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Physics & Astronomy

Solving the Dark Matter Mystery: Insights from Dr. Zhao

Dr HongSheng Zhao, of the University’s School of Physics and Astronomy, has shown that the puzzling dark matter and its counterpart dark energy may be more…

Life & Chemistry

Mapping the Genesis of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)-­the most common form of leukemia in adults-­arises from a special type of white blood corpuscle, B lymphocytes, which…

Life & Chemistry

Crossing Species Lines: Innovations in Microbial Defense

All multicellular organisms are in an arms-race against the vast armies of rapidly mutating microbial pathogens that are seeking access to their rich stores of…

Earth Sciences

Understanding Hot Spot Volcanism at Subduction Zones

When these magmatic uprisings occur at a subduction zone, where one tectonic plate plunges under another, they give rise to volcanic massifs such as the Andes…

Health & Medicine

Gas6: A Promising Alternative to EPO for Anemia Treatment

At present, the hormone EPO is administered to a large number of these patients to alleviate the anemia. But unfortunately, treatment with EPO is not always…

Health & Medicine

iPods Safe for Cardiac Pacemakers, New FDA Research Shows

Howard Bassen, a researcher with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Rockville, Md., led a research team that measured the magnetic fields produced by…

Earth Sciences

Innovative Water Management Solutions for a Changing Climate

But anthropogenic change of Earth’s climate is altering the means and extremes of these factors so that this paradigm of stationarity no longer applies,…

Corporate News

EPLAN Expands Internationally with Infographics AG Acquisition

Internationally successful solutions provider EPLAN has surprised the industry with an expansion of its European operations, acquiring Infographics AG, based…

Technology Offerings

IDA: Mini Intraoral Ultrasound Scanner for Accurate Tooth Measurement

The miniaturized intraoral ultrasound scanner enables the

precise measurement of the geometry of prepared teeth.
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Studies and Analyses

New Study Advances Macular Degeneration Cure Research

A new study of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that affects more than nine million Americans, will pave the way for the biopharmaceutical…

Earth Sciences

Exploring Paired Earthquakes: Insights from Past Events

“The last great outer rise earthquakes that occurred were in the 1930s and 1970s,” said Charles J. Ammon, associate professor of geoscience, Penn State. “We…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Squeezed Crystals Boost Power in Piezoelectric Materials

High-performance piezoelectric materials used today, such as those in probes for medical ultrasound, are specially grown crystals of mixed composition known as…

Life & Chemistry

DNA Acts as Blueprint in New Nanoparticle Structures

Using just one kind of nanoparticle (gold) the researchers built two common but very different crystalline structures by merely changing one thing — the…

Life & Chemistry

3-D Crystalline Nanoparticles Created Using DNA Technique

In an achievement some see as the “holy grail” of nanoscience, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have for the first…

Life & Chemistry

Hot Liquids Release Harmful Chemicals from Polycarbonate Bottles

Scott Belcher, PhD, and his team found when the same new and used polycarbonate drinking bottles were exposed to boiling hot water, BPA, an environmental…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Innovative Agriculture Shaping Mississippi River Chemistry

“It’s like the discovery of a new large river being piped out of the corn belt,” said Pete Raymond, lead author of the study and associate professor of…

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