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Life & Chemistry

Dartmouth Researchers Discover New Protein Role in Cell Division

A group of Dartmouth researchers has found a new function for one of the proteins involved with chromosome segregation during cell division. Their finding adds…

Life & Chemistry

McGill researchers discover gene that increases susceptibility to Crohn's disease

Researchers at McGill University, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) and the McGill University and Génome Québec…

Health & Medicine

New Blue Light Tool Enhances Oral Hygiene Effectiveness

The toothbrush-sized product has a blue light at its tip, which, when shone around the mouth and viewed through yellow glasses with a red filter, allows plaque…

Physics & Astronomy

Discovering Planets Around Cool Stars: New £2.75M Research

Funded with £2.75 million from the European Commission, this research and technology network will focus on the search for rocky planets around cool stars and…

Physics & Astronomy

New Microscopic Components Enhance Laser Directionality

To solve this problem, a French-English collaboration (2) led by Raffaele Colombelli, researcher at CNRS, has used special microscopic components called…

Information Technology

Bio-Linux Expands Globally: Discover the Latest Version

The NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre (NEBC), based at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, has released the latest version of NEBC Bio-Linux, a…

Medical Engineering

Improving Cancer Detection: TU Delft Enhances MRI Scans

The medical profession’s ability to trace and visualise tumours is increasing all the time. Detection and imaging techniques have improved enormously in recent…

Studies and Analyses

Infants Watching TV: International Review Raises Concerns

Professor Dimitri A Christakis, from the Seattle Children’s Research Institute and the University of Washington, USA, has also expressed considerable concerns…

Environmental Conservation

Trondheim to Launch Five New CO2 Laboratories in Europe

A cooperative body, whose members will be appointed by the ministers for research in the nations of the EU and the EEA, has decided that Europe will make a…

Studies and Analyses

Spanish Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: Health Benefits Unveiled

According to the study, Spanish Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet (SKMD) is an effective way of losing weight, lowering blood pressure and improving fasting blood…

Studies and Analyses

Epidurals and Spinal Anaesthetics: New Study Reveals Safety Insights

The study finds that the risk of permanent injury (of whatever severity) is about 1 in 23-50,000. In betting terms, the odds of being badly injured by an…

Information Technology

Empowering Modern Business Through Pervasive Collaboration

Virtual, nomadic and ad-hoc teams are the foundries of modern business, an essential infrastructure that gets the real work done. These teams are highly…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Vistec, CEA/Leti, and D2S Collaborate on E-Beam Solutions

Over the next 12 months, CEA/Leti will manufacture test chips using a combination of D2S’ advanced DFEB design and software capabilities and latest…

Life & Chemistry

Insect Memory: How Scent Shapes Long-Term Learning

If a specific butterfly anti-sex scent is coupled with a pleasant experience, then parasitic wasps are able to develop long-term memory and respond to this…

Earth Sciences

Indo-German LOHAFEX Experiment: Iron Fertilization Insights

The German research vessel Polarstern is currently on its way to the Southwest Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean. The team of 48 scientists (30 from India)…

Health & Medicine

Hormone Therapy’s Impact on Brain Shrinkage Revealed

Earlier studies showed that estrogen with or without added progestin increased the risk for developing dementia and cognitive decline, or difficulty with…

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