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Life & Chemistry

Impact of Increased UV Exposure on Bryophytes

As the first plant life to emerge from the water and develop on dry earth, bryophytes offer a unique opportunity for researchers to understand the development…

Materials Sciences

New Nanoporous Material Achieves Record Surface Area

The work, by a team led by associate professor of chemistry Adam Matzger, is described in a paper published online March 6 in the Journal of the American…

Information Technology

Signal opportunities on the slopes — with RFID

Until now, coaches and athletes have analyzed videos to identify weaknesses in technique. “An analysis was based more on instinct than concrete measured…

Process Engineering

Instant Control Boosts Laser Welding Precision and Efficiency

The laser beam moves over the slightly overlapping sheets and melts them in a spot measuring several tenths of a millimeter, producing a so called full…

Life & Chemistry

New Electric Signals in Plants Enhance Communication Systems

The scientists discovered this new kind of electrical signal transmission system by applying a novel method: Filamentary electrodes were inserted through open…

Medical Engineering

X-Ray-Free Catheter Insertion: A New Medical Innovation

Doctors can verify this and administer the necessary therapy with the help of a catheter, which is inserted into the body through a small incision in the groin…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Doughnuts: Manipulating Light with Excitons

The key to this new research is the “exciton”. This describes the pairing of an electron that has been kicked into a higher energy state by a photon, with a…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Solar Water Heating System: Quick Payback in 2 Years

An analysis of the engineering and economics for a solar water-heating system shows it to have a payback period of just two years, according to researchers in…

Information Technology

Peer-to-Peer Heart Monitoring: A New Era for Patient Care

The possibility of remote monitoring for chronically ill patients will soon become a reality. Now, researchers in South Africa and Australia have devised a…

Health & Medicine

Inflammation and Calcium Signaling Linked to Heart Attacks

A new study led by University of Iowa researchers has found an unexpected new link between this inflammation in heart muscle following a heart attack and a…

Life & Chemistry

UT Southwestern Identifies Key Receptor in E. Coli Infection

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center are the first to identify the receptor, known as QseE, which resides in a diarrhea-causing strain of E coli. The…

Studies and Analyses

Patients Cite Future Illness Fears Behind Aid-in-Dying Requests

Oregon patients who request physician aid in dying under Oregon's Death With Dignity Act often rate concerns about future illness symptoms as a leading…

Life & Chemistry

Aphids Enhance Survival with Bacterial Gene Borrowing

Buchnera are vital to the aphids well being as they provide essential amino acids that are scarce in its diet. Now research published in the open access…

Life & Chemistry

New Zealand Kiwifruit Reveals Unique Incipient Sex Chromosomes

Incipient sex chromosomes have been found in New Zealand's eponymous export, the kiwifruit. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have…

Studies and Analyses

Long-term effects of early Parkinson's treatments similar

“Clinicians and patients often struggle with what is the right initial approach to treating Parkinson's disease,” said University of Rochester Medical Center…

Studies and Analyses

BRCA Mutation: Women Choosing Prophylactic Mastectomy Options

Women at increased risk for breast cancer because of the genetic BRCA mutations are more likely to think a prophylactic mastectomy is the best way to reduce…

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