All News

Health & Medicine

Innovative Food Processing Techniques Shaping Our Future

The industrial revolution brought the advent of modern food processing technology. Whether you credit the Frenchman Nicholas Appert in 1809, or British born…

Information Technology

EU Project MERASA: Enhancing Car Efficiency and Air Safety

The chief aim of the EU project entitled “Multi-Core Execution of Hard Real-Time Applications Supporting Analysability” (MERASA) is to make cars and planes…

Health & Medicine

'Swish-and-spit' test accurate for cancer

Lead investigator Joseph Califano, M.D., says his group at Johns Hopkins asked 211 head and neck cancer patients and 527 individuals without cancers of the…

Studies and Analyses

Cell Phone Use Slows Down Traffic: New Study Insights

Motorists who talk on cell phones drive slower on the freeway, pass sluggish vehicles less often and take longer to complete their trips, according to a…

Studies and Analyses

Gene Variation Increases Liver Tumor Risk in Cirrhosis Patients

A particular gene variation appears to significantly increase the risk that individuals with cirrhosis of the liver will go on to develop hepatocellular…

Studies and Analyses

Impact of Photo ID Laws on Voter Turnout: Key Insights

Jeffrey Milyo, professor of economics and public affairs at the University of Missouri and the Hanna Family Scholar in the Center for Applied Economics at the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Helium Shortage Threatens Science and Technology Advancements

In America, helium is running out of gas. The element that lifts things like balloons, spirits and voice ranges is being depleted so rapidly in the world's…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Discovery Offers New Hope for Prostate Cancer Treatment

In addition, the researchers, led by Marja Nevalainen, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Cancer Biology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson…

Health & Medicine

Deep Sleep’s Role in Type 2 Diabetes Risk Explained

Deep sleep, also called “slow-wave sleep,” is thought to be the most restorative sleep stage, but its significance for physical well-being has not been…

Life & Chemistry

Oliguridylation and Its Role in Histone mRNA Decay

Histone mRNA is rapidly degraded at the end of S phase, but the mechanism by which this occurs has remained elusive, as metazoan histone mRNAs have a unique,…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Antisense MicroRNAs: Insights from MIT and MSKCC

The studies from Drs. Alexander Stark and Manolis Kellis (MIT) and colleagues, and from Dr. Eric Lai (MSKCC) and colleagues, both reveal that antisense…

Life & Chemistry

Lung cancer cells' survival gene seen as drug target

When a key gene called 14-3-3zeta is silenced, lung cancer cells can't survive on their own, researchers have found.The gene is a potential target for…

Studies and Analyses

Men’s Rising Interest in Botox: A New Trend in Aesthetics

There has recently become a growing interest in cosmetic procedures by men. Although most practices see a majority of women, the number of male patients who…

Life & Chemistry

Two Genes Found to Regulate Immune System Response

A research team at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City has identified two genes that may be crucial to the production of an immune system cytokine…

Health & Medicine

Eltrombopag Boosts Platelet Counts in Hepatitis C Patients

This problem is compounded by the fact that standard antiviral treatment for the disease can further reduce platelet numbers to dangerously low levels,…

Business and Finance

IT Investments: Analyzing Risks for Fortune 1000 Companies

Management Insights, a regular feature of the journal, is a digest of important research in business, management, operations research, and management science….

Feedback