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Studies and Analyses

Toxic to aliens – but key to health of planet

The same ingredient, which was also used to fight off alien invaders in the film “Evolution”, is a widely available dietary supplement used by many people.The…

Information Technology

Semantic Grid Innovations for Satellites and Insurance Sectors

These are just two of a long list of other possible applications in the business world. In the final project review, concluded in August 2007, experts from a…

Medical Engineering

Exploring Health Benefits of Controlled Low-Dose Radiation

But, what if a short-term controlled exposure to a low dose of radiation were good for our health. Writing in today's issue of the Inderscience publication the…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Amphibian Immune System Genes

Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes produce proteins that are crucial in fighting pathogen assault. Researchers from the Jagiellonian University in…

Event News

IFRA’s 2008 Events: Explore Innovations and Insights

IFRA offers a highly diversified programme of conferences and study tours in the second half of 2008 (www.ifra.com/events). The focus will be on new…

Physics & Astronomy

Phoenix Creates Test Trench “Snow White” on Mars Sol 22

The lander's Robotic Arm created the new test trench called “Snow White” on June 17, the 22nd Martian day, or sol, after the Phoenix spacecraft landed on May…

Information Technology

Victorian Premier Plans to Build World’s Largest Life Sciences Supercomputer Facility

Australia’s Victorian Premier John Brumby today announced a $100 million (AUD) initiative to build the world’s largest life sciences supercomputer facility to…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Trans-Fat Labels: What Consumers Need to Know

Without an interpretive footnote or further information on recommended daily value, many consumers do not know how to interpret the meaning of trans-fat…

Environmental Conservation

Bringing Back Species: New Initiative by David Paton

Associate Professor David Paton AM from the University of Adelaide will lead a multi-million-dollar program that aims to:• help re-establish native vegetation…

Health & Medicine

Protecting Astronauts’ Muscles: Insights from UK Researcher

Michael Reid, chair of UK’s Department of Physiology and a founding member of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, is researching the value of…

Life & Chemistry

Iodine in Kelp: A Natural Antioxidant for Plants and People

However, when brown kelp (Laminaria), a kind of seaweed, is stressed, the plant flushes large quantities of iodide as a powerful antioxidant out of its cells,…

Life & Chemistry

Seven Biomarkers Identified for Prostate Cancer Recurrence

In a study published in the June 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, UT Southwestern scientists identified a panel of seven biomarkers that can predict with…

Life & Chemistry

DNA Knot Keeps Viral Genes Tightly Corked, Study Finds

Using electron microscopy and three-dimensional computer reconstruction, UC San Diego biologists and chemists have produced the most detailed image yet of the…

Environmental Conservation

UNH Researchers Innovate Sediment-Scrubbing in Cocheco River

Rather than dredging up the problem, or burying it under several feet of sand, they've created a patch � black geotextile mats designed to cap and stabilize…

Information Technology

Improving Ambulance Response Times: Cornell’s New Approach

A National Science Foundation grant of almost $300,000 is allowing associate professor of operations research Shane Henderson, assistant professor of…

Health & Medicine

Radiation Therapy Extends Life for Men with Prostate Cancer

Previous studies of radiation therapy for recurrent prostate cancer found that it reduced disease progression, but this study demonstrates that it…

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