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Cocoa Flavanols Boost Blood Vessel Health in Aging Boomers

Flavanol-rich cocoa could offer powerful cardiovascular benefits for the nearly 78 million baby boomers in the United States today, suggests a new study…

Health & Medicine

Evaluating Tumor Response for Better Liver Transplant Outcomes

Liver transplantation is widely recognized as an effective treatment for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the size and number of tumors, known as…

Health & Medicine

Famine’s Link to Schizophrenia: Insights for Inherited Conditions

Epidemiologists have studied two major famines in the 20th century: the Dutch Hunger Winter of 1944-45, which was brought about by the Nazi occupation in World…

Earth Sciences

CSIRO Uncovers Secrets of Continental Drift and Breakup

Continents drift on the surface of the Earth in response to a recycling of oceanic plates, with new plates formed at rifts which are mostly located as…

Life & Chemistry

Gluing Cells – Precise sticking of living cells on carriers by microelectrochemical methods

Suitable surfaces that induce the adhesion of cells are available, yet, there is no simple method to attach cells onto carriers at defined positions, such as…

Physics & Astronomy

Huygens Scientific Archive: Explore New Planetary Data Insights

An extraordinary new world has been unveiled. The unique data obtained by the six Huygens experiments are now being archived in the ESA Planetary Science…

Health & Medicine

Low Iodine Levels in Pregnant Irish Women: Key Findings

These preliminary results published recently in the Irish Journal of Medical Science are from a research study carried out by a UCD research team headed by Dr…

Life & Chemistry

Predators Favor Small-Brained Prey Over Clever Targets

They avoid more intelligent prey such as monkeys which have exceptionally large brains and are more capable of escaping attacks.The study, carried out by Dr…

Health & Medicine

Knee Bone Marrow Lesions: A Genetic Link Uncovered

A study published today in the journal Arthritis Research & Therapy reveals that there is a significant genetic component to the occurrence and severity of…

Life & Chemistry

How Novelty Enhances Learning: Insights from Recent Research

Researchers have long suspected that the human brain is particularly attracted to new information and that this might be important for learning. They are now a…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Discover Unique Two-Color Planet-Size Stars

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered a rather unusual system, in which two planet-size stars, of different colours, orbit each other….

Life & Chemistry

Dengue Virus Unveils Circular Secret for Infection Treatment

In a finding that could help scientists develop ways to prevent or treat certain infections, researchers led by a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)…

Earth Sciences

UCSD's Supercomputers Cast Light on Cloudy Puzzle of Global Weather

The first step towards any solution is understanding the problem, and that’s where the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) – in separate collaborations with…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Highlights Tooth Brushing and Flossing Benefits

The list of excuses for not brushing or flossing is endless, but according to a new study published in the Journal of Periodontology, these are two tasks that…

Health & Medicine

New discovery about Parkinson's at the Montreal Neurological Institute

Dr. Edward Fon, a neurologist and researcher at the MNI, studies Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disease that causes muscle stiffness and tremor…

Life & Chemistry

The Midas Bug – the bacterial alchemy of gold

The paper highlights the findings of a Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration (CRC LEME) project by CSIRO researcher,…

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