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Physics & Astronomy

Arecibo Joins Global Network for 6,000-Mile Telescope Collaboration

The telescopes are all members of the Express Production Real-time e-VLBI Service (EXPReS) project, and May 22 marked a live demonstration of their first…

Life & Chemistry

Detergent Solution Enhances Peripheral Nerve Healing

A detergent solution developed at The University of Texas at Austin that treats donor nerve grafts to circumvent an immune rejection response has been used to…

Studies and Analyses

CT Lung Cancer Screening: Not a Cure-All for Smokers

“Our study suggests that screening may be one way to reduce risk of death from lung cancer,” said the study's lead author, Pamela McMahon, Ph.D., senior…

Environmental Conservation

New Study Highlights Need for Large-Scale Animal Conservation

Scientists were surprised with findings of a recent study that reveals many animal species believed to persist in small contained areas actually need broad,…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals How Tune-Deaf Brains Detect Wrong Notes

People with tune deafness aren't able to tell when a musician accidentally strikes the wrong note in a song, but their brains know the difference. Researchers…

Health & Medicine

Anti-Estrogen Drug Lowers Invasive Breast Cancer Risk in Seniors

New analysis of a drug approved for osteoporosis prevention and treatment has provided definitive evidence that the medication is also effective as a breast…

Health & Medicine

'Addicted' cells provide early cancer diagnosis

With support from the Food Standards Agency and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council they are investigating whether diet could control…

Life & Chemistry

Carbon Nanotubes Enhance Molecular Transport in Research

In biological systems, the membranes often contain a slippery inner surface with selective filter regions made up of specialized protein channels of…

Studies and Analyses

European Businesses Unprepared for Flu Pandemic, Report Finds

A new report entitled Business Continuity Planning and Pandemic Influenza in Europe, published by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), has…

Health & Medicine

Obese Kids Face Early Metabolic Syndrome, Study Finds

It has been revealed in a study carried out by the department chair of the Institute of Food Nutrition and Technology of the University of Granada, Ángel Gil…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Chemical Elements in Music: Silver, Gold, Tin, Oxygen

To quantify the presence of these elements in the music market, Álvarez analysed the English and Spanish names of each element in a musical cyber store. The…

Earth Sciences

Rocky Water Source Innovations: A Firm Foundation for Sustainability

Writing in International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Peter van der Gaag of the Holland Innovation Team, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, has hit on…

Information Technology

Southampton Students Launch Community Wireless Network Project

The Southampton Open Wireless Project (SOWN) is a community and research project led by students and staff in the School of Electronics and Computer Science…

Physics & Astronomy

Successful first test of high speed ‘penetrator’

A team led by the University College London (UCL) test-fired the projectiles in Wales, recording a peak of 20,000 gee upon impact (where humans can survive up…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble’s sweeping view of the Coma Galaxy Cluster

Also known as Abell 1656, the Coma Cluster is over 300 million light-years away. The cluster, named after its parent constellation Coma Berenices, is near the…

Science Education

EUCU.NET: Children’s Universities go European

The concept of Children’s Universities represents the most radical opening towards the general public that universities can undertake. By addressing girls and…

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