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Health & Medicine

High Survival Rates for Aortic Dissection Patients

Nearly three years ago, actor John Ritter collapsed on the set of his sitcom, the victim of a rare but often deadly condition called aortic dissection — a…

Studies and Analyses

Racial Differences in Emphysema Onset Revealed by Study

The study, which confirms findings from a smaller preliminary study published last year, also offers evidence of biological differences in the distribution of…

Life & Chemistry

Buzz Connects Mosquito Pairs: Insights From Current Biology

The findings are reported in the July 12th issue of Current Biology by Gabriella Gibson of the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich and…

Physics & Astronomy

Europe’s Robots Set to Search for Life on Mars

The fourth decade of this century could see Europe participating in a manned mission to Mars in what would be one of humanity's grandest space expeditions…

Life & Chemistry

Biosciences Federation Science Communication Award 2006 Nominations

The Award has a first prize of £1000 and a runner-up prize of £250, which will be awarded at a Members' Meeting of the Biosciences Federation in…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Yucca Extract: A Natural Solution for Apple Scab Control

Researchers of Applied Plant Research (PPO), a part of Wageningen University and Research Centre are involved in intense cooperation with various European…

Studies and Analyses

Breaking Barriers: Women’s Progress in Local Authorities

The study, which focussed on 1370 women in middle-ranking and senior jobs in four Local Authorities in England, found that women were failing to reach their…

Social Sciences

Women from ethnic minorities face barriers to work in some areas

Although the proportion of women who hold good qualifications has been rising fast in almost all ethnic minority groups, this is failing to be reflected in…

Social Sciences

Regeneration schemes have done little to improve women's poverty

The studies, Addressing Women's Poverty: Local Labour Market Initiatives, and Connecting Women with the Labour Market, confirm that women are more likely than…

Materials Sciences

New Nanocrystalline Materials Discovered by CMU Researchers

A research team led by Carnegie Mellon University Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering Professor Prashant Kumta has discovered a nanocrystalline…

Life & Chemistry

Microbe Sparks Innovation with Conductive Wires Discovery

When Yuri Gorby discovered that a microbe which transforms toxic metals can sprout tiny electrically conductive wires from its cell membrane, he reasoned this…

Life & Chemistry

UGA researchers discover 'episodic-like' memory in rats

Human memory is a mental scrapbook, filled with moments of luminous happiness or unforgettable sorrow. We remember the day we said “I do,” and the first…

Life & Chemistry

Gorilla Sociality and Ebola Virus: New Research Insights

The work is reported in the July 12th issue of the journal Current Biology by a team of researchers including Damien Caillaud and colleagues from the…

Environmental Conservation

Jellyfish Surge in Overfished Namibian Waters: A New Study

The findings represent a careful quantitative analysis of what's been called a “jellyfish explosion” after intense fishing in the area in the last few decades….

Health & Medicine

Researchers enlist proteins to 'switch on' heart tissue repair system in animal models

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are utilizing a protein to “switch on” the ability to repair damaged heart tissue. By…

Information Technology

Cornell sleuths crack secret codes of Europe's Galileo satellite

The codes and the methods used to extract them were published in the June issue of GPS World.The navigational satellite, GIOVE-A (Galileo In-Orbit Validation…

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