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Earth Sciences

Before fossil fuels, Earth's minerals kept CO2 in check

A joint University of Hawaii / Carnegie Institution study published in the advance online edition of Nature Geoscience links the pre-human stability to…

Studies and Analyses

Virtual Reality Therapy: A New Hope for Addiction Recovery

Patients in therapy to overcome addictions have a new arena to test their coping skills—the virtual world. A new study by University of Houston Associate…

Earth Sciences

'New' ancient Antarctic sediment reveals climate change history

FSU’s latest Antarctic sediment core acquisition was extracted from deep beneath the sea floor of Antarctica’s western Ross Sea, the Earth’s largest floating…

Life & Chemistry

Single-Celled Bacterium Reveals Secrets of Circadian Rhythms

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have gained the first detailed insight into the way circadian rhythms govern global gene expression in…

Physics & Astronomy

NC State Physics Breakthrough Enhances Atomic-Scale Optics

Distinguished University Professor Dr. David Aspnes and post-doctoral Research Associate Dr. Eric Adles published a paper in the April 15 issue of Physical…

Life & Chemistry

First Discovery of Stem Cells in Mouse Pituitary Gland

A team of researchers led by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have for the first time identified stem cells that allow the pituitary glands of mice…

Life & Chemistry

Unveiling Rickettsia Pathogens: Evolutionary Insights Revealed

Some species of Rickettsia are known to cause harmful diseases in humans, such as epidemic typhus (R. prowazekii) and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (R….

Studies and Analyses

Blood Cell Clumps Linked to Sickle Cell Disease Insights

Now, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown that blood from sickle cell patients also contains clumps, or…

Physics & Astronomy

'Sticky nanotubes' hold key to future technologies

So-called “peel tests” are used extensively in manufacturing. Knowing how much force is needed to pull a material off of another material is essential for…

Life & Chemistry

New Genes Linked to Breast Cancer Outcomes Identified by MUHC

Their study is the first to identify the genes behind this environmental control and correlate them with patient outcome. Their findings are published in this…

Studies and Analyses

Brookhaven Scientists Explore Brain's Reaction to Potent Hallucinogen

Brain-imaging studies performed in animals at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory provide researchers with clues about why an…

Environmental Conservation

Protecting Right Whales: Innovative Buoys in Shipping Lanes

The 10-buoy Right Whale Listening Network (http://listenforwhales.org/) — developed at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution…

Earth Sciences

Entekhabi will lead science team for NASA satellite mission to map Earth’s water cycle

At present, scientists have no network for gathering soil moisture data as they do for rainfall, winds, humidity and temperature. Instead, that data is…

Earth Sciences

First nanoscale image of soil reveals an 'incredible' variety

But when you look at soil's organic carbon closely, it has an incredible variety of known compounds. And looking closely is exactly what Cornell researchers…

Life & Chemistry

Biomarkers Found for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Advances

In the paper, Naftali Kaminski, M.D., director of the Dorothy P. & Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease in the Division of Pulmonary,…

Life & Chemistry

Pharmaceutical Use in Norwegian Fish Farming: 2001-2007 Insights

The sales are shown in kilograms of active ingredient; antibacterials, anaesthetics, anthelmintics and treatments for sea lice and fungi. The figures are based…

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