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Health & Medicine

Bacteria’s PARF Motif Offers Hope for Children with Heart Issues

These bacteria carry a special protein sequence, the so-called PARF motif, on their surface. In the renowned journal PLoS ONE Singh Chhatwal and his colleague…

Health & Medicine

New Lung Disease Diagnosis Linked to Key Protein Discovery

Researchers at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital have identified a protein in the lungs that is important to the immune defense system in an…

Information Technology

Computer-Assisted Learning: Merging Fun With Education

Electronic media are playing an increasingly more important role in education and training. School and universities are availing of these new educational…

Life & Chemistry

Unfolding 'nature's origami'

The body's proteins carry out numerous functions and play a crucial role in the growth, repair and workings of cells. Sheena Radford, Professor of Structural…

Studies and Analyses

Effective Program Educates Parents on Shaken Baby Syndrome

New studies in the United States and Canada show that educational materials aimed at preventing shaken baby syndrome increased knowledge of new mothers about…

Studies and Analyses

Water Method Enhances Quality of Uns sedated Colonoscopy Prep

In recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month during March, GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has put out a special issue on colonoscopy for…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomy's bright future

Many of those challenges are purely scientific, including the quest to clarify the true nature of dark matter and dark energy; the search for extra-terrestrial…

Life & Chemistry

USC Study Links Gene Variant to Autism and Gut Issues

A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) and Vanderbilt University have identified a specific gene variant that links…

Studies and Analyses

Kids Prefer Contact Lenses Over Glasses for Better Look

The results suggest that nearsighted children as young as 8 years old reap social benefits from wearing contact lenses instead of glasses, researchers say.In…

Environmental Conservation

Airborne Ecologists: Balancing Africa’s Delicate Ecosystem

But managing these ecosystems and balancing the interests of the large charismatic mammals with those of other species has been a perpetual challenge for park…

Health & Medicine

Prenatal Diagnosis Advances for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

Earlier, the Center for Human Genetics team published the first molecular prenatal diagnosis of TSC. The current study details the sequencing of the TSC genes…

Studies and Analyses

Invasive Species Threaten Salmon in the Pacific Northwest

Many native fishes in the Pacific Northwest are threatened or endangered, notably salmonids, and hundreds of millions of dollars are expended annually on…

Studies and Analyses

TV Viewing Under 2: No Cognitive Benefits in Infants

A longitudinal study of infants from birth to age 3 showed TV viewing before the age of 2 does not improve a child's language and visual motor skills,…

Health & Medicine

Vitamin B12 Deficiency Linked to Neural Tube Defects

Children born to women who have low blood levels of vitamin B12 shortly before and after conception may have an increased risk of a neural tube defect,…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Variant Linked to Cocaine Dependence and Paranoia

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Yale University School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, have…

Earth Sciences

Recent Water Activity Revealed in Mars’ Young Gullies

Gullies are known to be young surface features on Mars. But scientists studying the planet have struggled with locating gullies they can conclusively date. In…

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