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Vanderbilt Study Identifies Genes for Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Resistance

The study by lead author Justin Balko, Pharm.D., Ph.D., was published online June 10, 2012 in Nature Medicine in advance of print publication. Balko is a…

Event News

Unlocking Dark Matter: Insights for a Brighter Future

Almost two thirds of our universe is made up of dark energy. It is invisibly interwoven with the empty space, and forces the universe to expand at an…

Studies and Analyses

Study Confirms Cougars Making Comeback

Clay Nielsen, assistant professor with the Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Department of Forestry and the Center for Ecology at SIU Carbondale, said…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ionic liquid improves speed and efficiency of hydrogen-producing catalyst

The design of a nature-inspired material that can make energy-storing hydrogen gas has gone holistic. Usually, tweaking the design of this particular catalyst…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Bacteria Spread: U of A Study Insights

In a study published in the high-impact Cell Press journal called Structure, Joel Weiner and his collaborators, Gerd Prehna and Natalie Stynadka at the…

Physics & Astronomy

Asymmetry Insights: New Clue to Superconductivity Unveiled

Japanese and U.S. physicists are offering new details this week in the journal Nature regarding intriguing similarities between the quirky electronic…

Life & Chemistry

MG53 Protein Is Shown to Repair Cell and Tissue Damage

Throughout the lifecycle, injury to the body’s cells occurs naturally, as well as through trauma. Cells have the ability to repair and regenerate themselves,…

Environmental Conservation

Mobile Oceanographic Data Collection and Animal Tracking Platform Launched

Deployed from Stephenville, N.L., Canada on June 19, the Wave Glider will travel in the area of the Strait of Belle Isle and the Cabot Strait over a 30-day…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Hubble spots rare gravitational arc from distant, hefty galaxy cluster

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found a puzzling arc of light behind an extremely massive cluster of galaxies residing 10 billion…

Health & Medicine

New Compound Shows Promise for Duchenne MD Treatment

Scientists at UCLA have identified a new compound that could treat certain types of genetic disorders in muscles. It is a big first step in what they hope will…

Studies and Analyses

Palladium-Gold Nanoparticles Clean TCE 1 Billion Times Faster

The results will appear in a new study in the August issue of the journal Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.TCE, or trichloroethene, is a widely used chemical…

Physics & Astronomy

Speediest Pulsar Discovered: Insights from Chandra’s X-Ray Data

The evidence for this potentially record-breaking speed comes, in part, from the features highlighted in this composite image. X-ray observations from Chandra…

Health & Medicine

New Gene Mutations Linked to Enlarged Brain Size and Disorders

A research team led by Seattle Children’s Research Institute has discovered new gene mutations associated with markedly enlarged brain size, or megalencephaly….

Life & Chemistry

Humidity Boosts Odor Perception in Hermit Crabs

Max Planck scientists have found out that the olfactory system in hermit crabs is still underdeveloped in comparison to that of vinegar flies. While flies have…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Reveals Insights on Planet Formation Processes

The study—a collaboration between scientists at the University of Georgia; the University of California, San Diego; the University of California, Los Angeles;…

Life & Chemistry

Zebrafish Insights: Uncovering Human Disease Causes and Treatments

At the 2012 International Zebrafish Development Conference, held June 20-24 in Madison, Wisconsin, numerous presentations highlighted the utility of the…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Taspase1 Function from Mainz Researchers

Scientists at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany identified a novel strategy to target the oncologically relevant…

Information Technology

European Science Champions Score an Early Goal for Cloud Computing

A collaboration between big science and big business, Helix Nebula joins the forces of leading IT providers and three of Europe’s leading research centres…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Reveals Tiny Ghost Galaxies in the Universe

These ghost-like galaxies are thought to be some of the tiniest, oldest, and most pristine galaxies in the universe. They have been discovered over the past…

Life & Chemistry

Neurons From Cord Blood: A New Therapeutic Approach

For more than 20 years, doctors have been using cells from blood that remains in the placenta and umbilical cord after childbirth to treat a variety of…

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