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Life & Chemistry

New Computer Models Aim to Replace Animal Testing Methods

One of the central demands of the animal activists is to abolish animal testing and to use alternative testing methods instead. In this context, the European…

Trade Fair News

Innovative Apps from French Developers at Apps World 2013

The following companies will be exhibiting on the French Pavilion (Stand 258). The French Trade Commission is presenting these four innovative companies, as…

Health & Medicine

New Compound May Help Brain Aneurysm Survivors Avoid Stroke

They say their findings offer clues about the biological mechanisms that cause vasospasm, or constriction of blood vessels that reduces oxygen flow to the…

Life & Chemistry

Rutgers Scientists Unveil Promising Molecules for Anti-Flu Medicine

A new way to attack flu viruses is taking shape in laboratories at Rutgers University, where scientists have identified chemical agents that block the virus’s…

Life & Chemistry

New DNA Insights Uncover Heart Drug Targets and Triglycerides

A global hunt for genes that influence heart disease risk has uncovered 157 changes in human DNA that alter the levels of cholesterol and other blood fats – a…

Studies and Analyses

'Brain training' may boost working memory, but not intelligence

New research suggests that brain training programs might strengthen your ability to hold information in mind, but they won’t bring any benefits to the kind of…

Environmental Conservation

Improving Fish Traps: WCS Reduces Bycatch in Africa

Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute have achieved a milestone in Africa: they’ve helped…

Health & Medicine

No Viral Link Found for Breast Cancer and Brain Tumors

It has been scientifically proven that about 15 per cent of all cancer cases are the result of viral infection, but many researchers believe that even more…

Physics & Astronomy

Binghamton Physicist Develops First Computer-Designed Superconductor

Aleksey Kolmogorov, assistant professor of physics at Binghamton, proposed the new superconductor in Physical Review Letters in 2010 and then teamed up with…

Studies and Analyses

Breast Cancer and Brain Tumors: Debunking Viral Links

It has been scientifically proven that about 15 per cent of all cancer cases are the result of viral infection, but many researchers believe that even more…

Earth Sciences

Water and lava, but — curiously — no explosion

Rocky pillars dotting Iceland’s Skaelingar valley were projectiles tossed into the fields by warring trolls.That, at least, is the tale that University at…

Life & Chemistry

Recombinant Human Prion Protein Shows Promise Against Prion Diseases

Case Western Reserve University researchers today published findings that point to a promising discovery for the treatment and prevention of prion diseases,…

Life & Chemistry

The role of 'master regulators' in gene mutations and disease

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new way to parse and understand how special proteins called “master…

Earth Sciences

Extinct 'Mega Claw' Creature Had Spider-Like Brain

The find suggests that the ancestors of chelicerates – spiders, scorpions and their kin – branched off from the family tree of other arthropods – including…

Life & Chemistry

Blood Stem Cells Age: New Insights from Molecular Switch

The study is expected to help in the search for therapeutic strategies to slow or reverse the aging process, and possibly rejuvenate these critically important…

Materials Sciences

Futuristic Copper Foam Batteries Get More Bang for the Buck

People use their GPS apps, cameras, and mobile internet to navigate strange cities in search of good coffee, record “selfie” commentary while they wait in…

Environmental Conservation

Aboriginal Hunting Method Boosts Animal Populations in Australia

In Australia’s Western Desert, Aboriginal hunters use a unique method that actually increases populations of the animals they hunt, according to a study…

Studies and Analyses

Pregnancy Weight Gain Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorders

New research from the University of Utah shows the answer to that question may be yes in some situations. Researchers have uncovered an association between…

Life & Chemistry

Surprising Sandpiper Feeding Behavior in Bay of Fundy

The behaviour of semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) feeding during low tide in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, surprised Guy Beauchamp, an…

Life & Chemistry

HIV — Geneticists map human resistance to AIDS

The key to future HIV treatment could be hidden right in our own genes. Everyone who becomes infected deploys defense strategies, and some even manage to hold…

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