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Chemo Combo Using Genetically Modified Bacteria Fights Cancer

In mouse experiments reported in the November 24 issue of Science, the Hopkins researchers demonstrated that genetically-modified bacteria called Clostridium…

Earth Sciences

Unique Insights from Underwater Eruption in Pacific Ocean

The eruption, which took place early this spring thousands of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, is described in a paper set for release Thursday in…

Life & Chemistry

NIH Lab Confirms Protocol to Reverse Type 1 Diabetes in Mice

New data published in the Nov. 24 issue of Science provide further support for a protocol to reverse type 1 diabetes in mice and new evidence that adult…

Earth Sciences

First Look at Seafloor Formation from Ocean Bottom Seismometers

Tolstoy and Lamont-Doherty colleague Felix Waldhauser set an array of ocean bottom seismometers along a section of the East Pacific Rise off the coast of…

Social Sciences

Study Reveals Family’s Role in Nurturing Risk-Taking Success

According to this study, parents who are willing to take risks tend on average to have children who are more prepared to take risks. Moreover, the willingness…

Environmental Conservation

University Aviation Project Tackles Climate Change Challenges

University academics rubbed shoulders with senior officials from the Civil Aviation Authority, Airbus and Rolls-Royce and other partner organisations at a…

Information Technology

Open Source Software to Trace Data Origins Released by Researchers

Researchers at the University of Southampton’s School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) are releasing open source software which will make it possible…

Physics & Astronomy

Integral Detects New Erupting Black Hole Discovery

The outburst was discovered on 17 September 2006 by staff at the Integral Science Data Centre (ISDC), Versoix, Switzerland. Inside the ISDC, astronomers…

Social Sciences

Centre for Global Justice: Pioneering Research in the UK

The Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, the first of its kind in the UK, will bring together leading researchers, students and key figures from…

Environmental Conservation

New Institute Aims to Innovate Clean Energy Technologies

The Energy Technologies Research Institute will feature a multidisciplinary team of more than 100 engineers and physical and social scientists working on…

Life & Chemistry

CiteXplore: Bridging Biomedical Literature and Data Seamlessly

Biological researchers require two crucial sources of information: scientific literature published in peer-reviewed journals and databases storing key…

Life & Chemistry

'Border Reiver' families to spill their blood for genetics research

Newcastle University researchers are seeking people with 'Border Reiver' surnames, like Armstrong, Fenwick, Burn or Robson, to donate blood samples for a…

Health & Medicine

How the Brain Detects Novelty: Insights from Recent Research

Without our memories we would not only be unable to remember our past but perhaps more importantly predict the future. Scientists believe they may have…

Health & Medicine

Tackling AIDS: Key to Achieving Millennium Development Goals

In September 2000, 189 governments committed to achieving eight development goals to improve living standards worldwide. But according to the analysis in PLoS…

Health & Medicine

Global Health Forecast: Causes of Death and Disease by 2048

This study provided the first comprehensive global estimates of death and illness by age, sex, and region. It also provided projections of the global burden of…

Environmental Conservation

Global Warming: A Threat to Crocodile Mating Success?

With global temperatures generally on the rise, crocodiles may have a harder time finding mates. For crocodiles, gender is not determined genetically, but…

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