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Rett Syndrome Research Uncovers High Fracture Risk

The findings have just been published in the latest edition of the prestigious international journal Paediatrics.The head of the Australian Rett Syndrome Study…

Studies and Analyses

Wandering Albatrosses Use Smell to Navigate the Wild

“This is the first time anyone has looked at the odor-tracking behavior of individual birds in the wild using remote techniques,” said Gabrielle Nevitt,…

Materials Sciences

Unveiling Quasicrystal Formation Through Computer Simulation

A computer simulation performed by University of Michigan scientists has given new insights into how this unique class of solids forms. Quasicrystals…

Studies and Analyses

Low Micro-RNA Levels Boost Gene Activity in AML Research

The research involved patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and a gene mutation called NPM1, an alteration seen in about one-third of adult AML cases. The…

Studies and Analyses

Corporate voluntary environmental programs don't perform as well as expected

The Environmental Protection Agency—the largest sponsor of environmental programs—contributed $69 million, or 1.6 percent of their budget, to funding Voluntary…

Earth Sciences

Giant Rhinocerotoid Bone Challenges Anatolia’s 25 Million-Year Isolation

These results were obtained thanks to analyses of the first fossilized giant rhinocerotoid bone discovered in 20022 in an Anatolian deposit during a…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Discover Genetic Mechanism in Nitrogen-Fixing Plants

Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis (which links a plant to a fungus) thus gives plants a mechanism for improving their supply of water and mineral nutrition….

Process Engineering

Laser Treatment Reveals Stunning Wood Grains in MDF

The “LaserCoat” research project in a collaborative research effort consisting of eight academic, research and commercial organisations and part-financed by…

Science Education

Singapore’s Research Efficiency: A Deep Dive into Productivity

Presented by Bibliometrics Director Iain Craig at a recent Wiley-Blackwell research seminar, the publisher analyzed Singapore’s scientific productivity using…

Social Sciences

Community Mobilization Needed to Combat US Youth Violence

Rodney Hammond, from the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…

Physics & Astronomy

Europe’s Jules Verne ATV Resupply Ship Launches to ISS

Lift-off occurred at 05:03 CET (01:03 local) from the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This flight required a new version of…

Studies and Analyses

Enhancing Primary Care to Lower Hospital Use for Seniors

The study, carried out by Doctor Isabel Valenzuela López and supervised by Professors Aurora Bueno Cavaillas and José Luis Gastón Morata, has analysed the main…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Computers Reveal Why Pears Turn Brown in Storage

Pears and other fleshy fruit are commercially stored under low oxygen conditions to extend their storage life for up to 9 months. If the oxygen concentration…

Life & Chemistry

Curing Addiction with Cannabis Medicines: New Research Insights

Teams of pharmacologists, studying the cannabis-like compounds which exist naturally in our bodies (endocannabinoids), are exploring the potential for medical…

Health & Medicine

New Brain Discoveries Pave Way for Eating Disorder Treatments

In the latest issue of the prestigious journal Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, Uppsala University researcher Jarl Wikberg and one of his associates present a…

Health & Medicine

Food “superallergies”: the first Italian study proves that they can be cured with the incriminated allergen

The study – directed by professor Alessandro Ventura, Director of the Clinic – lasted three years, at the end of which 36% of the children involved, once…

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