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Health & Medicine

TV Watching and Inactivity Linked to Kids’ Metabolic Risk

An ongoing study, the European Youth Heart Study is examining the nature, strength, and interactions between personal, environmental, and lifestyle influences…

Environmental Conservation

Exploring Natural Organic Matter’s Impact on the Environment

By studying the molecular mechanisms responsible for the complex behavior of natural organic matter, researchers at the University of Illinois at…

Power and Electrical Engineering

World's Fastest Transistor Approaches Goal Of Terahertz Device

With a frequency of 845 gigahertz, their latest device is approximately 300 gigahertz faster than transistors built by other research groups, and approaches…

Earth Sciences

Fishbone Deforestation Patterns Threaten Amazon’s Environment

Rondonia is a state in the Amazonian region where the establishment of rural development projects has resulted in the construction of orthogonal road networks….

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Uncover Archaea Insights: From Hot Springs to Farms

For years, biologists have pigeonholed archaea as extremophiles-creatures that live in extreme conditions. Indeed, many species of archaea thrive in…

Health & Medicine

New Lab-Grown Heart Muscle Mimics Natural Functionality

It looks, contracts and responds almost like natural heart muscle – even though it was grown in the lab. And it brings scientists another step closer to the…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Images Shed Light on Mars’ Wet Past at White Sands

Chavdarian and Sumner have studied cracks and fins in the sulfate-rich sands at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. These features look remarkably…

Health & Medicine

New Melanoma Treatment Combines Antibody With Radiation

The treatment approach, which involves combining an antibody with radiation, has since been further developed and is expected to enter early-stage human…

Environmental Conservation

Bioprospecting: Empowering Local Drug Discovery Initiatives

By training professionals in high-biodiversity regions to advance the drug discovery process in-country, a novel program drives drug discovery costs down as it…

Life & Chemistry

Sea Urchin Genome Discovery: Insights for Human Health

UCF Professor Cristina Calestani was part of the Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Group, which recently completed sequencing of the sea urchin genome and published…

Materials Sciences

ORNL Supports Diesel Parts Makers in Emissions Compliance

Laboratory researchers are helping companies characterize materials and test components as part of the industry's preparation for the new emissions mandates….

Life & Chemistry

New Biomarker Enhances Breast Cancer Drug Effectiveness Prediction

The team’s leader, Erik Knudsen, PhD, says the findings could help physicians more accurately predict which tumors will respond to anti-estrogen therapy and…

Life & Chemistry

NYU chemists create 'nanorobotic' arm to operate within DNA sequence

The results, reported in the latest issue of the journal Science, mark the first time scientists have been able to employ a functional nanotechnology device…

Health & Medicine

Understanding Campylobacter Transmission Routes and Risks

According to the official statistics, approximately 1200 persons are domestically infected with Campylobacter each year, but the true number is probably much…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Links Humor to Increased Survival Rates

Now, the first evidence in history is published proving that a sense of humour increases the probability of survival when people are hit by severe diseases….

Health & Medicine

New Biomedical Research Centre Launches in West London

Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced last week (8 December) the creation of eleven Biomedical Research Centres (BRC) and awarded BRC status to the two…

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