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Life & Chemistry

New Protein Boosts Cell Death, Opening Doors for Cancer Research

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified a small intracellular protein that helps cells commit suicide. The…

Environmental Conservation

Jumbo-Sized Discovery: 631 Asian Elephants in Taman Negara

WCS and DWNP researchers estimate that there are 631 Asian elephants living in Taman Negara National Park – a 4,343 square kilometer (1,676 square mile)…

Information Technology

More Chip Cores May Slow Down Supercomputing, Study Finds

The worldwide attempt to increase the speed of supercomputers merely by increasing the number of processor cores on individual chips unexpectedly worsens…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Nations Growing Biofuel Crops Face Unexpected Yield Challenges

That’s according to a study led by Matt Johnston and Tracey Holloway of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Jon…

Environmental Conservation

Global Temperature Report – December 2008

Global temperatures during 2008 were influenced by a La Nina Pacific Ocean cooling event. Global trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.13 C per decadeDecember…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Captures Stunning Nebula Within Open Cluster NGC 2818

NGC 2818 is one of very few planetary nebulae in our galaxy located within an open cluster. Open clusters, in general, are loosely bound and they disperse over…

Studies and Analyses

Socially Stable Individuals Delay Help for Alcohol Issues

Working actively to intervene at an early stage in order to prevent alcohol problems and to thereby promote public health is of great importance, says Kristina…

Health & Medicine

Newborn Screening Test Saves Lives in Heart Disease Cases

A study performed by researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy shows that routine screening of the oxygen level in the blood of all newborns increases the…

Technology Offerings

Enhancing Adhesion: New Plasma Hand-Held Unit Unveiled

This invention is developed for non contact treatment of surfaces of different materials to get more adhesive power between a material and a coating.Further…

Life & Chemistry

New Biomarker Identified: Insights from Recent Research

These findings, which appear in the on-line early edition of journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may lead to a new, relatively…

Life & Chemistry

Fruit Flies and Humans: Unlikely Sleep Research Partners

You may never hear fruit flies snore, but rest assured that when you're asleep they are too. According to research published in the January 2009 issue of the…

Automotive Engineering

Micro-Hybrid Tech to Reduce Emissions in European Cars

This second-generation starter alternator reversible system (StARS) is intended to enable the European automotive industry to meet new EU emissions legislation…

Life & Chemistry

New Forensic Technique Revives Decade-Old Murder Case

Dr John Bond, Scientific Support Manager at Northamptonshire Police and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester Forensic Research Centre, is…

Health & Medicine

Unscreeened Children Face Higher Mortality Rates in Western Götaland

No children died at home with undiagnosed heart disease in the Western Götaland region during the study period, compared with five deaths in the home in the…

Physics & Astronomy

International Year of Astronomy 2009 Opens at UN Ceremony

The official Opening Ceremony for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) began today. It is taking place at the United Nations Educational,…

Social Sciences

Economic Change: Balancing Growth and Health Costs

Countries seeking to make massive changes in the way their economies are run, for example by privatising formerly state-run sectors, must take into account the…

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