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New Mouse Model Mimics Human Mesothelioma Disease

MM is an aggressive cancer originating from the mesothelial lining of the pleural cavity and is associated with asbestos exposure and is characterized by a…

Life & Chemistry

New Treatment Leads for Parasitic Worm Disease Discovered

A research team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has…

Physics & Astronomy

Luminous Spots on Jupiter: Insights from Io’s Volcanic Activity

The auroral emissions linked to the volcanic moon are called the Io footprint. From previous studies, researchers had found the Io footprint to be a bright…

Corporate News

EPLAN Unveils New Modules for Mechatronic Integration Software

Mechatronic Integration technology is playing an increasingly important role in popularizing the concept of end-to-end, cross-functional design. EPLAN will be…

Studies and Analyses

Heparin Treatment: Accelerating Healing in Damaged Veins

A commonly used medication that prevents blood clots from forming may also prevent existing clots from damaging delicate vein walls — and may accelerate…

Environmental Conservation

Green Buildings: Key to Cutting North America’s CO2 Emissions

Promoting the green design, construction, renovation and operation of buildings could cut North American greenhouse gas emissions that are fuelling climate…

Physics & Astronomy

Physicists Uncover How Particles Lose Quantum Properties

The problem the physicists addressed is how a fundamental particle in matter loses track of its quantum mechanical properties through interactions with its…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Crop Scientists Identify Gene That Shapes Tomato Fruits

The gene, dubbed SUN, is only the second ever found to play a significant role in the elongated shape of various tomato varieties, said Esther van der Knaap,…

Event News

Join the First Virtual Global Climate Change Conference

It will be organised by the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Germany, under the leadership of Professor Walter Leal from…

Awards Funding

Apply Now for the 6th MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award

We would like to invite you to submit your product, material or developed method as a contribution to the award and give you the opportunity to highlight the…

Life & Chemistry

Alligator Movement: How They Dive and Roll With Ease

Without a ripple in the water, alligators dive, surface or roll sideways, even though they lack flippers or fins. University of Utah biologists discovered…

Physics & Astronomy

New Tool Monitors Nuclear Reactor Operations Efficiently

A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory-Sandia National Laboratories’ team recently demonstrated that the operational status and thermal power of reactors can…

Environmental Conservation

Rare North Island brown kiwi hatches at the Smithsonian's National Zoo

Keepers had been incubating the egg for five weeks, following a month long incubation by the chick’s father, carefully monitoring it for signs of pipping: the…

Earth Sciences

Geotimes: Addressing Coastal Erosion with Innovative Solutions

As coastal communities grow, so does the call for human-made structures to prevent local beach erosion. But what do these structures mean for the overall…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Deficiency Boosts Fat Burning in Mice Study

To create the hybrid, scientists crossed mice deficient in protein kinase C beta (PKCB) with the C57 black mouse, a common animal used in research for studying…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Discover Sandy Particles Around Distant Stars

In a find that sheds light on how Earth-like planets may form, astronomers this week reported finding the first evidence of small, sandy particles orbiting a…

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