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New Study Links Gene Variants to Early Heart Attack Risk

The largest study ever completed of genetic factors associated with heart attacks has identified nine genetic regions – three not previously described – that…

Studies and Analyses

Key Factor Discovered in Bone Breakdown Control

This mediator, which acts on cells that degrade bone, may provide a new target for scientists developing therapies and preventions for bone-degenerating…

Environmental Conservation

Rural Community Proves Green Heating Oil Is a Viable Option

Like two million homes across the UK and Ireland, the properties depend on heating oil for warmth and hot water, and the aim of the UEA trial is to prove that…

Life & Chemistry

Case Western Study Links Gene Deficiency to Autism Risk

It is estimated that three to six out of every 1,000 children in the United States have autism – and the number of diagnosed cases is rising. Autism is one of…

Physics & Astronomy

First North American Antenna Boosts ALMA Observatory’s Work

Astronomers today celebrated the formal acceptance of the first North American antenna by the Joint ALMA Observatory. ALMA, the Atacama Large…

Health & Medicine

Scripps Scientists Enhance Understanding of Two Blindness Types

The work, led by Scripps Research Professor Martin Friedlander, M.D., Ph.D., was reported in an advance, online edition of the Journal of Clinical…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Norway Invests Billions in Renewable Energy Research Centers

The eight research centres will focus on topics ranging from wind, solar and bioenergy to CO2 capture and storage and zero-energy housing, and research groups…

Life & Chemistry

Infectious Hereditary Illness? Insights on Huntington’s Disease

Researchers at the CNRS Laboratoire d’enzymologie et biochimie structurales, studying Huntington’s disease in collaboration with Professor Ron Kopito’s team at…

Studies and Analyses

Eosinophils: Key Biomarkers in Asthma Research Advancements

In the study, the Icelandic company Decode Genetics together with Helmholtz Zentrum München and a number of other international research institutes performed a…

Environmental Conservation

How Climate Change Influences Wildfire Patterns Over Millennia

The researchers analyzed the variation in wildfires in response to the abrupt climate change that took place between 13,000 and 11,000 years ago. The results…

Studies and Analyses

Postnatal Psychosis Risk Higher for Older First-Time Mothers

Unlike postnatal depression, a psychosis directly after childbirth (postpartal psychosis) is relatively rare, but can have serious, lasting consequences for…

Studies and Analyses

Soccer Players Voice Concerns Over Athletic Physique

Marta Arroyo, lead author of the study and researcher at the University of the Basque Country explained to SINC that “the initial hypothesis was that athletes…

Information Technology

Semantic Web: Enhancing the Smart Electricity Grid

Managing increasingly dispersed energy resources – from far-flung wind farms on remote mountaintops to racks of solar panels on suburban homes – is crucial if…

Health & Medicine

Non-Rejection Bioreabsorbable Scaffold for Jaw Implants

The Custom-Fit project is a technological research program involving 30 partners from 12 European countries. Its goal is the development a new manufacturing…

Physics & Astronomy

Herschel and Planck Spacecraft Prepare for Launch Site Move

On 6 February, ESA reviewed the status of the spacecraft and the results of the test campaigns that were carried out over the past year. Following the review,…

Science Education

Video Games as Educational Tools: Study Reveals Benefits

“Video games in virtual educational environments are a complement to traditional teaching for the student”, Pablo Moreno-Ger, lead author of the study and…

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