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Environmental Conservation

Ocean Acidification’s Impact on Jumbo Squid Physiology

The results of a study by Brad Seibel, URI assistant professor of biological sciences, and Rui Rosa, a former URI post-doctoral student now on the faculty at…

Life & Chemistry

Small molecules – large effect: How cancer cells ensure their survival

Both the messenger substance nitrogen monoxide (NO) and the protein survivin play a role in this. The results of the study, carried out in patients with…

Studies and Analyses

Cosmic Rays: Not a Cause of Global Warming, New Study Finds

It is sometimes claimed that changes in radiation from space, so-called galactic cosmic rays, can be one of the causes of global warming. A new study,…

Life & Chemistry

'More Cavalier' plants could counter effects of climate change

'To develop varieties of crops that can produce high yield sustainably under changing climatic conditions we need to be able to override plants' natural…

Environmental Conservation

The birds of Spain are the subject of the world’s most fully comprehensive digital ornithological encyclopedia

This interactive, multimedia publication offers key facts on the life and habits of more than 500 bird species that reside, visit or have been spotted in…

Health & Medicine

Study Links Persistent Orgasms in Women to Restless Legs

This is the result of research by the Utrecht University and The Hague’s HagaHospital. Neuropsychiatrist Dr. Marcel Waldinger and his colleagues studied 18…

Physics & Astronomy

IMEC Develops Reliable 11MP Micro-Mirror Array for Industries

Each mirror in the array is 8µm x 8µm and can be individually tilted by the high-speed integrated CMOS circuitry underneath the array. This device fits in…

Health & Medicine

New Mouse Model Advances Vascularized Bone Transplant Research

This includes elbow, arm, hand and face transplantations and requires surgical skill and a multidisciplinary approach. Because in these cases transplanted…

Earth Sciences

Tiny Magnetic Crystals in Bacteria: Nature’s Built-In Compass

Researchers say their study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, could provide fresh clues to explain biomagnetism – a phenomenon in which…

Information Technology

Grid Applications Streamline Partnerships for Fast Business Growth

GlaxoSmithKline can now link up with product partners in days or weeks rather than months. Meteorologists will soon access libraries of weather data from…

Earth Sciences

New Prehistoric Giants Discovered in Sahara Desert

They have unearthed not one but two possible new species of extinct animals. Their success marks one of the most exciting discoveries to come out of Africa for…

Health & Medicine

GPs ‘could do more’ to help obese avoid surgery

And he will say that patients suffering from obesity face a “post code lottery” when seeking access to specialist care.Speaking at the British Pharmacological…

Studies and Analyses

US Death Map Unveils Trends Using Data Since 1970

Susan Cutter and Kevin Borden, from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, used nationwide data going back to 1970 to create their map. According to…

Medical Engineering

EU’s threat to MRI scanners still looms large

Earlier this year, thanks to a successful campaigning effort by the UK’s MRI community, including the British Institute of Radiology and the Royal College of…

Business and Finance

Smart Downsizing: 9 Tips and 5 Common Pitfalls to Avoid

“Research shows that downsizing very seldom works,” says Dr. Clint Chadwick, an associate professor business strategy at The University of Alabama in…

Physics & Astronomy

U.Va. Explores Milky Way History in Sloan Digital Sky Survey III

Astronomy is a science of origins.”It's the ultimate exercise in archeology,” said Steven Majewski, a University of Virginia professor of astronomy and lead…

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