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Life & Chemistry

Polymers show promise for lab-on-a-chip technology

University of Alberta researchers, collaborating with colleagues at the Eindhoven University of Technology and Phillips Research Laboratories in the…

Health & Medicine

Rofecoxib Significantly Reduces The Risk Of Recurrence Of Colorectal Polyps

The use of the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor rofecoxib (Vioxx®) reduces the risk of colorectal adenomas, according to data being published in…

Life & Chemistry

Scientist-astronaut sends T-cells into space

A former astronaut and researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center will be traveling to the Cosmodrome space-launch site at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, this…

Health & Medicine

New findings could lead to vaccine for severe malaria

Plasmodium falciparium is the name of by far the most virulent of the four malaria parasites that infect man. It is particularly dangerous in that it also…

Health & Medicine

Determining the state of the human arterial system

This method, that can help in the prevention of heart attack, brain stroke or high blood pressure, is outlined in his PhD thesis, Inferences for diagnosis of…

Physics & Astronomy

SMART-1 maps its own impact site

AMIE obtained this sequence on 19 August 2006 from the relatively high distance of 1200 kilometres from the surface (far from the SMART-1 perilune, or point of…

Health & Medicine

“Don't Steal Our Meals!” say dieting experts

Extra pressure is reported to be piling up on the millions of people already suffering confusion and panic regarding what they should do next about their…

Environmental Conservation

Explore India’s New Free Resource on Climate Change Impact

India's growing economy makes it a key contributor to greenhouse gas emissions — currently the world's fifth largest. But what does India’s future emissions…

Communications Media

University of York Students Create Feature Film Magic

Ainslie is one of five Electronics students from the University of York who were asked if they wanted to spend their summer holidays working on post-production…

Studies and Analyses

EU-Funded Study Unravels Brain Mechanisms of Fear and Anxiety

A neuroscientist at the University of Leicester has recently been awarded major EU funding amounting to €1.7m over four years to investigate how fear and…

Physics & Astronomy

UA Physicists Invent 'QuIET'- Single Molecule Transistors

They have applied for a patent on their device, called Quantum Interference Effect Transistor, nicknamed “QuIET.” The American Chemical Society publication,…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Motor Guides Cellular Orientation in Cancer Research

The study was published in the July 31 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.The sense of top and bottom is often lost in cells that become cancerous and may be…

Physics & Astronomy

Desktop Printing with Nanotube Ink: A New Era in Manufacturing

The method, which is described in the August 2006 issue of the journal Small, could lead to a new process for manufacturing a wide range of nanotube-based…

Earth Sciences

Sun Shield: Signs of Atmospheric Ozone Recovery Emerging

Researchers attribute the improvement to both a reduction in ozone-depleting chemicals phased out by the global Montreal Protocol treaty and its amendments and…

Environmental Conservation

Elephant Slaughter Exposed in Chad: Conservationists Act

A team led by a conservationist from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society, working with the Chadian government and the European Union project…

Studies and Analyses

Iron’s Role in Boosting Ocean Productivity and Carbon Uptake

As a result, past interpretations of satellite chlorophyll data may be inaccurate, the researchers say, and the tropical Pacific Ocean may photosynthesize 1-2…

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