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Life & Chemistry

New Discoveries Uncover Causes of Hereditary PCH Disease

Scientists from Cologne and Amsterdam have discovered the mutations in human genetics, which cause the hereditary disease ponto cerebellar hypoplasia (PCH) of…

Information Technology

Agile Approach Cuts Software Development Time Across Industries

Applying the approach to 68 pilot case studies in industries from avionics and telecommunications to consumer electronics, the project demonstrated clearly…

Event News

Scientists Unite in Houston to Address Global Challenges

This first-ever Joint Annual Meeting is a collaboration that showcases the sciences of the sponsoring organizations, the Geological Society of America,…

Environmental Conservation

Salmon Tracking Breakthrough: OTN’s Acoustic Receiver Success

Atlantic salmon tagged with tiny acoustic transmitters crossed the 22 km line of acoustic receivers, deployed by the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN), in the…

Studies and Analyses

Urban Soils and Lead Poisoning: Can Water Be the Solution?

In a study appearing in the August issue of the journal Applied Geochemistry, Gabriel M. Filippelli, Ph.D., professor of earth sciences and department chair at…

Earth Sciences

Human Impact on Winds: Warmer, Drier Springs in Southwest

“We used to have this season from October to April where we had a chance for a storm,” says Stephanie A. McAfee of the University of Arizona in Tucson, who is…

Life & Chemistry

Improved West Nile Virus Test for Horses Unveiled

West Nile virus infects a wide range of animals, including humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, squirrels, rabbits and birds. It is widely distributed in Africa,…

Information Technology

Streamline Your Home: Control Devices with One Simple Remote

Software that enables people to control the audiovisual equipment and white goods in their home through one simple, remote interface has been demonstrated by…

Event News

New developments in microscopy discussed at Queen's

The Microscopical Society of Ireland’s 32nd Annual Symposium takes place from 20 to 22 August in the School of Biological Sciences in the Medical Biology…

Physics & Astronomy

Queen’s University Belfast reveals plans for Ireland’s first x-ray laser

The research report will be presented during an international conference on X-ray Lasers at Queen’s this week. It has attracted leading scientists from the…

Life & Chemistry

Stem Cell Indicator in Bowel Cancer Aims for Higher Survival Rates

The UK-led team, headed by scientists from Durham University and the North East England Stem Cell Institute, (NESCI*), studied tissue samples from 700…

Health & Medicine

'Point of care diagnostics' in the starting blocks

Lab-on-a-chip systems bring the laboratory to the patient instead of the other way around: a blood sample will no longer have to go to the laboratory and the…

Event News

International Conference Highlights Early Childhood Education Insights

The 18th European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) is one of the most prominent professional organizations in the field of research on…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Insights on Maize Streak Virus Could Save Millions

Maize streak virus (MSV) causes the main virus disease of Africa's most important food crop. By comparing the genome of the virus to those of its less harmful…

Health & Medicine

Tadalafil Aids Relief for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Northwestern University and Lilly Research Laboratories report on a randomized,…

Physics & Astronomy

New Speed Record Achieved in Magnetic Memory Technology

An experiment carried out at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) has realized spin torque switching of a nanomagnet as fast as the fundamental…

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