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Environmental Conservation

Microfossils Reveal Tropical Africa’s Climate History

They did this in cooperation with a German colleague from the University of Bremen. The scientists developed an entirely new method to reconstruct the history…

Earth Sciences

New evidence puts 'Snowball Earth' theory out in the cold

Analyses of glacial sedimentary rocks in Oman, published online today in Geology, have produced clear evidence of hot-cold cycles in the Cryogenian period,…

Life & Chemistry

Meat and two neutrons – the key to a longer life

The concept has been demonstrated in worms and researchers hope that the same concept can help extend human life and reduce the risk of cancer and other…

Health & Medicine

Doctors Reminded on Antibiotic Prescriptions Cut C. Difficile Rates

Researchers at the Royal Free Hospital in London, which now has the lowest CDI rates of any teaching hospital in the UK, investigated the best way to encourage…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Poppy Plants Use Enzyme Switch to Prevent Inbreeding

The researchers, led by Professor Vernonica Franklin-Tong, have found that the poppy use a common 'enzyme switch', phosphorylation, as one of its key weapons…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Kiwis Show Organic Foods Boost Health Benefits Over Conventional

The research is reported in the SCI’s magazine Chemistry & Industry. The debate over the relative health benefits of organic versus conventional food has raged…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Composite Solar Cell Enhances Energy Absorption

The inventive solar cell is based on the “third generation solar cells” concept. Due to the special structure of the composite the properties absorption and…

Life & Chemistry

Enhanced Color Vision in Mice: A New Scientific Breakthrough

This work, appearing March 23 in Science, also suggests that when the first ancestral primate inherited a new type of photoreceptor more than 40 million years…

Life & Chemistry

Cells use 'noise' to make cell-fate decisions

Dr. Gürol Süel, assistant professor of pharmacology, said his research and that of his colleagues published today in the journal Science represents “a new…

Information Technology

UC San Diego Supercomputer Simulations May Pinpoint Causes of Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s Diseases

A study published in this week’s Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Journal offers – for the first time – a model for the complex process of…

Studies and Analyses

Breast Surgery: Boosting Self-Esteem and Sexual Confidence

Although plastic surgery should not be seen as a panacea for feelings of low self-worth or sexual attractiveness, it is important for health-care practitioners…

Earth Sciences

New Tool Tracks Carbon Dioxide Sources for Better Insights

The online data framework distinguishes between changes in the natural carbon cycle and those occurring in human-produced fossil fuel emissions. It also…

Environmental Conservation

Mercury from Groundwater: New Insights into Ocean Pollution

Mercury is toxic to animals and humans in large concentrations, particularly in the form known as methyl mercury, which accumulates in fish. To date, WHOI…

Life & Chemistry

High-Resolution Ribosome Structure Unveils Translation Insights

This work has explained, for the first time, how specificity in translation is achieved that is so much greater than that expected from the hydrogen bonding…

Health & Medicine

New survey evidence on the health and wellbeing of England’s older generation

According to the latest Health Survey for England, nearly two in three adults in this age group suffer from high blood pressure, roughly one in four is obese,…

Communications Media

Alejandro Fanjul Fernández designs a telemedicine system using interactive digital television

This system enables the monitoring and treatment of and support for both patients and elderly people, from the comfort and convenience of their homes, by means…

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