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Life & Chemistry

New Biomarkers Improve Chikungunya Fever Severity Detection

Three specific biomarkers provide an accurate indication of the severity of Chikungunya fever (CHIKF), which is emerging as a threat in South-East Asia, the…

Medical Engineering

Innovations for Women’s Health with the Magnetom Espree – Pink, the new dedicated MR breast scanner

Siemens Healthcare exhibits its latest solutions in the field of Magnetic Resonance (MR) for Oncology at the European Radiology Congress ECR 2009 in Vienna. The syngo TimCT Oncology application enables not only comprehensive patient examinations within an extreme short examination time, it can also eliminate the need for multiple examinations with other modalities. The syngo Tissue 4D software supports tissue differentiation of prostate cancer. …

Health & Medicine

Impact of Parental Depression on Children’s Well-Being

It is therefore important for the health services to be aware of this and have support functions in place for the whole family, and not just for the person who…

Studies and Analyses

U of I Study: Why Diet Quality Matters for Your Goals

“Our latest study shows you have a better chance of achieving all these goals if you follow a diet that is moderately high in protein,” said Donald Layman, a…

Life & Chemistry

Cats' Eye Diseases Genetically Linked to Diseases in Humans

About one in 3,500 people are affected with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a disease of the retina's visual cells that eventually leads to blindness. Now, a…

Earth Sciences

Olympus Mons: Unraveling Mars’ Mountain Mysteries

The Martian volcano Olympus Mons is about three times the height of Mount Everest, but it's the small details that Rice University professors Patrick McGovern…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Pure Fructose vs. High Fructose Corn Syrup

As researchers continue to examine the role of sweeteners in the diet, it's important that people understand the differences among various ingredients used in…

Life & Chemistry

Blind Mole Rat Offers New Insights in Cancer Research

If someone ever calls you a “dirty rat,” consider it a compliment. A new discovery published online in the FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) shows that…

Life & Chemistry

Innovative Strategies for Staying Cool Under Stress

It is often assumed that remaining flexible by trying different strategies when negotiating a difficult interaction is optimal, but this may not be the case if…

Health & Medicine

New Tools Enhance Drug Dosage Accuracy for HIV/AIDS, Malaria

Registered pharmacist Daniel Röshammar has in his thesis studied the optimal use of certain pharmaceutical substances that are used to combat HIV/AIDS and…

Life & Chemistry

Giraffes vs. Dachshunds: Why Their Walking Styles Differ

At first they can hardly move forward, then they start to crawl and finally – after having stood up straight by themselves for the first time – they are filled…

Life & Chemistry

Male scent drives moth's evolution

It may be these different smells that contribute to the formation of new species. This is shown in a new study from Lund University in Sweden.It was previously…

Health & Medicine

Parental Influence Key to Reducing Teenage Smoking Rates

The study is based on data from three national surveys made by the National Board of Health and Welfare in 1987, Swedish National Institute of Public Health in…

Awards Funding

Student Developer of Versatile “G-gels” Wins $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Prize

A student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method for harnessing the enormous potential of nanoparticles, which could lead to a new…

Earth Sciences

Exploring Ocean Expeditions: Drilling and Rescues at Sea

What’s it like to be on a ship in winter in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean? USC College geobiologist Katrina Edwards is finding out –- as will readers of her…

Awards Funding

Impact Specialist Melosh to Deliver Shoemaker Lecture at ASU

As part of the honor, Melosh will deliver the annual Shoemaker Memorial lecture at 7:30 p.m. March 4 at ASU. The title of his talk is “Our Catastrophic Solar…

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