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Transportation and Logistics

Better designed roadway intersections can boost older drivers' performance

Wider road shoulders, right-turn lanes that allow drivers to merge into traffic without stopping and angle intersections no sharper than 90 degrees all led to…

Health & Medicine

First Antisense Drug Shows Promise for CLL Patients

Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, reporting in the early on-line edition of the March 20 Journal of Clinical Oncology, found…

Life & Chemistry

Iowa State Enhances Soy Processing for Higher Protein Yields

Adding ultrasonic pretreatment to soy processing boosts and improves the yield of protein that can be added to foods, said Samir Khanal, an Iowa State research…

Life & Chemistry

New Studies Link DNA Regions to Nicotine Dependence

Americans are bombarded with antismoking messages, yet at least 65 million of us continue to light up. Genetic factors play an important role in this…

Studies and Analyses

Heart Disease Risk Increased in Low-Income Neighborhoods

According to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine, the incidence of heart disease and associated fatalities are higher for people who…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Sensor Detects Fatty Acid Buildup in Mitochondria

Just as homes have smoke detectors, cells have an enzyme that responds to a buildup of fatty acids by triggering the production of a key molecule in the…

Physics & Astronomy

New Accelerator Technique Doubles Particle Energy in One Meter

That's essentially what a collaboration of more than a dozen accelerator physicists has accomplished, using electrons for their racecars and plasma for the…

Physics & Astronomy

Unveiling the Origin of the Universe’s Darkest Galaxies

Most of the luminous matter, so common in most galaxies, has been stripped away, leaving behind a dark matter shadow. These intriguing galaxies-known as dwarf…

Life & Chemistry

Disrupting brain's stress system intensifies opiate withdrawal

Now, researchers have found that disrupting the brain's stress-response mechanism exacerbates behavioral withdrawal symptoms in mice, and that giving the mice…

Life & Chemistry

'Gateway' gene discovered for brain cancer

The researchers said their findings suggest that targeting Olig2 could offer a potential avenue for treatment that would kill tumor cells without affecting…

Life & Chemistry

Uniparental Stem Cells: A Breakthrough in Regenerative Medicine

In the February 15th issue of G&D, Dr. K. John McLaughlin and colleagues report on their success in using uniparental embryonic stem cells to replace blood…

Physics & Astronomy

Super-Thin 50-Atom Filter Enhances Molecular Manipulation

A newly designed porous membrane, so thin it's invisible edge-on, may revolutionize the way doctors and scientists manipulate objects as small as a molecule. The 50-atom thick filter can withstand surprisingly high pressures and may be a key to better separation of blood proteins for dialysis patients, speeding ion exchange in fuel cells, creating a new environment for growing neurological stem cells, and purifying air and water in hospitals and clean-rooms at the nanoscopic level….

Studies and Analyses

Plastics in Household Items Linked to Fertility Issues

Lead investigator Hugh S. Taylor, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences (Ob/Gyn) at Yale, said the…

Life & Chemistry

New Protein Discovery Aims to Combat Antibiotic Resistance

A new type of protein discovered by Queen’s University researchers may be useful in developing treatments for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as those that…

Life & Chemistry

North European Life Science Summit: Innovations in Schwerin

Under the auspices of the North European biotechnology-initiative ScanBalt the Life Science networks Medicon Valley Academy Kopenhagen/Lund, NORGENTA…

Studies and Analyses

Top Experts Awarded Contract for Cybersecurity Behavior Study

The study reflects concern that more needs to be done to help organisations and individual users of cyber space protect themselves and the UK's critical…

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