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Estradiol Exposure Impairs Cognitive Functions in Rats

Rats exposed to a steady dose of estradiol were impaired on tasks involving working memory and response inhibition, the researchers found.Their report appears…

Life & Chemistry

Evolution of Snake Fangs: New Insights from Embryo Study

A rare examination of snake embryos suggests that an ancient change in the development of the upper jaw in some snakes may have paved the way for the evolution…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on E. coli Protein’s DNA Binding Activity

Beuning's results have recently been published in ACS Chemical Biology in an article titled “Distinct Double- and Single-Stranded DNA Binding of E. coli…

Studies and Analyses

Soy Compounds Impact Brain and Reproductive Health

The study is a breakthrough in determining how these compounds can cause reproductive health problems, as well as in providing a key building block for how to…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Method Simplifies Superconductor Temperature Calculations

The team of researchers, led by Yi-feng Yang, a postdoctoral fellow at UC Davis, found a simple way to calculate the temperature at which a new state of…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Plant Parasite 'Wiretaps' Host

Professor Neelima Sinha and colleagues at the UC Davis Section of Plant Biology studied dodder vines growing on tomato plants in the lab. They found that RNA…

Materials Sciences

Smart Contact Lenses: A Breakthrough in Biomedical Engineering

Tingrui Pan, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, and postdoctoral researcher Hailin Cong started with a material called polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)….

Life & Chemistry

How Calcium Powers Cell Communication in the Body

Cells rely on calcium as a universal means of communication. For example, a sudden rush of calcium can trigger nerve cells to convey thoughts in the brain or…

Life & Chemistry

Insect Innovations: How Species Thrive Underwater

Hundreds of insect species spend much of their time underwater, where food may be more plentiful. MIT mathematicians have now figured out exactly how those…

Life & Chemistry

Dartmouth Researchers Discover Key Gene for Nutritious Plants

Lead researcher Mary Lou Guerinot, Professor of Biological Sciences, with co-author graduate student Jeeyon Jeong (photo by Joseph Mehling '69) The research…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

TAU Researchers Discover Efficient Crop Plants for Irrigation

TAU research doctoral student Tal Sherman handles sample laboratory specimensA part of the global food crisis is the inefficiency of current irrigation…

Life & Chemistry

New Fungi Species Discovered in Aberdeen City Centre

Dr Andy Taylor, from Aberdeen’s Macaulay Institute, noticed the Xerocomus bubalinus growing near a lime tree in the city’s Albyn Place. This very rare fungus…

Information Technology

Spotting tomorrow’s forest fires

A forest fire remote monitoring system has been successfully tested in Portugal that could prevent the destruction of millions of hectares, as well as save…

Environmental Conservation

Satellite Images Unlock Plague Outbreak Prediction Insights

By moving through the coffee via the empty spaces between the ground coffee particles, the water picks up the flavour of the coffee. Stephen Davis and…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water, Mission Extended

“We have water,” said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. “We've seen evidence for…

Studies and Analyses

Cost of Stabbings to UK’s Health Service: Key Findings Revealed

The study, by the Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN) at The University of Manchester, looked at all penetrating trauma injuries that resulted in immediate…

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