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Earth Sciences

Understanding Steric Sea Level Rise: 1955-2003 Insights

The warming of the world ocean is consistent with the amount of warming expected as a result of the observed increase in greenhouse gases in earth's…

Earth Sciences

Ice Sheet Melting: Greenland and Antarctic Rates Uncertain

In the past, the Greenland ice sheet has grown when its surroundings cooled, shrunk when its surroundings warmed and even disappeared completely when the…

Earth Sciences

New Study Links Climate Change to Cardiac Fibrillation

In the current issue of the Scientific Journal Nature Geoscience a group of Norwegian, Swiss and German geoscientists prove that before the set-in of the…

Physics & Astronomy

Cosmological Simulations: Unlocking Secrets of the Universe

Di Matteo will present an overview of her cosmological simulations as part of the “Big, Small, and Everything in Between: Simulating Our World Using Scientific…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Plant Diversity: Cracking the Species Code

It is easy to overlook this fact because they have become discretely embedded into our everyday lives. Plants provide us with food, medicines, and raw…

Event News

ECO 2009: Discover Insights at the 17th European Congress on Obesity

Register now for Europe’s premier obesity conferenceThe 17th European Congress on Obesity (ECO) will take place at the RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre in…

Environmental Conservation

Gdansk Boosts Baltic Sea Innovation with BioBaltica Partnership

The Baltic Center for Biotechnology and Innovative Diagnostics, BioBaltica, was established in 2008 as a joint venture between the Medical University of…

Studies and Analyses

New Drug Lowers Death Rate in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

Results from the ATHENA trial, reported in the 12th February issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest that the (as yet unlicensed) antiarrhythmic…

Information Technology

Schools Exchange Resources Through Innovative European Program

Information technology makes it possible for children to learn in a more active and engaged way than conventional teaching methods. But good digital teaching…

Life & Chemistry

Parasite Wasps: Nature’s Ancient Gene Therapy Uncovered

The genes from these viral particles have now been identified in the wasp's own genome by a team at the Institut de recherche sur la biologie de l'insecte…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Find Key Enzyme Gatekeeper for Biological Processes

The article in which the team reports its finding has been declared Paper of the Week by the Journal of Biological Chemistry, an honour given to only one in…

Life & Chemistry

Widespread Gut Parasites in Norway: A Zoonotic Concern

Some species and genotypes of Cryptosporidium and Giardia are important zooneses, as they occur in both animals and man. Zooneses are diseases that may be…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Secure right of usage more important than ownership to China's forest farmers

Well, it is not private ownership of the land that makes them invest. What Chinese farmers value most and what attracts them to investments that can raise…

Materials Sciences

New High Critical Temperature Superconductors Explained

Other participants in the study are Ibério de P. R. Moreira (UB) and Jacek C. Wojdel, currently at the ICMAB-CSIC. The study was carried out with the…

Awards Funding

TMS Launches New Award for Materials Science Innovation

As a way to build on his everlasting impact on the electrochemical industry, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Foundation has established the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

High-Yield Plant Breeding: Identifying Key Mega-Targets

Promoting genetic diversity in crops is traditional practice for agriculture professionals, and with today’s technology, scientists are able to develop…

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