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Health & Medicine

Automated Screening Could Cut Unnecessary Breast Cancer Surgeries

The technique, which is based on the density of cells seen on a microscope slide, may eventually lead to better ways for surgeons to determine if they have…

Life & Chemistry

New Target for Hypertension Treatment Discovered by LSUHSC Researchers

The LSUHSC research team showed that Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) helps preserve the function of a key spontaneous reflex involved in blood pressure…

Environmental Conservation

Ocean Islands Boost Productivity and Carbon Sequestration

The research, conducted by an international team led by Raymond Pollard of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, and included Matthew Charette, a…

Health & Medicine

Stress Linked to Faster Melanoma Growth, Blood Pressure Drugs May Help

But the same new research that infers this also suggests that the use of commonly prescribed blood pressure medicines might slow the development of those…

Environmental Conservation

U of T Technique Advances Groundwater Contamination Cleanup

“The most common method to clean-up groundwater is biodegradation — using microbes to consume the contaminants and break them down into more benign end…

Physics & Astronomy

Stanford writes in world's smallest letters

Stanford researchers have reclaimed bragging rights for creating the world's smallest writing, a distinction the university first gained in 1985 and lost in…

Life & Chemistry

New Discovery Opens Doors for Allergy Drug Innovations

If you've ever wondered why some allergic reactions progress quickly and may even become fatal, a new research report published in the February 2009 issue of…

Process Engineering

Blue Light Destroys MRSA: New Hope Against Antibiotic Resistance

Two common strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA, were virtually eradicated in the laboratory by exposing them to a…

Business and Finance

Take a Penny, Leave a Penny — Pay the Tax?

They sit next to cash registers in stores across America, little cardboard boxes or styrofoam cups or old plastic ashtrays.”Take a penny, leave a penny,” they…

Environmental Conservation

Lowering Bird Strikes: Innovations to Protect Airports

“It is very important to get IDs on species that are struck,” he said. “If we don’t know which birds are struck then we don’t know how to prevent it.”The…

Environmental Conservation

New Research Reveals Hidden Lion Stronghold in Central Africa

And yet, the profusion of prey in the region could potentially support more than 900 individuals of the emblematic African lion, according to new research –…

Environmental Conservation

Pole-to-Pole Flights Capture Global Greenhouse Gas Insights

A team of scientists has successfully flown from the Arctic to the Antarctic this month aboard an advanced research aircraft, the first step in a three-year…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Identify Protein That May Explain ‘Healthy’ Obesity

The fat but healthy mice lacked a protein called collagen VI, which normally surrounds fat cells and limits how large they can grow, like a cage around a water…

Life & Chemistry

Mercury and High Fructose: Insights from Recent Reports

In summary we found:The IATP report and Environmental Health article it references fall well below standards for proper scientific research and published…

Transportation and Logistics

"SnowMan" Software Developed at UB Helps Keep Snow Drifts Off the Road

Snow that blows and drifts across roadways has long troubled road maintenance crews and commuters alike, creating treacherous driving conditions and requiring…

Materials Sciences

Water Lilies Inspire New Large-Scale Graphene Films

But in order to construct new materials and devices, researchers first need to understand how these tiny units interact with each other. One such building…

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