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New Tool Enhances Data Analysis for Scientific Discoveries

A powerful computing tool that allows scientists to extract features and patterns from enormously large and complex sets of raw data has been developed by…

Health & Medicine

New Hope Against HIV: Researchers Discover Potential Weapon

An international team of researchers from Canadian Blood Services, Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), and Lund University in Sweden have…

Life & Chemistry

Cells Counting: New Insights from IGC Researchers

In the 13th January print edition of the journal Current Biology, IGC researchers provide insight into an old mystery in cell biology, and offer up new clues…

Social Sciences

Defying the Integration Models – the Second Generation in Europe

Research into the attitudes of one of Europe's fastest-growing communities – the second generation of migrants – exposes the complexity of the challenges ahead…

Information Technology

Satellite Technology Maps El Bierzo Vineyards Efficiently

A team of researchers from the University of León (UL) and the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) were able to carry out an inventory of vineyards in…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Girls More Likely to Face Bullying Than Boys

Researchers found girls being directly victimised by bullies (being beaten and suffering physical or verbal threats) at six years old were significantly more…

Medical Engineering

Surgeons Enhance Skills with New Self-Evaluation Training Method

However, the training of surgeons in this field still leaves much to be desired. Researcher Magdalena Chmarra has changed this state of affairs by developing a…

Life & Chemistry

How Intestinal Lymphatic Tissue Affects Scrapie Prion Spread

Lymphatic tissue associated with the intestine is important for the early accumulation of prion protein and its subsequent spread to the central nervous…

Environmental Conservation

While the cat's away: how removing an invasive species devastated a World Heritage island

Using population data, plot-scale vegetation analyses and satellite imagery, the ecologists from from the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), the University…

Life & Chemistry

Reverse Evolution Unveiled: Insights from ‘Wonderful World’

In his book, Wonderful World, Stephen Jay Gould writes about an experiment of ‘replaying life’s tape’, wherein one could go back in time, let the tape of life…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Variations Linked to Dual Autoimmune Risks

Variations in a single gene simultaneously increase the risk of two autoimmune conditions Japanese researchers have identified two single nucleotide…

Life & Chemistry

How Embryos Transition from Cells to Structured Forms

Early in development, embryos transition from being simple spheres of cells into more structured forms in which the foundations of body patterning—such as…

Information Technology

Single Photon Switch: A New Frontier in Light Control

Little more than a system of two energy levels could be used to control a single particle of light Modern electronics is built upon the control of electric…

Life & Chemistry

Macrophage Receptor Senses Cell Death to Recruit Aid

A receptor on macrophages can detect excessive cell death and recruit helpA receptor, induced on the surface of macrophages under stressful conditions, can…

Interdisciplinary Research

NANOMMUNE Project Investigates Nanomaterials’ Toxicity

The project NANOMMUNE is coordinated by Bengt Fadeel, M.D, Ph.D., at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, and will continue for 3 years. The…

Information Technology

Northeastern Secures Multi-Million Grant for Sensing Technology

Northeastern will lead the five-year VOTERS (Versatile Onboard Traffic Embedded Roaming Sensors) project along with a range of government, industry, and…

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