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Antenatal HIV Innovations by South Africa’s Medical Research Council

Lungiswa Nkonki, of the Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, worked with colleagues from University of the Western Cape (UWC), Health Systems…

Studies and Analyses

Internet Users Trade Privacy For Trust In Online Interactions

‘Even people who have previously demonstrated a high level of caution regarding online privacy will accept losses to their privacy if they trust the recipient…

Medical Engineering

New Device Enhances Quality Control in Radiotherapy Treatments

Ionizing radiations play a vital role in the treatment and diagnosis of malignant neoplastic illnesses as well as in the diagnosis of other pathologies….

Life & Chemistry

Unveiling Grape Vine Gene Secrets: Green to Red Stages

The grapevine's gene expression analysis reveals two distinct molecular and functional phases that correspond with the green and red grape stages. And…

Life & Chemistry

Blind Mice Discover Insights Into Human Sight Loss

A team from the Trinity College Dublin and the Sanger Institute, Cambridge (UK), led by Dr Arpad Palfi and Dr Jane Farrar of the Smurfit Institute of Genetics,…

Life & Chemistry

Bioclocks: How Chromosome Coiling Regulates Our Biology

In recent years, scientists have discovered that biological clocks help organize a dizzying array of biochemical processes in the body. Despite a number of…

Awards Funding

DELO’s UV-Curing Epoxies Win RadTech Europe Award

„We are proud of having received this award for the development of our UV-curing epoxies“, said Sabine Herold, Managing Director of DELO Industrial Adhesives….

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals College Women’s Desire for Thinner Bodies

Most normal-weight women — almost 90 percent in a Cornell study of 310 college students — yearn to be thinner. Half of underweight women want to lose even…

Information Technology

3D Photonic Crystals: The Future of Telecommunications

Smaller, faster, more efficient: BASF research scientists are helping to revolutionize the future world of telecommunications – with the aid of…

Life & Chemistry

Shinya Yamanaka Reprograms Human Adult Cells at Kyoto University

Acclaimed stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, has reported that he and his Kyoto University colleagues have successfully reprogrammed human adult…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Baker Institute finds increased domestic production won't make US self-sufficient in natural gas

Natural gas is already an important fuel in the United States, representing 22 percent of total primary energy use in 2006. About 20 percent of that gas was…

Life & Chemistry

New Nitric Oxide Findings Could Transform Schizophrenia Treatment

Schizophrenia is a serious and common disease that can cause hallucinations, delusions and apathy. Problems with memory, social cognition and other…

Environmental Conservation

New Atmospheric Device Sheds Light on Smog Formation

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new tool for quantitatively measuring elusive atmospheric…

Health & Medicine

Pedometers Boost Walking Motivation for People with Diabetes

The use of a pedometer and a Web site that tracked physical activity levels proved to be powerful motivators for people with diabetes who participated in a…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding M.C. Escher’s Ambiguous Visual Innovations

M.C. Escher's ambiguous drawings transfix us: Are those black birds flying against a white sky or white birds soaring out of a black sky?Lines in Escher's…

Life & Chemistry

Deterministic Evolution Revealed in Multi-Species Study

The leading author is Karin Kiontke, a post-doctoral fellow in New York University’s Department of Biology. The research team included NYU Biology Professor…

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