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Life & Chemistry

'Fingerprints' help find genes involved in differentiation

In a report that appears in the journal Cell Stem Cell today, Dr. Margaret A. Goodell, professor of pediatrics and director of BCM’s STem Cells and…

Physics & Astronomy

How to make the brightest supernova ever: Explode, collapse, repeat

But Stan Woosley, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, had an idea that he thought could account for it–an…

Interdisciplinary Research

Scientists zero in on the cellular machinery that enables neurons to fire

In the November 15 issue of Nature, one group of researchers shows that a part of ion channels called the paddle is uniquely transplantable between different…

Materials Sciences

Molecular level nanoelectronics a step closer to reality with DNA nanowire research

Biological and physical studies on DNA structure have revealed considerable interest into the electronic properties of DNA. Part of this interest is in using…

Environmental Conservation

“Time-sharing” birds key to evolutionary mystery

The Queen’s-led international study confirms one of Charles Darwin’s more controversial theories – first put forward in 1859 and since disputed by many experts…

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria Organize for Survival in Hostile Environments

Using an innovative device with microscopic chambers, researchers from four institutions, including Johns Hopkins, have gleaned important new information about…

Health & Medicine

Healthy Food Access: Cost Barriers for Families Explored

The study found that the cost of a standardized healthy food basket (HFB), and therefore the cost of healthy eating, relative to income were very expensive for…

Information Technology

End-to-End Electronic Processing for Patent Applications

The welcome address was delivered by Maria Agró, President of the Italian Patent and Trade Mark Office while opening speeches were presented by Alfonso Gianni,…

Physics & Astronomy

New Method to Manipulate Light with Photonic Crystal Fiber

Using a special hollow-core photonic crystal fibre, a team at the University of Bath, UK, has opened the door to what could prove to be a new sub-branch of…

Environmental Conservation

University of Kent Partners with Islamic Leaders for Conservation

The project, led by Stuart Harrop, Professor of Wildlife Management Law at DICE and Deputy Head of Kent’s Department of Anthropology, and Matthew Linkie, a…

Earth Sciences

New Tech Turns Rogue Wave Detection From Myth to Reality

They have been considered merely a myth until recently, when new studies using technological developments like buoys, radars and satellites have scientifically…

Transportation and Logistics

New Control Techniques to Prevent Aircraft Crashes at TU Delft

The presentation in Delft forms the final phase of a research project involving the GARTEUR international research partnership (participants include TU Delft…

Life & Chemistry

Bioengineering Project at University of Kent Benefits Health and Environment

Elderly people, those with a vitamin B12 deficiency – a state that is associated with neurological disorders, megablastic anaemia and developmental problems in…

Automotive Engineering

New Car Catalysator Process Boosts Efficiency and Discovery

To date, the second reaction path was completely unknown, but it seems to work much more efficiently than the first, more familiar process. This discovery has…

Health & Medicine

Underdiagnosed Tinea of the Nails in Children: Key Insights

In Europe, Tinea unguium has an incidence rate between 0 and 2.6% (average 0.3%) in general population. The symptoms of tinea of the nails are generally well…

Life & Chemistry

Gender Roles Hinder Women Scientists in Europe’s Academia

Despite the fact that more than half the European student population is female, women hold less then 15% of full professorships in Europe, according to the She…

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