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Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Smart Dust and Gassy Antennas for Enhanced Tracking

Tracking Flow with Smart Dust Y. Gasteuil, W.L. Shew, M. Gibert, F. Chill'a, B. Castaing and J.-F. Pinton Physical Review Letters (forthcoming)Tiny probes…

Materials Sciences

Record-Breaking Hydrogen Storage Materials For Fuel Cells

Bellave S. Shivaram and Adam B. Phillips, the U.Va. physicists who invented the new materials, will present their finding at 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 12, at the…

Life & Chemistry

Yellowstone viruses 'jump' between hot pools

The result, to be published online next week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help to answer some fundamental questions about how…

Studies and Analyses

Why We See Cars as Friends: Human Traits in Products

The researchers, from the University of Toronto and the University of Chicago, find that people are more likely to attribute human qualities or traits to…

Environmental Conservation

TAU Professor Reveals Global Warming’s Impact on Soft Corals

Tel Aviv University Professor (and alumnus) Hudi Benayahu, head of TAU's Porter School of Environmental Studies, has found that soft corals, an integral and…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking the Secrets of DNAzyme Catalysis for Precise Sensors

“The lock and key mechanism explains why this particular lead-specific DNAzyme makes such a sensitive and selective sensor,” said U. of I. chemistry professor…

Information Technology

Security Loophole Exposes Sensitive Data in Windows OS

The significance of the loophole: emails, passwords, credit card numbers, if they were typed into the computer, and actually all correspondence that emanated…

Life & Chemistry

Switching Off Cancer Cell Genes: New USC Research Insights

A new study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) identifies how genes are silenced in cancer cells through distinct changes in the…

Studies and Analyses

Nitrite/Nitrate Foods Linked to Better Heart Attack Recovery

Nitrite/nitrate found in vegetables, cured meats and drinking water may help you survive a heart attack and recover quicker, according to a pre-clinical study…

Health & Medicine

Zinc Transporters and Their Role in Pancreatic Cancer Insight

“Zinc plays a critical role in our bodies functioning properly,” said Dr. Min Li, assistant professor of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at BCM,…

Life & Chemistry

Smac-Mimetic Compounds: A Targeted Approach to Lung Cancer

The researchers say their findings suggest that Smac-mimetic compounds could be useful as targeted cancer treatments for lung and other cancers. Such therapy…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Technology Uncovers Toxin Secrets of Poisonous Mushrooms

Alpha-amanitin is the poison of the death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides. The Michigan State University plant biology research associate was looking for a…

Studies and Analyses

Omega-3s and Diet: Boost Memory and Reduce Risks

For the study, researchers examined the diets of 8,085 men and women over the age of 65 who did not have dementia at the beginning of the study. Over four…

Studies and Analyses

An Alzheimer's vaccine?

OMRF scientists immunized Alzheimer’s mice with a protein believed to play a key role in the disease-causing process. The mice who received the vaccination…

Health & Medicine

Neuroscientists Discover Anti-Inflammation Molecule for MS

The results suggest that IL-27 may someday be part of a therapy to temper over-active immune responses, which are thought to be at the heart of MS, an…

Health & Medicine

Targeted Treatments for Lupus: New Research Insights

The studies looked at premature atherosclerosis in lupus patients as well as accelerated cell death that seems to be behind many of the disease’s symptoms….

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