoes and eggs

GRADES ARE IMPORTANTIn most countries, including the Philippines, many agricultural products are still graded using a standard criterion. In tomatoes, color is…

Earth Sciences

Arctic Ice Loss: Predictions Show Major Decline in 30 Years

A new analysis of computer models coupled with the most recent summer ice measurements indicates that the Arctic might lose most of its ice cover in summer in…

Awards Funding

Young Journalists Compete at Hannover Messe 2024

And as one of the world’s preeminent industrial exhibitions, this year's Hannover Messe is once again the perfect location to do this. In April, young…

Machine Engineering

New High Torque Gear Units for Steel and Cement Industries

With its high torque range, the new gear units are especially suited for applications in the steel and cement industries, conveyor systems, and sugar…

Health & Medicine

Study Links Bigger Bodies to Atrial Fibrillation Risk

The results are being published in the latest issue of the European Heart Journal.The study was initiated in 1970. Over 7,000 men living in Gothenburg aged…

Corporate News

Bausch & Lomb and 20/10 Perfect Vision Finalize Refractive Surgery Joint Venture

The new company ¯ Technolas Perfect Vision ¯ combines the refractive eye surgery assets of both businesses, and will utilize its global service and support…

Life & Chemistry

MDC Researchers Prevent Virus Induced Myocarditis – First Studies in Mice

In mice, Dr. Yu Shi, Chen Chen, and Professor Michael Gotthardt of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, have now…

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