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Life & Chemistry

Stanford Scientists Identify Key Proteins in Blood Stem Cell Replication

Blocking the molecules' function spurs the normally resting cells to begin proliferating strangely – making too much of one kind of cell and not enough of…

Studies and Analyses

Cocaine Addicts Show Cortex Abnormalities in New Study

A brain imaging study carried out at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reveals abnormalities in the cortex – the outer surface of the brain – of cocaine…

Earth Sciences

Glacial Dams: Protecting Tibet’s Plateau Edge for Millennia

New research suggests that the plateau edge might have been preserved for thousands of years by ice during glacial advances and by glacial debris deposited at…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Engineered Superconducting Thin Films: Advancing Nanoscale Innovation

One major goal on the path toward making useful superconducting devices has been engineering materials that act as superconductors at the nanoscale — the realm…

Earth Sciences

New Methods for Petroleum Recovery from Deep Biosphere Microbes

Although the biological diversity of these deep biosphere microorganisms may surpass that of the more familiar surface biosphere, much about them is still…

Environmental Conservation

New Tool Assesses Desertification Risk for Better Management

Using a general model of desertification, researchers from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Feel the Light: Touch-Enabled OLED Innovation Explained

The OLED technology is the first real area light source technology in history. It overcomes traditional restrictions by point source lighting technologies…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Doñana National Park could be affected by agricultural pollutants in subsurface water

A study published in the latest issue of Environmental Geology now confirms that the major source of contamination in the upper part of the aquifer is of…

Earth Sciences

New Insights into Volcanic Eruptions: Complexities Revealed

The findings by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK and Penn State University and the University of Arkansas in the US, will be…

Life & Chemistry

Digital Zebrafish Embryo: The First Complete Blueprint Revealed

Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have generated a digital zebrafish embryo – the first complete developmental blueprint of a…

Environmental Conservation

'Fingerprinting' Method Tracks Mercury Emissions from Coal

The research is published in today's online issue of the journal Environmental Science & Technology.Mercury is a naturally occurring element, but some 2000…

Environmental Conservation

Beavers’ Dams: A Boost for Songbird Habitats

The study, which appears in the October 2008 issue of the journal Western North American Naturalist, says that through dam building, beavers create ponds and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Papaya Pest Identified in Asia: Threat to Crops

Thanks to efforts by scientists in a Virginia Tech-led program, the papaya mealybug — an emerging threat from India to Indonesia — is being identified and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Pickleweed Thrives in Seawater Irrigation and High Boron

Reuse of agricultural drainage water (DW) for irrigation is one of the few on-farm water management options available to growers on the west side of…

Environmental Conservation

Global Warming’s Effects on Tropical Species: New Insights

For many years, conventional wisdom held that tropical plant and animal species remained unaffected by global warming. However, an article co-authored by…

Physics & Astronomy

Terahertz Technology Shrinks to Nano Scale Innovations

Contrary to textbook wisdom, the unusually long illuminating wavelength of 118 µm did not at all preclude researchers from the Max-Planck-Institute of…

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