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UIC Scientists Uncover Bacterial Survival Mechanism Against Antibiotics

“When patients are treated with antibiotics some pathogenic microbes can turn on the genes that protect them from the action of the drug,” said Alexander…

Earth Sciences

How Dust Storms Intensified the Great Plains Drought

Three million people left their farms on the Great Plains during the drought and half a million migrated to other states, almost all to the West. But the Dust…

Studies and Analyses

Physical Activity and Diet: Surprising Findings in Teens

Contrary to what many researchers expect, physically active older teens don’t necessarily eat a healthier diet than their less-active contemporaries.And there…

Earth Sciences

New Ocean Current Discovery Aids Commercial Fishing Insights

This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish…

Life & Chemistry

Zebrafish may help solve ringing in vets' ears

His hearing was damaged by the crack of too many M16 rifles and artillery explosions. He suspects his hearing also suffered from hunting opossum with rifles as…

Information Technology

Next-Gen Cognitive Robots: Enhancing Manufacturing & Services

Making robots more responsive would allow them to be used in a greater variety of sophisticated tasks in the manufacturing and service sectors. Such robots…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Longevity: The Role of Lifestyle and Diet

The research team, directed by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona professor Adolfo Díez Pérez, pointed out a healthy lifestyle, a Mediterranean diet, a…

Studies and Analyses

Cholera Study Reveals New Insights Into Infectious Disease

However, in a recent paper published in Environmental Microbiology, Dr Carla Pruzzo, Dr Luigi Vezzulli and Dr Rita R Colwell studied an environmental bacteria…

Information Technology

Enhancing Security Hygiene: A New Approach in Systems Engineering

Writing in the inaugural issue of International Journal of System of Systems Engineering, Gattiker says the campaign would be on a par with road safety and…

Life & Chemistry

Anti-Gas Grass: A New Solution for Global Warming

Scientists at Gramina, a joint biotech venture by Australia’s Molecular Plant Breeding Cooperative Research Centre and New Zealand rural services group PGG…

Life & Chemistry

Cloning Human Protein Kinases: A Breakthrough in Cancer Research

This is true for even the most common class of cancer-associated genes, the protein kinases, which mediate the majority of signaling events in cells by…

Information Technology

Bringing down the language barrier… automatically

With 23 official languages, European institutions spend more than a billion euros a year translating documents and interpreting speeches. Companies trading…

Life & Chemistry

New Gene Sequence Linked to Obesity in Half of Population

The study also shows that the gene sequence is significantly more common in those with Indian Asian than European ancestry. The research, which was funded by…

Physics & Astronomy

Solar Games Illuminate Cerro Paranal’s Astronomical Wonders

Cerro Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope, is certainly one of the best astronomical sites on the planet. Stunning images, obtained by ESO staff at…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New IFST Guidance on Preventing E. Coli Food Poisoning

Physics & Astronomy

New Supercomputer Simulates Extreme Stellar Physics Breakthrough

Fisher and Jordan require such resources in their field of extreme science. Their work at the University of Chicago’s Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear…

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