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Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Venus: Insights from Invisible Wavelengths

Using Venus Express, it is possible to compare what the planet looks like in different wavelengths, giving scientists a powerful tool to study the physical…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Revive 16th Century Supernova Using Galactic Cloud

By using a Galactic cloud as interstellar “mirror” an international team led by Oliver Krause of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany has now…

Health & Medicine

New Insights Into Tamoxifen Failure: Key Factors Uncovered

A team of researchers co-ordinated by Dr. Stephen Hiscox, from the Welsh School of Pharmacy at Cardiff University, investigated the selective oestrogen…

Studies and Analyses

Science Debunks Myths About “Dirty Old Men” in Partner Choice

Research in the theory of evolution includes a number of accepted theories about how men and women choose their partners. Among the more established ones is…

Life & Chemistry

Hope for Alzheimer’s Patients?

Alzheimer’s disease is the primary cause of age-related dementia. About 15 million people are affected by this neurodegenerative disease worldwide. It has so…

Information Technology

Siemens Unveils Open Modbus/TCP Solution for Seamless Integration

The Open Modbus/TCP software solution developed by Siemens enables easy integration of the entire Simatic automation family in heterogeneous or third-party…

Health & Medicine

3D Structure of Mammalian Sperm Receptor Unveiled

The findings, presented in Nature, gives a first glimpse into the molecular architecture of animal egg coats, with important implications for the future of…

Health & Medicine

Scientists Create Body-Swapping Illusion to Shift Self-Perception

“This shows how easy it is to change the brain's perception of the physical self,” says Henrik Ehrsson, who led the project. “By manipulating sensory…

Social Sciences

Innovative Contract Farming: Promoting Equality in Thailand

But Lena Örnberg, an economic historian at Lund University in Sweden, shows in her dissertation on contract farming and modernization that farmers do not have…

Business and Finance

Job Loss Trends: November Figures Show Recession Impact

Morici predicts the trend to continue with this Friday’s release of November employment figures, forecasting the loss of nearly 300,000 more jobs.Based on U.S….

Studies and Analyses

Understanding the Economic Crisis: Key Insights and Impacts

Politicians have an incentive to act in ways that benefit their re-election possibilities, and this means they may support policies and regulatory practices…

Studies and Analyses

Why the 'Perfect' Body isn't Always Perfect

Having an imperfect body may come with some substantial benefits, according to a new article in the December issue of Current Anthropology.The hormones that…

Architecture & Construction

Blueprint for Energy Code Enforcement in China by PNNL

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will develop an action plan for building energy code enforcement that can be deployed in small…

Earth Sciences

New Orleans’ Recovery Needs “Unconventional Thinking"

In the commentary “Sustaining costal urban ecosystems” published in the latest issue of the London-based journal Nature Geoscience, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist,…

Life & Chemistry

New Technique Visualizes Gene Activity in Real Time

The new technique provides a detailed look into processes that until now were proven but never visualized. The more detailed view of DNA being made into RNA in…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Attributed to Membrane Repair Identified – Mechanism May Revolutionize Therapy in Human Disease

The study, released today in Nature Cell Biology, is the first to specifically pinpoint a protein responsible for promoting cell repair. Led by Jianjie Ma,…

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