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Environmental Conservation

Ocean Sampling Reveals Sources of Coral Symbionts

The symbiosis between special algal species and reef corals is the foundation of a highly productive and biologically complex ecosystem, but our understanding…

Environmental Conservation

Coral Reef Shark Populations: The Urgent Need for Action

Reef sharks are so-called apex predators on tropical coral reefs and are therefore of significant potential importance to the functioning of coral reef…

Life & Chemistry

New Device Speeds Up Bone Repair with Natural Stimuli

Dr Hannay said his device replicated the mechanical and electrical stimulants which occurred naturally in the body to repair fractured and broken bones.”This…

Life & Chemistry

Molecule Identified at Stanford Linked to Autoimmune Relapses

The study, to be published in the Dec. 3 advance online edition of Nature Immunology, lays the groundwork for a way to determine when a relapse is about to…

Life & Chemistry

'Super' enzyme may lead way to better tumor vaccines

“By keeping the dendritic cells alive longer, you extend the window of activation, promoting the desirable immune response, which in the case of cancer, is the…

Studies and Analyses

Underweight Women Face Higher Miscarriage Risks, Study Finds

These are some of the findings of a new study, which appears today in the online edition of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The…

Life & Chemistry

UCSB Researchers Uncover Multicenter Hydrogen Bonds

Tested for hydrogen in metal oxides, the discovery could have a broad range of technological impact. The research is available today in the advance online…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Therapy Breakthrough for Erectile Dysfunction in Trials

Lead author Arnold Melman, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Urology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore…

Health & Medicine

Synthetic Cannabinoid Boosts Fertility in Male Smokers

The sperm from male smokers were washed with a synthetic chemical called AM-1346. After incubation, there was a doubling in the fertilizing capacity of sperm…

Life & Chemistry

Plants, plasmids and possibilities — Methods permit functional gene studies in plants

Scientists also create modified plants to identify and characterize the functions of specific genes. The current issue of Cold Spring Harbor Protocols—released…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Insights on Medium-Sized Colon Polyps

According to a University of Pittsburgh-led study published in the December issue of Gastroenterology, medium-sized polyps found in the colon with flexible…

Environmental Conservation

Ecology of Coupled Oscillations: Insights for Biologists

This behavior of coupled oscillators—long a fascination of physicists and mathematicians—also can help biologists seeking to understand such questions as…

Life & Chemistry

Wachsendes Interesse der Pharmaindustrie für Extremolyte

Immer mehr Pharmaunternehmen interessieren sich für Extremolyte. Der natürliche Wirkstoff, der aus Mikroorganismen gewonnen wird, findet seinen Einsatz überall…

Information Technology

Explore Earth in Near-Real Time with MIRAVI Technology

MIRAVI, short for MERIS Images RApid VIsualisation, tracks Envisat around the globe, generates images from the raw data collected by Envisat’s optical…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Research helps UK Poinsettia growers beat foreign imports & smaller window sills

Now researchers at the University of Warwick are providing British poinsettia growers with the techniques to grow as many poinsettia plants as their European…

Life & Chemistry

Silica Particle Boosts Protein Life, Opens New Medical Frontiers

A unique breakthrough by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden creates new potential in medicine and biochemistry and at the same time provides a new…

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