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Job Relocation Boosts Wages, Says University Researcher

This is revealed by Anders Boman, a researcher at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden in his thesis “Geographic…

Life & Chemistry

Weizmann Scientists Uncover Cancer Cells’ Chemotherapy Survival Secrets

What separates the few cancer cells that survive chemotherapy – leaving the door open to recurrence – from those that don't? Weizmann Institute scientists…

Health & Medicine

Weizmann Institute Develops Functional Artificial Nerve Networks

Scientists have already hooked brains directly to computers by means of metal electrodes, in the hope of both measuring what goes on inside the brain and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Scientists Discover Bacteria That Boost Plant Growth

Through work originally designed to remove contaminants from soil, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and their…

Materials Sciences

New Catalyst Boosts Efficiency in Ethanol Fuel Cells

The highly efficient catalyst performs two crucial, and previously unreachable steps needed to oxidize ethanol and produce clean energy in fuel cell reactions….

Earth Sciences

Tectonic Forces Shape The Dead Sea’s Unique Subsurface Dynamics

This deep subsidence is a result of a tectonic concurrence between processes in the upper lithosphere that led to subsiding and a compensating upward flow of…

Studies and Analyses

Stem Cells and ABC Transporters Boost Kidney Regeneration

Said project leader Dr. Rosalinde Masereeuw: 'To our surprise, our knockout mice for the ABC transporters P-gp and BCRP, P-gycoprotein and breast cancer…

Physics & Astronomy

Stone Impacts Water: Insights from High-Speed Imaging

They have observed precisely what happens using a super-fast camera and have made a computer simulation of the process. This shows how the jet is forced…

Physics & Astronomy

Centaurus A Black Hole Outflows Detected by APEX Telescope

The new data, from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope in Chile, which is operated by ESO, have been combined with visible and X-ray wavelengths…

Health & Medicine

Assessing Heart Disease Risks in Asymptomatic Young Adults

However, such stratification using the conventional risk estimation models may not be accurately achieved in individuals without symptoms, especially those in…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Reveals Social Factors in Avoiding Smoke Exposure

It is now known that non-whites experience more adverse pregnancy effects than do whites from smoking and ETS exposure. In an article published in the March…

Studies and Analyses

GPS data & Mobile Phone texts to give children’s voice to urban expansion

Now a new research project has been announced to help ensure that the needs and voices of children are considered in the shaping of those new developments.The…

Environmental Conservation

Ebro Valley Wild Boar: Shorter Lifespan and Faster Reproduction

Wild boar living in the Ebro Valley do not survive for as long as those living in the Pyrenees. These are the conclusions of a study carried out by a team of…

Studies and Analyses

Dermatitis Risk Rises in Humid, Rainy Cities

María Morales Suárez-Varela, who is the principal author of the study and a researcher at the University of Valencia, explains this to SINC, “the study…

Health & Medicine

Exercise Safely: Low-Level Activity Doesn’t Raise Osteoarthritis Risk

Exercise is an extremely popular leisure-time activity in many countries throughout the Western world and has for many become part of the modern lifestyle. It…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Climate Change’s Impact on Invasive Plants in Western U.S. May Create Restoration Opportunities, Future Perils

The study, “Climate change and plant invasions: restoration opportunities ahead?”, was co-authored by Bethany Bradley, a biogeographer, Michael Oppenheimer, a…

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