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Triple Cocktail Combats Stroke Risk With Aspirin and Dipyridamole

Pioneering research has already shown that giving patients two medicines — aspirin and dipyridamole — can lower the risk of further stroke by thinning the…

Health & Medicine

Nottingham scientists to develop blood test for Alzheimer’s

The £200,000 study, funded by the leading charity the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, will aim to find out whether ‘biomarkers’ in blood could be used to identify…

Health & Medicine

Minimally Invasive Surgery Alleviates Hip Impingement Pain

Arthroscopy is the technique preferred for those cases where the injury is less serious while the femoroacetabular osteoplastica after a small incision is for…

Environmental Conservation

Cultural Shifts Driving Water Policy Changes in Spain

The scarcity and poor availability of water in many Spanish regions are, at first glance, the factors likely to drive forward water transfer policies.However,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

The Peninsula’s earliest agricultural systems were unsustainable

Mónica Aguilera, an engineer from the Vegetable Physiology Unit at the University of Barcelona (UB) and co-author of the study, told SINC that the natural…

Studies and Analyses

Road Crossing Structures Cut Animal Mortality on Roads

Researchers at the Autonomous University of Madrid have analysed 43 walkways used by vertebrates to quantify the importance of these structures, which…

Studies and Analyses

Self-Steering Vehicle Inspired by Ant Movements

The study’s lead author, Rafael Arnay, from the ULL’s, Department of Systems and Automatic Engineering and Computer Architecture and Technology told SINC that…

Physics & Astronomy

Scientists find black hole “missing link”

For the first time the researchers have discovered that a strong X-ray pulse is emitting from a giant black hole in a galaxy 500 million light years from Earth.

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights on Our Sun’s Journey Through the Milky Way

What's more, if our sun has moved far from where it was formed more than 4 billion years ago, that could change the entire notion that there are parts of…

Information Technology

Using Xbox Tech to Advance Human Biology Research

A team of researchers at Michigan Technological University is harnessing the computing muscle behind the leading video games to understand the most intricate…

Life & Chemistry

Mother’s Blood Signals Boost Unborn Brain Development

“This is an exciting time for New Yorkers. Just think, just miles from the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Carnegie Hall and Times Square, the…

Environmental Conservation

Hurricane Ike and Increasing Vulnerability to Hurricanes: Global Warming’s Wake-Up Call for the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts

National Wildlife Federation Climate Scientist Dr. Amanda Staudt is available to talk about the latest science on global warming, increased vulnerability to…

Studies and Analyses

Interruptions Influence Purchase Decisions, Study Finds

The study's author, Wendy Liu of UCLA, examined the effects of interruption on purchase decisions and the preferences of decision-makers. She found that even…

Life & Chemistry

Key Protein Molecule Tied to Chronic Inflammation Risks

“Researchers and physicians have long recognized that there is an association between these conditions. For example, obesity increases the risk of heart attack…

Studies and Analyses

The language of luxury: Advertisers' language choices evoke different reactions

Authors Aradhna Krishna (University of Michigan) and Rohini Ahluwalia (University of Minnesota) examined the role of language in advertisements in India. The…

Health & Medicine

Estrogen Treatments: No Improvement for Sun-Damaged Skin

Treating the skin with estrogen can stimulate collagen production—which improves the appearance of the skin—in areas not typically exposed to the sun,…

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