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Boosting Research Excellence Through Gender Equality Standards

This is the aim of the “Research oriented gender equality standards“, which have been developed by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche…

Health & Medicine

Young Patients and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Key Insights

A research carried out by the Pediatric Clinic of the University of Trieste (Italy) at the Institute for Maternal and Child Health Burlo Garofolo, a hospital…

Health & Medicine

Exploring THC: The Highs and Benefits of Medical Marijuana

Cannabis is a source of compounds known as cannabinoids, one of which, THC – the main chemical responsible for the ‘high’ – has long been licensed as a…

Health & Medicine

Improving Schizophrenia Treatment: Insights from NIMH CNTRICS

Biological Psychiatry is particularly proud to announce the publication of an issue dedicated to the product of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)…

Life & Chemistry

Guidelines to Prevent Genetic Discrimination in Research

The guiding principles have been proposed to attempt to minimise the misinterpretation and misuse of human genetic variation research. The group included…

Life & Chemistry

700-Year-Old Mummy Reveals Ancient H. Pylori Infection

A study of human remains believed to predate Columbus’ discovery of the New World has shown for the first time that H. pylori infection occurred in native…

Materials Sciences

New Molecular Tag Identifies Bone and Tooth Minerals

With refinements, the researchers say, the new molecule can be a highly discriminating probe for a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic applications…

Information Technology

New C++ Software Simplifies PIV Card Development for Developers

The demonstration software, written in C++, will assist software developers, system integrators and computer security professionals as they develop products…

Life & Chemistry

RNA emerges from DNA's shadow

RNA, the transporter of genetic information within the cell, has emerged from the shadow of DNA to become one of the hottest research areas of molecular…

Physics & Astronomy

Detecting Tiny Contaminations on Semiconductors with Synchrotron

Smaller, more accurate, higher performance and lower priced – that is the formula for success for micro- and nanoelectronics. Miniaturisation plays a crucial…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Water Crisis: Innovations Addressing Global Scarcity Challenges

This year, the world and, in particular, developing countries and the poor have been hit by both food and energy crises. As a consequence, prices for many…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Arizona State University Launches Solar Power Laboratory

Prominent scientists and engineers are being hired to lead the endeavor to improve the efficiency of solar electric power systems while making them more…

Life & Chemistry

A Protein’s Path to the “Chamber of Doom”

The tube is part of the 26S proteasome, an enzyme that acts as the cell’s protein garbage disposal. As described by researchers from the Technion-Israel…

Studies and Analyses

Gold Nanocluster Stability: Key Insights from Recent Study

“While gold nanoparticles are being used by so many researchers – chemists, materials scientists and biomedical engineers – no one understood their molecular…

Environmental Conservation

NOAA Predicts Low Coral Bleaching Levels in Caribbean This Year

A new NOAA coral bleaching prediction system indicates that there will be some bleaching in the Caribbean later this year, but the event will probably not be…

Health & Medicine

Alaskan Eskimos' high rates of artery plaque could be from high smoking

Alaskan Eskimos’ significantly higher rates of fatty artery plaque than the general U.S. population may be due to unhealthy lifestyle habits, researchers…

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