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Molecular Marker Enhances Minimized Diagnosis of Brain Tumors

The work group of Prof. Dr. Eckart Meese at Saarland University identified special features of tumour cells that could constitute a basis for an improved…

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Molecular Marker Enhances Minimized Diagnosis of Brain Tumors

The work group of Prof. Dr. Eckart Meese at Saarland University identified special features of tumour cells that could constitute a basis for an improved…

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New Model Unveils Insights Into Human Expectations

The invention is a model of human expectations and judgments respectively. When you show some humans the probabilities of some constituent facts and you ask…

Awards Funding

Freedman, Kennicutt, Mould Share 2009 Gruber Cosmology Prize

The recipients of the 2009 Cosmology Prize of the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation are Wendy Freedman, director of the Observatories of the Carnegie…

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Molecular Marker Enhances Minimized Diagnosis of Brain Tumors

The work group of Prof. Dr. Eckart Meese at Saarland University identified special features of tumour cells that could constitute a basis for an improved…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Value: Researchers Explore Novel Uses for Dirt

Researchers have not yet found a way to turn dirt into gold, but they are trying to find something valuable in it nonetheless: starting materials for novel…

Information Technology

New Programming Method Exposes Voting Machine Vulnerabilities

Computer scientists demonstrated that criminals could hack an electronic voting machine and steal votes using a malicious programming approach that had not…

Life & Chemistry

APS Podcast Updates Research on Elephant Communication

In Episode 25 of the APS podcast, Life Lines, the Stanford University professor updates her research from the APS journal Physiology, explaining how elephant…

Business and Finance

Future of Internet Retail: Competing with Niche Products

Management Insights, a regular feature of the journal, is a digest of important research in business, management, operations research, and management science….

Power and Electrical Engineering

First Smart Grid OS Boosts Home Automation Efficiency

More than 40% of the final energy consumption in Germany is related to buildings. Heating, cooling, domestic hot water supply and the operation of electrical…

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New Positioning System Enhances Audio and Video Devices

This broad patent for a positioning system for audio and/ or video devices addresses a big and constantly growing market of consumer electronics, especially…

Environmental Conservation

HSBC Climate Partnership: New Insights on Forest Growth

The first-ever research program of its kind has so far: – Found rapid increases in tree growth in the forest around the Smithsonian’s Environmental Research…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Plant-Cell Membrane Secrets: New Research Insights

Remarkably little is known about how proteins interact with these protective structures. With National Science Foundation funding, researchers at the Carnegie…

Life & Chemistry

Form Or Function? Evolution Takes Different Paths

The research is scheduled for online publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences during the week of April 5.In the study, U-M…

Studies and Analyses

Sleep Apnea Linked to Higher Stroke Risk in Older Adults

Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of stroke in middle-aged and older adults, especially men, according to new results from a…

Earth Sciences

Arctic Sea Ice Fails to Recover: Insights from 2010 Research

A critical minimum for Arctic sea ice can also be expected for late summer 2010. Scientists from the German “Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine…

Physics & Astronomy

UV Rays Create Life Precursors in Titan-like Atmosphere

The first experimental evidence showing how atmospheric nitrogen can be incorporated into organic macromolecules is being reported by a University of Arizona…

Physics & Astronomy

UV Sparks Life Precursors in Titan-Like Atmospheres

The finding indicates what organic molecules might be found on Titan, the moon of Saturn that scientists think is a model for the chemistry of pre-life Earth.Earth and Titan are the only known planetary-sized bodies that have thick, predominantly nitrogen atmospheres, said Hiroshi Imanaka, who conducted the research while a member of UA’s chemistry and biochemistry department….

Life & Chemistry

New Insights: How Chemical Repellents Confuse Insects

Fire up the citronella-scented tiki torches, and slather on the DEET: Everybody knows these simple precautions repel insects, notably mosquitoes, whose bites…

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Innovative Low Toxic Agents Target B-Cell Lymphomas and Leishmaniasis

Search for novel natural products from the extracts of various parts of plants is still an important pillar of modern drug research. Plants of the families…

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