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Life & Chemistry

DNA Repair Mechanism Observed in Real Time by Researchers

Insight into this type of repair mechanism is essential as errors in this process can lead to the development of cancerous cells. Researchers from the Kavli…

Studies and Analyses

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Insights Into Causes and Treatments

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is cancer of the nasopharynx (the uppermost part of the throat that connects the back of the nose to the back of the throat)….

Studies and Analyses

Owning a Home Doesn't Necessarily Benefit Families

The American Dream of owning a home may not be that much of a benefit for kids and families after all, a new study by a University of Iowa researcher shows.Home ownership has virtually no impact on several measures of child welfare, including high school graduation rates, behavior, and math and reading test scores, the study shows, contradicting earlier studies that claim a correlation….

Business and Finance

Nonwoven and Technical Textiles Thrive in India’s Market

The study, done at the Nonwoven and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, was conducted by Seshadri Ramkumar, an…

Environmental Conservation

Endangered Chinese Turtle Relocation Aims to Save Species

In order to save this species from extinction, conservation partners from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA),…

Physics & Astronomy

Predicting Light Nuclei Properties: A Breakthrough by Scientists

In the 1990s, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and elsewhere succeeded in breaking through the computational…

Life & Chemistry

Adaptive Snake Proteins Offer Insight Into Human Metabolism

Snakes have been previously proposed as an ideal model system to study evolution, and results from a current UC Denver School of Medicine study published in…

Physics & Astronomy

New Red Spot Emerges on Jupiter: What It Means for Science

In what's beginning to look like a case of planetary measles, a third red spot has appeared alongside its cousins — the Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. — in…

Trade Fair News

BioJapan 2008: Innovations and Global Networking Opportunities

It offers various programs integrating exhibitions and seminars, show the latest developments in the industry, and promote global business networking. This is…

Trade Fair News

China’s Organic Movement Shines at BioFach 2008 Event

China’s organic movement visited Nürnberg in February, when over 50 organic companies from China presented their products to international trade visitors at…

Environmental Conservation

Digital Asia Project: Enhancing Disaster Management Systems

One of the expected outcomes is a system to improve human security in the Asian region with the implementation of a disaster management system Principal…

Physics & Astronomy

First-Ever Real-Time Observation of a Supernova Explosion

An ordinary observation with NASA's Swift research satellite recently led to the first real-time sighting of a star in the process of exploding. Astronomers…

Life & Chemistry

New Toxin Receptor Found in H. Pylori Infection Research

Their findings appear this week in PLoS Pathogens, a journal of the Public Library of Science. About half of the world’s population is infected with H. pylori,…

Studies and Analyses

Carbon Nanotubes: A New Look and Behavior Like Asbestos

A major study published today in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes – a poster child for the “nanotechnology revolution” – could be…

Health & Medicine

New Treatment Slows Progression of Pulmonary Fibrosis

In a Phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, the investigators discovered that a daily dose of pirfenidone could slow the progression of…

Social Sciences

Aging: Discovering Peace and Calm in Later Life

Aging brings a sense of peace and calm, according to a new study from the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Starting at about…

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