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Environmental Conservation

Getting real: Drought as the 'New Normal'

It's perfectly possible to plan for droughts and minimize the losses they cause. In fact Australia has set in place policies that blaze a trail for the US…

Health & Medicine

Molecule Aids Cell Repair After Lung Injury: New Study Insights

The study appeared in the Sept. 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.In acute lung injury — usually resulting from infection, inflammation or…

Physics & Astronomy

Double Quantum Dots Enhance Kondo Effect in Semiconductors

The Kondo effect occurs when electrons become trapped around the magnetic impurities in semiconductor materials, which prompts the electrons to change their…

Physics & Astronomy

New Lunar Meteorite Discovered in Antarctica by ANSMET Team

The new specimen was found by a field party from the U.S. Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET) headquartered at Case Western Reserve University….

Life & Chemistry

Slow Brain Waves Key to Coordinating Complex Neural Activity

A new study by neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and neurosurgeons and neurologists at UC San Francisco (UCSF) is beginning to answer…

Transportation and Logistics

Guidebook Enhances Safety and Convenience for Walkers

The guidebook, developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the Georgia Department of Transportation, helps planners assess their…

Studies and Analyses

Protein Folding Breakthroughs: Insights from Rice and Baylor

A new study combining advanced computational modeling and cutting-edge experiments by molecular biologists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine…

Health & Medicine

Quantum dots reviewed — Could these nanoparticles hold the cure to cancer?

The worlds of medical and biological research are abuzz with the promises offered by nanoparticles known as semiconductor quantum dots. These Quantum Dots…

Physics & Astronomy

Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer detects vast polar ethane cloud on Titan

The cloud may be the clue needed in solving a puzzle that has confounded scientists who so far have seen little evidence of a veil of ethane clouds and surface…

Earth Sciences

Stratospheric Injections: A New Approach to Cooling Earth

Wigley calculates the impact of injecting sulfate particles, or aerosols, every one to four years into the stratosphere in amounts equal to those lofted by the…

Studies and Analyses

Study Links Musical Tastes to Lifestyle Choices Worldwide

Now, Dr Adrian North is extending his research worldwide. He is looking for 10,000 people from all over the world to take part in an online survey at…

Studies and Analyses

Define 'precautionary principle' to avoid clashes over biotechnology under World Trade rules

Biotechnology-altered foods are the focus of a World Trade Organization ruling scheduled for release this month, a landmark event expected to have a major…

Studies and Analyses

Why 90% of Health Insurance Shoppers Don’t Buy Plans

A new report from the Commonwealth Fund finds that, as employers cope with rising health care costs by dropping health benefits or increasing employee…

Life & Chemistry

p53 Overexpression as a Key Biomarker for Cancer Treatment

A common laboratory test that predicted poor outcome from traditional radiation and chemotherapy treatment for head and neck cancers now has been found to…

Life & Chemistry

3D Chemical Tests Reveal Cancer Cell Responses to Treatments

The first patent-pending technology provides a way for researchers to easily tell if cancer cells in the laboratory are responding to an anti-cancer drug. The…

Health & Medicine

Plastic Pill Tackles Periodontal Disease Effectively

Eight to 12 percent of Americans have periodontal disease serious enough to require some type of advanced treatment, such as surgery. Left untreated, the…

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