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LipidomicNet: Advancing Lipidomics for Human Disease Research

For the first time the methodological possibilities are available to map the entire spectrum of lipids in cells, tissues and whole organisms. Europe has so far…

Medical Engineering

eHealth Advances with Real-Time Medical Data Extraction

In the framework of Holst Centre, IMEC – Europe’s leading independent nanoelectronics research institute – has broadened the functionality and scope of its…

Life & Chemistry

Magpies Pass Mirror Test: A Glimpse Into Self-Recognition

By means of the mirror and mark test that is often used with human children and apes the authors show that Magpies take their mirror image for a reflection of…

Life & Chemistry

Oetzi the Iceman: Unveiling His Herdsman Attire and Culture

The social and cultural background of the Iceman, dubbed Oetzi, has been the subject of much debate since his mummified remains were discovered in an Alpine…

Health & Medicine

Acute Maternal Stress and Schizophrenia Risk: New Study Insights

According to Dolores Malaspina from NYU School of Medicine and lead author of the study, “The stresses in question are those that would be experienced in a…

Life & Chemistry

China’s Rabies Cases Surge: Insights from New Research

Jia-Hai Lu, from the School of Public Health at Sun Yat-Sen University, China, led a team of researchers who studied the rabies trend in China between 1990 and…

Earth Sciences

RV Polarstern Conducts Measurements in East Siberian Sea

German research vessel Polarstern, operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association, transits the Northwest…

Science Education

MUHC and McGill Secure Record CFI Research Grant

Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University, and Dr. Arthur T. Porter, Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the McGill…

Physics & Astronomy

Engineers Verify Control Software for Future Space Missions

An international team of engineers is to develop mission-critical control software for future European robotic space missions, it has been announced.Dr. Declan…

Life & Chemistry

Fish Cancer Gene Enhances Male’s Attractiveness to Mates

Though skin cancer is deadly to male fish, it also has one perk: The black melanoma splotches arise from attractive natural markings that lure female mates. A…

Studies and Analyses

Unlocking Catalyst Mysteries: Insights into Biological Reactions

Different keys are not supposed to fit the same lock, but in biological systems multiple versions of a catalyst all make a reaction go, according to a new…

Information Technology

New Algorithm Enhances Network Routing Efficiency

A new algorithm developed by computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego helps answer that question, at least for computer networks, and it…

Life & Chemistry

New Insight into Platelets’ Role in Fatal Malaria Development

Platelets – those tiny, unassuming cells that cause blood to clot and scabs to form when you cut yourself – play an important early role in promoting cerebral…

Studies and Analyses

Many U.S. Public Schools in ‘Air Pollution Danger Zone’

UC researchers have found that more than 30 percent of American public schools are within 400 meters, or a quarter mile, of major highways that consistently…

Studies and Analyses

Sleep Deprivation in Teens Tied to High Blood Pressure

In the first study to look at the relationship between not getting enough sleep and blood pressure in healthy adolescents, researchers found that healthy teens…

Health & Medicine

Innovative Eye Health Check for Diabetes Risk Assessment

A team of scientists from Aston’s Ophthalmic Research Group (ORG) are looking for healthy 20-65 year olds to take part in a free health check – results of…

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