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Physics & Astronomy

Rainfall Suspected Culprit in Leaf Disease Transmission

Instead of focusing on the large-scale, ecological impact of this problem, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge and…

Physics & Astronomy

A Tiny Flame Shines Light on Supernovae Explosions

Type Ia supernovae form when a white dwarf star – the left-over cinder of a star like our Sun – accumulates so much mass from a companion star that it…

Life & Chemistry

Andromeda Biotech’s New Drug for Type 1 Diabetes Success

Andromeda Biotech: A Drug for Type 1 Diabetes Developed by Prof. Irun Cohen of the Weizmann Institute Meets Primary and Secondary Goals of Phase III Clinical…

Life & Chemistry

Surprising pathway implicated in stuttering

Beyond a simple association, the study provides the first evidence that mutations affecting cellular recycling centers called lysosomes actually play a role in…

Life & Chemistry

New Class of Drugs Targets Proteasome Inhibition in Cancer

As the “recycling plant” of the cell, the proteasome regulates vitally important functions. When it is inhibited, the cell chokes on its own waste. Cancer…

Physics & Astronomy

Strongest Limit on Dark Matter Mass Set by Physicists

If dark matter exists in the universe, scientists now have set the strongest limit to date on its mass.In a paper to be published on Dec. 1 in Physical Review…

Life & Chemistry

Honey Bee Protein Boosts Health and Longevity Insights

Honey bees are the most effective pollinators of many agricultural crops and vitally important to food production. Honey bee health is a topic of considerable…

Life & Chemistry

A Natural Dye Obtained from Lichens May Combat Alzheimer’s Disease

The dye, a compound called orcein, and the related substance O4, bind preferentially to small amyloid aggregates that are considered to be toxic and cause…

Physics & Astronomy

New Ultra-Red Galaxies Discovered by NASA’s Spitzer Telescope

It took the revealing power of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope to uncover not one, but four remarkably red galaxies. And while astronomers can describe the…

Earth Sciences

Ancient Drought Insights: Lessons for Future Water Challenges

Pre-Columbian Collapse Ben Cook, a climatologist affiliated with NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty…

Environmental Conservation

Benefits Abound with Recently Patented System That Reduces Phosphorus in Wastewater, Engineering Team Finds

Excess phosphate from both animal and human wastewater is an important environmental problem. It can pollute water resources and cause algae blooms, a problem…

Life & Chemistry

Natural Gas Innovations: A Shift from Crude Oil Solutions

On December 8, 2011, the Cluster of Excellence “Unifying Concepts in Catalysis” (UniCat) and chemical company BASF SE signed a cooperation agreement…

Interdisciplinary Research

Autonomous Minihelicopter Creates 3D Digital Models

Known as the quadrocopter, the aircraft uses the data to create a 3D digital model of its immediate surroundings. As reported in Pictures of the Future…

Life & Chemistry

Turning the Spotlight on Drug-resistant Tumors

Molecular probes that can illuminate cancer cells are often invaluable tools in the fight against the disease. The latest addition to this group is a family of…

Earth Sciences

U-M Divers Discover Prehistoric Wood in Lake Huron

“This was the stage when humans gradually shifted from hunting large mammals like mastodon and caribou to fishing, gathering and agriculture,” said…

Materials Sciences

Using Diamonds and Dust to Enhance Cement Durability

It’s no surprise that humans the world over use more water, by volume, than any other material. But in second place, at over 17 billion tons consumed each…

Physics & Astronomy

Whole Earth Telescope Trains Lens on International Cooperation

Click, click, click, observers manning over 30 major telescopes in 12 countries have been taking pictures of the target white dwarf stars every 20 seconds from…

Physics & Astronomy

Magnon Drag: New Insights into Thermoelectric Effect

Reciprocally, a wave in the lattice affects the electrons motion, in analogy to a wave in the sea that pushes a surfer riding it. This interaction results in a…

Life & Chemistry

New Research Unveils Why Locusts Swarm

New research has found that a protein associated with learning and memory plays an integral role in changing the behaviour of locusts from that of harmless…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Notre Dame Researchers Create Affordable Paint-On Solar Cells

A team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame have made a major advance toward this vision by creating an inexpensive “solar paint” that uses…

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