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Life & Chemistry

Genetic Variant Links Poor Bypass Surgery Response

Research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Critical Care links the TT genotype of the IL-18 9545 T/G polymorphism with a larger…

Studies and Analyses

Anxiety and Depression: Impact on Pregnancy Treatment Rates

Dr Bea Lintsen, a physician at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (The Netherlands), and her colleagues…

Life & Chemistry

Exposure to perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) may reduce women’s fertility

The study published online in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction [1] today (Thursday 29 January) found that women who had higher…

Studies and Analyses

Study Links Preterm Birth to Autism Spectrum Disorder

The early symptoms of ASD are also associated with other conditions related to preterm births, such as cerebral palsy, which can make it difficult to correctly…

Environmental Conservation

Emperor Penguins Face Extinction: New Research Insights

The paper, co-authored by five researchers including WHOI biologists Stephanie Jenouvrier and Hal Caswell, uses mathematical models to predict the effect on…

Physics & Astronomy

Helium Rains: New Insights into Jovian Planet Interiors

By determining the properties of hydrogen-helium mixtures at the millions of atmospheres of pressure present in the interior of Saturn and Jupiter, physicists…

Studies and Analyses

Mental Shortcuts: Study Reveals Impact on Consumer Choices

When our minds are filled with other tasks, product choices become less likely to reflect our authentic goals, write authors Aimee Drolet (UCLA), Mary Frances…

Life & Chemistry

Hoarding rainwater could “dramatically” expand range of dengue-fever mosquito

According to the study, published in the new issue of the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ecology, climate change and evolutionary change could…

Earth Sciences

Danube Delta Holds Answers to ‘Noah’s Flood’ Debate

A geologist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and two Romanian colleagues report in the January issue of Quaternary Science Reviews that, if…

Health & Medicine

Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

Described in the February issue of the journal Human Gene Therapy the findings stem from a study of two patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis conducted in…

Physics & Astronomy

Smallest Quantum Dots Enable Real-World Applications

Quantum dots have extraordinary electronic properties, like the ability to bottle-up normally slippery and speedy electrons. This allows controlled…

Life & Chemistry

First Vertebrate with Mirror Eyes Discovered by Researchers

Florida Atlantic University researcher and member of the Center for Ocean Exploration and Deep-Sea Research at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Dr….

Life & Chemistry

‘White-eyes’ Form New Species Faster than Any Other Bird

A family of island-dwelling birds form new species faster than any other known bird, according to a University of Kansas researcher who used modern genetic…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Uncover Compound to Release Trapped Cholesterol

The findings shed light on how cholesterol is transported through the cells of the body and suggest a possible therapeutic target for Niemann-Pick type C…

Life & Chemistry

Inherited Traits Shape Your Social Networks: A New Study

This is the first study to examine the inherited characteristics of social networks and to establish a genetic role in the formation and configuration of these…

Corporate News

Siemens Wins Contract for SSAB’s New Vacuum Tank Facility

Siemens is scheduled to complete the VTD project in May 2010. This VTD project is part of a major investment program announced by SSAB in August 2008 with the…

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