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Health & Medicine

Lymph Nodes’ Role in Prion Infectivity Explored

While we can show that the regional lymph node plays no pivotal role in the neuroinvasion of prions for high doses of infection, we cannot rule out the…

Information Technology

3D Printing Advances: Sharing Designs at Lightning Speed

Such technology already exists and is maturing rapidly so that high-tech designers and others can share solid designs almost as quickly as sending a fax. The…

Health & Medicine

Venous Thrombosis Risk: 1 in 4,656 Long-Haul Flights

The authors surveyed 8,755 employees of international companies collecting data on their travel and whether or not they developed thromboses (deep vein…

Business and Finance

Fiscal Impacts of Minimum Wage Increases Explained

What are the fiscal implications of introducing or increasing the minimum wage? How can we explain the very high spike at the minimum wage level appearing in…

Life & Chemistry

Bioengineered Antimicrobials Offer Hope for Cystic Fibrosis Patients

“While not a cure, this work has potential as a therapeutic strategy against bacterial infections in cystic fibrosis,” said Gerard Wong a professor of…

Earth Sciences

Researchers locate mantle's spin transition zone, leading to clues about Earth's structure

By looking at the electronic spin state of iron in a lower-mantle mineral at high temperatures and pressures relevant to the conditions of the Earth’s lower…

Earth Sciences

Deep-Sea Drilling Program Launches to Study Earthquake Zones

Today, the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) gets underway, with the Japanese drilling vessel Chikyu departing from Shingu Port with…

Studies and Analyses

Cell-Surface Sugar Defects Linked to Nerve Damage in MS

Defects on cell-surface sugars may promote the short-term inflammation and long-term neurodegeneration that occurs in the central nervous system of multiple…

Physics & Astronomy

Orphan Stars Discovered in Galaxy’s Comet-Like Tail

The comet-like tail was observed in X-ray light with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and in optical light with the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR)…

Health & Medicine

Low Vitamin D Levels Increase Hip Fracture Risk in Women

Jane A. Cauley, Dr.P.H., professor of epidemiology, and colleagues evaluated patient data on 400 women enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational…

Life & Chemistry

Flu Virus Spreads Year-Round: Insights from Top Biologist

“Nobody really knows why flu is a winter disease in the temperate regions and more continuous in the tropics,” says Edward Holmes, professor of biology at Penn…

Earth Sciences

NASA Study Reveals Antarctic Snowmelt Moving Inland

In a new NASA study, researchers using 20 years of data from space-based sensors have confirmed that Antarctic snow is melting farther inland from the coast…

Environmental Conservation

Asia-Pacific Nations Urged to Assess Biofuels Carefully

The nations of Asia and the Pacific are being urged to study the issue of biofuels with greater care before deciding on how they will use their agricultural…

Life & Chemistry

UCSD Study Uncovers Key Enzyme’s Regulatory Mechanism

Research conducted at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has shed new light on the structure and function of one of the key…

Life & Chemistry

NIH Scientists Decode Genetic Code of Elephantiasis Worm

Mosquitoes spread the larvae of these parasitic nematodes from human to human, placing at risk more than a billion people who live in places in Africa, Asia…

Science Education

Bachelor oder Master: Anforderungen in der Tourismuswirtschaft

Hervorragend qualifizierte und serviceorientierte Mitarbeiter sind ein Schlüsselfaktor für den Erfolg und das Wachstum in der Tourismus-,…

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