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Physics & Astronomy

New Plan Unveils Search for Earth-Like Planets in Habitable Zone

“We are looking for Earth-like planets in the habitable zone of their star, a band not too hot nor too cold for life to exist,” says Darren M. Williams,…

Physics & Astronomy

New 3D Ultrasound Enhances Stroke Diagnosis and Care

The researchers believe that these advances will ultimately improve the treatment of stroke patients, whether by giving emergency medical technicians (EMT) the…

Studies and Analyses

Advanced Hepatitis C Treatment: Study Finds Promising Results

The study, called COPILOT (COlchicine versus Peg-Intron LOng-Term), showed that low-dose peginterferon alfa-2b was superior to colchicine in improving the…

Life & Chemistry

Advancements in Gene Technology Analysis for Diagnostics

Gene technology analysis is used increasingly in diagnostic tests for detection of minute amounts of cells, bacteria and viruses in biological samples….

Environmental Conservation

Improving CO2 Monitoring: A Call for Enhanced Data Networks

Monitoring Earth's rising greenhouse gas levels will require a global data collection network 10 times larger than the one currently in place in order to…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring African Mitochondrial DNA: A New Matrilineal Study

A team of Genographic researchers and their collaborators have published the most extensive survey to date of African mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Over 600…

Life & Chemistry

New Gene CC2D2A Linked to Intellectual Disability Discovery

CAMH also discovered the previously unidentified gene that causes this disorder, CC2D2A. This scientific advance will help understand the developmental and…

Life & Chemistry

Elusive Protein Shields Malaria Parasite from Heme Threat

The team, which includes researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, the United States National Institutes of Health, the United States Food and…

Earth Sciences

Stratospheric Injections: Global Warming Risks to Ozone Layer

The study, led by Simone Tilmes of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), warns that such an approach might delay the recovery of the Antarctic…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular analysis confirms T. rex's evolutionary link to birds

Putting more meat on the theory that dinosaurs’ closest living relatives are modern-day birds, molecular analysis of a shred of 68-million-year-old…

Physics & Astronomy

Catching a Glimpse of a Black Hole's Fury

Using the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and a host of international telescope partners, a team of researchers has made…

Studies and Analyses

Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Redox Signaling in Atrial Tachyarrhythmia

Their study will appear in the May 08 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine. Multiple tachycardia-associated factors appear to contribute to this…

Environmental Conservation

Impact of Climate Change on Arctic Marine Mammals

The April Special Issue of Ecological Applications examines such potential effects, puts them in historical context, and describes possible conservation…

Information Technology

Artificial Airways: A Breakthrough for Asthma and Pets

This development will benefit people with asthma, whose airways (breathing passages) are sensitive to pollen, dust, animal fur and viruses which cause them to…

Health & Medicine

Innovative Strategies to Involve Partners in AIDS Prevention in Africa

Sixty-five per cent of the 4.3 million infected in 2006 caught the virus in this part of the world where women are particularly at risk. Figures for the Ivory…

Awards Funding

Milan Fiala, MD, Receives 2008 Alzheimer Award Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Annual Award for Outstanding Contribution

“I am very grateful for the recognition of our laboratory’s work by the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease,” said Dr. Fiala. “This award belongs to all of my…

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