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Physics & Astronomy

Farthest Galaxy Cluster Discovered 11.4 Billion Light Years Away

UC Irvine scientists have discovered a cluster of galaxies in a very early stage of formation that is 11.4 billion light years from Earth – the farthest of its…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists: New technique identifies molecular 'biomarkers' for disease

Reported this month in the online edition of the Journal of Proteome Research, the advance could one day lead to earlier detection and improved treatment of…

Life & Chemistry

Hydrogen Storage Breakthrough: Nanoparticles Enhance Efficiency

Hydrogen is considered to be a clean storage and transport medium for energy. Therefore many future scenarios are based on the storage and transport of…

Physics & Astronomy

Discovering NGC 2397: Insights on Its Exploding Star Event

NGC 2397, pictured in this image from Hubble, is a classic spiral galaxy with long prominent dust lanes along the edges of its arms, seen as dark patches and…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Compact Cooling: Boosting Speed in Sensitive Electronics

Furthermore, the speed and reliability are increased. Dutch-sponsored researcher Srinivas Vanapalli has investigated the possibilities for the extreme cooling…

Information Technology

Data Storage Breakthrough: Ultra-Small Needles Enhance Capacity

The development of the hard disk is now reaching its technical limits because the entire disk is served by just a single head. Consequently, the capacity of…

Physics & Astronomy

Zefiro 23 Qualification Test Achieves 930 kN Thrust

Ignition of the qualification model of the Zefiro 23 solid-propellant rocket motor occurred at 13:15 CET. In just 14 seconds, the thrust reached 930 kN,…

Physics & Astronomy

Innovative Soils: A New Approach to Combat Climate Change

A team from Newcastle University aims to design soils that can remove carbon from the atmosphere, permanently and cost-effectively. This has never previously…

Physics & Astronomy

Microscopic Dental Checks: Innovations in Oral Health Care

Imagine that for the annual routine check-up your dentist had to take your teeth out in order to examine them thoroughly for caries under a microscope….

Studies and Analyses

Impact of Caesarean Delivery on Future Birth Rates

Researchers at the NIPH’s Medical Birth Registry and the University of Bergen have collected data on all first-time births from 1967-1996 and subsequent births…

Life & Chemistry

Chloroform Clue Solves 150-Year-Old Medical Mystery

A discovery described as “true serendipity” made by Leeds University PhD student Dr Yahya Bahnasi, has provided a clue that may unravel the enigma of general…

Medical Engineering

Drug-Coated Balloon Outperforms Stents for Heart Treatment

An angioplasty balloon coated with a drug that reduces renarrowing of the coronary arteries appears to be more effective than a drug-eluting stent in treating…

Health & Medicine

Blood Pressure Treatment Cuts Mortality in the Very Elderly

The 3,845 patient Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET), which is coordinated by scientists from Imperial College London, is the largest ever clinical…

Life & Chemistry

UK Targets PVL-Producing Staphylococcus Aureus Strains

Some strains of Staphylococcus aureus produce a potent toxin called Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL). PVL-Staphylococcus aureus (PVL-SA) usually causes skin…

Life & Chemistry

'Alien'-type viruses to treat MRSA

Although they are too small to see with the naked eye, bacteria are also attacked by viruses, but specific ones that only infect bacteria, not human or animal…

Life & Chemistry

China’s Economic Boom Fuels Biological Invasions

“Doctors in many countries have gone back to using old antibiotics that were abandoned 20 years ago because their toxic side effects were so frequent and so…

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