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Acne’s Impact on Sports Participation: New Study Insights

The study, published in the Journal of Health Psychology, involved 50 young to middle-aged adults recruited from a national acne support group.As well as…

Power and Electrical Engineering

IMEC Achieves 24.7% Efficiency in GaAs Solar Cells

IMEC realized this record on a single-junction GaAs cell, grown epitaxially on a Ge substrate with an improved micro-defect distribution. The record cell…

Life & Chemistry

Invasive Garden Ants: Insights from Sylvia Cremer’s Research

Sylvia Cremer is from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and the University of Regensburg in Germany. Working with colleagues from these institutes and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Scientists Decode Pea Genetics for Enhanced Crop Innovation

Researchers from the INRA Plant Genomics Research Unit at Evry, and the INRA Grain Legumes Research Unit at Bretenières, both in France, developed a…

Environmental Conservation

New Discovery: Krill Found Thriving in Antarctic Abyss

Until now this shrimp-like crustacean was thought to live only in the upper ocean. The discovery completely changes scientists’ understanding of the major food…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Heart Disease’s Impact in Europe

One fact, nevertheless, remains the same: cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death in the European Union, killing over 2 million people per…

Life & Chemistry

Bioenergy­-For What and How Much? Now in Russian and in English!

“Bioenergy is one of the hottest environmental and energy issues in the world today,” says Rolf Annerberg, director general of the Swedish Research Council…

Technology Offerings

Compo-Q: New small molecules for the treatment of prion and neurodegenerative diseases(e.g. Alzheimer’s disease)

Scientists at the University of Duesseldorf and the University of Erlangen have developed new small molecules which can be used for the treatment of diseases…

Technology Offerings

nSMase3: A New Enzyme for Heart and Male Fertility Diagnostics

A novel human TNF-responsible neutral phingomyelinase enzyme (nSMase3) has been identified. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of nSMase3 as…

Life & Chemistry

CSHL Scientists Uncover Gene-Regulatory Insights in Metabolism

Metabolism is a central feature of life – a myriad of biochemical processes that, together, enable organisms to nourish and sustain themselves. Scientists at…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Mutation Linked to Peripheral Artery Disease Uncovered

Dr. Brian Annex, professor of medicine and director of vascular medicine at Duke, says the study stemmed directly from his clinical experience. “Over and over,…

Automotive Engineering

New Catalysis Discovery Targets NOx Emissions in Vehicles

A discovery in molecular chemistry may help remove a barrier to widespread use of diesel and other fuel-efficient “lean burn” vehicle engines. Researchers at…

Environmental Conservation

Salamanders and Headwater Streams: Key Players in Ecosystems

University of Missouri scientist Ray Semlitsch studies creatures most people don’t ever see. These creatures are active only at night and thrive in the…

Materials Sciences

Color-Coding Atoms: Cornell’s New Electron Microscope Innovation

“The current generation of electron microscopes can be thought of as expensive black and white cameras where different atoms appear as different shades of…

Physics & Astronomy

New Advances in Laser and Sensor Technology Research

Funded by a three-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation as well as a Cottrell College Science Award of $44,244 from the Research…

Earth Sciences

NASA Joins Ocean Voyage to Study Climate Gas Exchange

NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Science Foundation are sponsoring the Southern Ocean Gas Exchange…

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