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Complaints About Memory Are Associated With Alzheimer-Related Brain Damage

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center found that having complaints about memory problems is associated with changes in the brain related to Alzheimer’s…

Earth Sciences

Increase in carbon dioxide emissions accelerating

According to the co-Chair of the Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research scientist Dr Mike Raupach, 7.9 billion tonnes of carbon were…

Life & Chemistry

Found — the apple gene for red

“The red colour in apple skin is the result of anthocyanins, the natural plant compounds responsible for blue and red colours in many flowers and fruits,” says…

Studies and Analyses

Study Finds Antiretroviral Therapy Interruptions Raise Risks

Findings from one of the largest HIV/AIDS therapy studies conducted to date show that a specific strategy of interrupting antiretroviral therapy more than…

Information Technology

New Software Enhances Colonoscopy Video Analysis for Better Exams

The researchers' software and related hardware, for example, could analyze videos of colonoscopy procedures — a tiny video camera at the tip of a flexible…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Discovery Shields Nerves From Degeneration Risks

The finding begs the question if a drug might be developed that could stimulate extra protein production and thus neuronal protection – both in injured cells…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Reveals Immune Defense Issues in CF Airways

The UI study shows how two enzymes generate and use reactive oxygen species (ROS) to destroy bacteria in normal airways. The team also found that this process…

Health & Medicine

Young Exercise Linked to Lower Fracture Risk Later in Life

“Our study demonstrates that exercise when young may reduce the risk of fractures later in life, and the old exercise adage of 'use it or lose it' may not be…

Transportation and Logistics

Innovative Graphical Displays Guide Aircraft from Icing Hazards

Graphical displays, developed by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), will for the first time rate areas by icing severity and…

Life & Chemistry

New finding points way to foiling anthrax's tricks

The UC Berkeley scientists, working with colleagues at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center…

Life & Chemistry

Fruit Fly Study Reveals Insights on Mind-Body Connection

Male fruit flies are smaller and darker than female flies. The hair-like bristles on their forelegs are shorter, thicker. Their sexual equipment, of course, is…

Studies and Analyses

Alcoa’s Cost Control in Employee Preventive Health Care

The study, titled “Effects of a Cost-sharing Exemption on Use of Preventive Services at One Large Employer,” evaluated how Alcoa, a world leader in aluminum…

Life & Chemistry

Living View in Animals Reveals How Cells Make Proteins

The scientists say the findings, made in mice, help explain a key wonder of human biology: how the same genes found in every cell of an individual's body can…

Studies and Analyses

How Language Shapes Our Perception of Rhythm Across Cultures

People in different cultures perceive different rhythms in identical sequences of sound, according to Drs. John R. Iversen and Aniruddh D. Patel of The…

Studies and Analyses

End-of-Life Care Attitudes: Black vs. White Perspectives

Because the attitudes of black patients conflict with current prevailing views regarding end-of-life care, they may have difficulty obtaining medical care…

Physics & Astronomy

New Wide-Angle Lens Captures Distortion-Free Images

South Korean researchers have designed and built an inexpensive optical lens that collects light from a large area and produces a virtually distortion-free…

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