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Health & Medicine

New Device Keeps Food Bacteria-Free During Transport

Kevin Keener designed a device consisting of a set of high-voltage coils attached to a small transformer that generates a room-temperature plasma field inside…

Studies and Analyses

Study critiques corn-for-ethanol's carbon footprint

“Converting set-asides to corn-ethanol production is an inefficient and expensive greenhouse gas mitigation policy that should not be encouraged until…

Life & Chemistry

New potential therapeutic target discovered for genetic disorder — Barth syndrome

The new study entitled, “Role of calcium-independent phospholipase A2 in the pathogenesis of Barth syndrome”, was recently published in the Proceedings of the…

Business and Finance

Why Stock Market Trends Reflect Economic Health

While day-to-day ups and downs can be misleading, finance professor David Ikenberry says broader stock market trends are a good indicator of how the economy is…

Physics & Astronomy

Pluto’s Lower Atmosphere: Surprising Methane Discovery

The scientists found unexpectedly large amounts of methane in the atmosphere, and also discovered that the atmosphere is hotter than the surface by about 40…

Physics & Astronomy

Swift Satellite Quickly Detects Early Gamma Ray Bursts

Swift is able to both locate and point at gamma ray bursts (GRBs) far quicker than any other telescope, so by using its Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT)…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Giant Corn Biomass Achieved by Doubling Glossy 15 Gene

The gene known as Glossy 15 was originally described for its role in giving corn seedlings a waxy coating that acts like a sun screen for the young plant….

Studies and Analyses

Varenicline: A Dual Solution for Alcohol and Smoking Cravings

The group taking varenicline, sold as a stop-smoking aid under the name Chantix, reported feeling fewer cravings for alcohol and less intoxicated when they did…

Health & Medicine

Hope for Disfiguring Bone Disease: New Discovery Explained

Bones in the skulls and face of sufferers fuse together prematurely causing a range of distressing developmental problems. Some of the affected children also…

Health & Medicine

New Bird Flu Vaccine Boosts T Cell Immunity for Humans

The discovery, published today in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals how boosting T cell immunity could better protect…

Business and Finance

Regulation Changes in Financial Sector: Insights from UNH Expert

A professor at UNH’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics, Goldberg presented his analysis and recommendations at the “Emerging from the Financial…

Science Education

UIC Center Funds 7 Innovative Projects for Human Therapies

The center's pilot grant program looks for UIC projects that involve human subjects or facilitate human subject investigations and have clear, near-term…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Space Telescope: Public Votes for Next Target

The public has voted on where they want to aim their favorite space observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope.And the winner is-drum roll please–a pair of…

Life & Chemistry

New Technique Enhances Living Cell Study with Hopping Probes

The team, whose principal investigators include Gregory Frolenkov of the UK Department of Physiology, developed “hopping probe ion conductance microscopy,” in…

Physics & Astronomy

Galaxies in Gravitational Tug-of-War: A Hubble Discovery

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows three galaxies playing a game of gravitational tug-of-war that may result in the eventual demise of one of them.Located about 100 million light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus (the Southern Fish), the galaxy interaction may ultimately lead to the three reforming into two larger star cities….

Machine Engineering

Simatic PXI920: Compact Inductive Proximity Switch for Precision

The Simatic PXI920 has a compact M12 frame size and a high IP67 degree of protection. It measures object distances from 0 to 3 millimeters at a frequency of…

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