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Earth Sciences

New Insights Into Moon’s Development from Crystal Research

On the basis of these crystals the researchers have gained important new insights into the history of the moon's development. Their results are presented in…

Information Technology

IPv6 Contest: Seeking Innovative Ideas for Internet Transition

This way the transition to the new rules of data traffic on the Internet will take place in an efficient manner and on a large scale. The German IPv6 Council,…

Earth Sciences

Off-the-Shelf Maps Enhance Volcanic Hazard Mitigation

When volcanoes erupt, pinpointing the regions at high risk for lethal hazards and deciding whether or not to evacuate a resistant population comprise the most…

Power and Electrical Engineering

University of Miami Engineer Unveils Stretchable Electronics

Jizhou Song, a professor in the University of Miami College of Engineering and his collaborators Professor John Rogers, at the University of Illinois and…

Environmental Conservation

Termite Insecticide: A Strong Greenhouse Gas Concern

An insecticide used to fumigate termite-infested buildings is a strong greenhouse gas that lives in the atmosphere nearly 10 times longer than previously…

Health & Medicine

New Protease Inhibitor Shows Promise for Diabetic Retinopathy

In the published study, led by Edward P. Feener, Ph.D., an Investigator in the Section on Vascular Cell Biology at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Associate…

Studies and Analyses

Oral Steroids Ineffective for Preschool Virus-Induced Wheezing

The findings, reported in the January edition of The New England Journal of Medicine, call into question national guidelines for the treatment of viral-induced…

Health & Medicine

New Urine Test Detects Kidney Transplant Failure Risk

A new and simple urine test can detect polyomavirus nephropathy, a relatively new and serious complication that affects up to 9% of kidney transplant…

Studies and Analyses

Enhancing Food Quality with Nano-Packaging and Additives

A study by the Centre for Technology Assessment TA-SWISS provides an overview of nanomaterials already used in the food sector. The study assesses these…

Health & Medicine

In-Flight Emergencies: Key Findings from Recent Research

Michael Sand led a team of researchers from the University of Bochum, Germany, and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), who analysed 10,189…

Physics & Astronomy

C1XS Discovers First X-Ray Signal from the Moon

In orbit around the Moon on the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, C1XS detected the X-ray signal from a region near the Apollo landing sites on December 12th 2008 at…

Studies and Analyses

Smoke-Free Choices: Quitting Alone vs. Group Support

Researchers from the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies led by Dr Linda Bauld at Bath, along with colleagues from the University of Glasgow, have published…

Earth Sciences

Continents Act as Thermal Blankets, Impacting Climate Stability

In doing so, the continents function as a thermal blanket, which leads to an accumulation of heat underneath, and which in turn can cause the break-up of the…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Provides Further Evidence That Apple Juice Can Delay Onset of Alzheimer's Disease

Thomas B. Shea, PhD, of the Center for Cellular Neurobiology; Neurodegeneration Research University of Massachusetts, Lowell and his research team have carried…

Social Sciences

‘Abusive behaviour’ towards people with dementia by family carers is common

The paper authors feel that this is unsurprising, as most people with dementia are being cared for by dedicated family or friends, often with little support. Dr Claudia Cooper, UCL Department of Mental Health Sciences and lead author of the study, said: “Many people think about elder abuse in terms of “lashing out” and other similar acts, but abuse as defined by government guidelines* can be as simple as shouting or swearing at the person being cared for.” …

Studies and Analyses

Schizophrenic patients’ frozen faces harm social interactions

Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions have shown that deficits in non-verbal expressivity in schizophrenia…

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