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Life & Chemistry

Middle Eastern Families Aid in Identifying Autism Genes

Now, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Christopher Walsh, in collaboration with scientists and physicians in the United States, Turkey, Saudi…

Communications Media

Scientists Embrace Media Collaboration for Accurate Reporting

Journalists, according to the common wisdom, would get it wrong, your research would be distorted, and your colleagues would see you as little more than a…

Life & Chemistry

Identifying Genes That Guide Embryonic Stem Cell Development

By knowing the genes and proteins that control a cell's progress toward the differentiated form, researchers may be able to accelerate the process – a…

Health & Medicine

Jericho Bones Aid Israeli-Palestinian-German TB Research

According to Prof. Mark Spigelman of the Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who is leading…

Environmental Conservation

130 million years of Belum, let's keep it around longer

DZULKIFLI ABDUL RAZAKUnveiled by the Sultan of Perak, the centre is poised to be a beacon for sustainability in seeking new solutions to old problems. And why…

Event News

5th BMBF Forum for Sustainability "Research for Sustainability – Driver for Innovation"

The 5th BMBF Forum for Sustainability features discussions about the state of the art in research, about the collaboration between politics, science and…

Health & Medicine

89% of children’s food products provide poor nutritional quality, but 62% of them still make health claims

Just under 70 per cent of the products studied – which specifically excluded confectionery, soft drinks and bakery items – derived a high proportion of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Carbon Nanotubes: Pioneering Next-Gen Nanoelectronics

A recent study published in the journal, Advanced Materials – edited by Professor Li-Jun Wan of Tohoku University and Director of The Institute of Chemistry,…

Health & Medicine

Early Warning Drug Tests Cut Heart Death Risk, Experts Say

The progress made on this topic will be discussed by leading scientists at The Federation of European Pharmacological Societies (EPHAR) 2008 Congress in…

Studies and Analyses

Study Links Road Traffic to Increased Allergies in Children

Allergic diseases appear more often in children who grow up near busy roads. This is the result of a study of several thousand children, now published in the…

Life & Chemistry

Discovering the Forest of Bats: A Unique Research Breakthrough

Now, researchers of the Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin (Germany) and Boston University (U.S.A.) have discovered the place that…

Environmental Conservation

New Model Identifies Arsenic Risk Areas Using Soil Data

Now, Eawag has developed a model that allows vulnerable areas to be pinpointed using existing data on geology and soil properties. This has also enabled the…

Environmental Conservation

Clean Sky: Advancing EU Sustainability Through Innovation

The Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) “Clean Sky” is the name of the hitherto largest EU research programme for the advancement of sustainability and…

Life & Chemistry

Wasps & Bumble Bees Heat Up, Fly Faster With Protein-Rich Food

In both cases warmer flight muscles likely speed the insects’ trips home, allowing them to quickly exploit a valuable resource before competitors arrive, the…

Health & Medicine

Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Deliver Targeted Anti-Cancer Treatment

“Although chemotherapy has saved many lives, it often has undesirable side effects,” said Deryl Troyer, professor of anatomy and physiology at K-State's…

Studies and Analyses

$4 Gas Prices Linked to Fewer Traffic Deaths, Study Finds

As unwelcome as they are, higher gasoline prices do come with a plus side – fewer deaths from car accidents, says a researcher at the University of Alabama at…

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