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Health & Medicine

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Rising Global Impact on Women

Dr Theresa Hickey and Prof Robert Norman, University of Adelaide, Australia, and colleagues, reviewed published literature on PCOS up to November 2006 to…

Health & Medicine

Link Between Heart Attacks and Increased Diabetes Risk

Dr Dariush Mozaffarian, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA, Dr Roberto Marchioli, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Italy and…

Health & Medicine

Calcium Supplements Linked to Lower Fracture Risk in Seniors

Dr Benjamin Tang, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia, and colleagues based their findings on a meta-analysis (a pooled analysis of previous…

Business and Finance

Money Illusion: Impact on Wages and Market Dynamics

To illustrate, compare a situation in which money wages increase 2.3% and prices increase 3.1% over one year with a situation in which money wages fall by 0.8%…

Physics & Astronomy

Calculating Martian Soil Biomass: Insights from Dr. Houtkooper

Dr Joop Houtkooper of the University of Giessen, Germany, believes that the subfreezing, arid Martian surface could be home to organisms whose cells are filled…

Physics & Astronomy

Jupiter’s Impact Hazard: Friend or Foe for Earth?

On Friday 24th August at the European Planetary Science Congress in Potsdam, Dr Jonathan Horner will present a study of the impact hazard posed to Earth by the…

Health & Medicine

Restless Legs Syndrome in Children: Key Insights and Impact

Nearly 2 percent of children aged 8 to 17 are affected, and a significant proportion of those experience moderate to severe symptoms, including sleep…

Technology Offerings

Calibrated Device Transforms Mechanical Pain Measurement

Until now, there is no reliable and reproducible method for mechanical

pain assessment. The instrument we offer makes a standardized pain
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Technology Offerings

Genotyping Low Copy DNA: Unlocking Crime Scene Clarity

DNA typing of distinct STR loci establishes the identification of individuals or biological samples collected at crime scenes since several years. If only low…

Technology Offerings

Gentle Method for Creating HgSe and HgTe Nanocrystals

In a hitherto unknown, wet-chemical redox reaction, which can be very easily and rapidly accomplished, largely spherical HgSe or HgTe particle clusters having…

Studies and Analyses

Study finds environmental tests help predict hospital-acquired Legionnaires' disease risk

A new study spearheaded by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has determined that environmental monitoring of institutional water systems can help…

Health & Medicine

Noninvasive Diagnostic Tool for Brain Diseases Unveiled

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and Brain Sciences Center at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center have identified a noninvasive and…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Triggers OCD-Like Behaviors in Mice, Study Reveals

Using genetic engineering, researchers have created an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) – like set of behaviors in mice and reversed them with…

Life & Chemistry

Corn Biorefining Transforms Gelatin Production for Today’s Needs

The advance, described today at the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, may lead to a safe, inexpensive source of this protein for…

Information Technology

High-Speed Laser Pulses on Silicon Boost Data Transmission

Mode-locked evanescent lasers can deliver stable short pulses of laser light that are useful for many optical applications, including high-speed data…

Earth Sciences

Ecuador’s Volcano Safety: Insights from Geologist Robert Buchwaldt

Robert Buchwaldt, Ph.D., Washington University lecturer in earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, is the only scientist from America who sits on an…

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