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$60 Million for Gender Research: Three Environments Collaborate

The international panel of judges was impressed by Swedish research. The most important criterion was the groups’ potential to become leaders in the…

Life & Chemistry

Young Scientists Win Competition with Innovative Slug Control

The young Rothamsted scientists walked away with prizes including £1,000 after impressing judges at the final of Biotechnology YES with their hypothetical…

Life & Chemistry

Pioneering Paint Wipes Out MRSA on Surfaces, Study Finds

Tests by scientists at Sheffield Hallam University have proven that easy-on, an infection control coating, allows bacteria to be completely wiped off surfaces,…

Social Sciences

Understanding Childhood Roots of Supernatural Beliefs

These perceptions tend to mix the core attributes of non-living, living and psychical things. In adults this mixing of core knowledge can operate in…

Health & Medicine

Taste Test Identifies Best Depression Drugs, Study Finds

Research from the University of Bristol has shown that our ability to recognise certain tastes can be improved by administering drugs usually given for…

Studies and Analyses

Study reveals the public’s willingness to use specific nanoproducts

Published in the December issue of Nature Nanotechnology, the study also found that US consumers rate nanotechnology as less risky than everyday technologies…

Earth Sciences

Southern Ocean Winds: A New Climate Model’s Insights

The Southern Hemisphere westerly winds have moved southward in the last 30 years. A new climate model predicts that as the winds shift south, they can do a…

Medical Engineering

Siemens introduces „Generation NeXt“ – A New Class of Ultrasound Systems

The Acuson X300, the latest member of the new Siemens X Class of Ultrasound systems, is an ultra-compact, performance-oriented system and uniquely positioned…

Earth Sciences

Impact of Solar Cycle on Global Climate Change Explained

How much of global climate change is caused by fluctuations of the Sun's radiation? A reliable assessment of human-induced global warming requires an answer to…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular 'marker' on stem cells aids research, perhaps therapies

The molecule, called SSEA-4, was found on the surface of certain stem cells in bone marrow that give rise to fat, cartilage and bone. These so-called…

Studies and Analyses

New Highways Transform Transport and Community in Ecuador

The new roads connect Ecuadorian villages that previously used only rivers for transport. The study suggests the importance of considering human costs when…

Studies and Analyses

Cost-Effective HIV Screening Benefits All Health Settings

The team reports in the December 5 Annals of Internal Medicine that routine HIV screening is cost-effective, even in communities where as few as two in 1,000…

Studies and Analyses

Employers Save More by Investing in Employee Depression Care

A simulation based on dozens of studies revealed that providing a minimal level of enhanced care for employees' depression would result in a cumulative savings…

Life & Chemistry

New Marker Identifies Breast Cancer Protein, Study Reveals

The research, led by Linda H. Malkas, Ph.D., Vera Bradley Professor of Oncology and professor of medicine, and Robert J. Hickey, Ph.D., associate professor of…

Earth Sciences

Mapping Ancient Earthquakes: Insights for Future Tsunamis

Research into ancient earthquakes by scientists at USC and Caltech shows that within the next few decades another tsunami from another giant earthquake is…

Life & Chemistry

New Biomolecule Insights Enhance Crystal Growth Speed Control

From gemstones to transistors, crystals are everywhere in our daily lives. Crystals also make up the mineralized skeletons of all organisms, including…

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