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NASA Predicts Colorful Plants on Exoplanets: New Insights

Green, yellow or even red-dominant plants may live on extra-solar planets, according to scientists whose two scientific papers appear in the March issue of the…

Studies and Analyses

Economics Experiment Reveals Insights on Equality Preferences

Earlier research has demonstrated that people are willing to incur costs to punish and reward others, especially in scenarios where every player's contribution…

Health & Medicine

Gene Screening Breakthrough Enhances Chemotherapy Effectiveness

In a study available online and appearing in the April 12 edition of the journal Nature, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center describe how they used a…

Life & Chemistry

Genes Drive Breast Cancer Metastasis to Lungs: New Insights

These genes were also found to promote the spread of breast cancer to the lungs. The study, conducted in mice and reported in this week's Nature, helps to…

Health & Medicine

Funding Research on Pain in Older Adults at Nottingham

Dr David Humes, said: “Our aim is to discover whether inflammation of the bowels causes the pain of diverticular disease. We will test new anti-inflammatory…

Physics & Astronomy

The world’s strongest magnet for neutron experiments to be installed in Berlin

The new high field magnet, which is planned to be completed at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute Berlin (HMI) by 2011, will generate a magnetic field between 25 tesla…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Clocks: Enhancing Chicken Wing Development

Research to be published on the 27th of April edition of the “Journal of Molecular Biology” by a group of Portuguese scientists provides a piece of the puzzle…

Information Technology

Scientists Urge Dubliners to Stay Calm Amid White Van Activity

Observant Dubliners may spot a large unmarked white van on their roads next week with antennae on the roof and men in white coats ‘skulking’ around various…

Health & Medicine

Mobile Waste Treatment System Ensures Safe Sanitation Access

A mobile organic waste purification unit developed by EUREKA project E! 3105 HYGICLAIR C100 can effectively treat human waste in recreational or crisis…

Earth Sciences

Cluster Detects Space Tsunamis: A New Look at Aurorae

Generally seen in high-latitude regions such as Scandinavia or Canada, aurorae are colourful curtains of light that appear in the sky. Caused by the…

Physics & Astronomy

Feather-light touch all that's needed for Darwin's frictionless optics

ESA's Darwin mission aims to discover extrasolar planets and examine their atmospheres for signs of life, particularly for the presence of certain life-related…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Study Reveals Strong Link to Obesity Risk

Obesity is a major cause of disease, associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. It is typically measured using body mass…

Life & Chemistry

Innovative Insights: Family Dynamics in Stern Husband Roles

This data was obtained by the specialists of the Institute of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, who have been studying…

Life & Chemistry

Geochemists Explore Microbial Effects on Heart Calculi

However, they assumed that similar processes take place under the influence of microbes in living tissues, for example, in the heart. Likewise renal and…

Earth Sciences

Northern Tien Shan: Analyzing Expected Earthquake Patterns

When analyzing Centeral Asia seismicity the researchers noted that powerful earthquakes in the Hindu Kush, Altai and Northern Tien Shan are often grouped by…

Studies and Analyses

Nurses’ Varied Reactions to Psychiatric Ward Attacks

But the fear experienced by staff may be greater than the actual risk and frequently results in aggressive patients being put in seclusion or restrained,…

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