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Natural gas saves water, even when factoring in water lost to hydraulic fracturing A new study finds that in Texas, the U.S. state that annually generates the most electricity, the transition from coal to natural gas for electricity generation is saving ...
Read the releaseScientists decode serotonin receptor at room temperature X-ray laser opens up new paths for investigating biomolecules This news release is available in German. An international research team has decoded the molecular structure of the medically ...
Read the releaseGladstone scientists discover how immune cells die during HIV infection; identify potential drug to block AIDS Gladstone plans to launch Phase 2 trial with existing anti-inflammatory SAN FRANCISCO, CA—December 19, 2013—Research led by scientists at the Gladstone ...
Read the releaseGreater dietary fiber intake associated with lower risk of heart disease As little as 1 extra portion of wholegrains plus more fruit and vegetables can decrease risk In recent years, a decline in both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease ...
Read the releaseNearly 8 percent of hip implants not backed by safety evidence Current device regulation process 'seems to be entirely inadequate,' warn researchers The researchers say the current regulation process "seems to be entirely inadequate" and they call for a ...
Read the releaseGovernment's voluntary approach to improving hospital food is not working, argues expert 3 out of 5 hospital meals found to contain more salt than a Big Mac In an article published on bmj.com today, she says the government has wasted more than £54 million ...
Read the releaseMany people with diabetes still lose vision, despite availability of vision-sparing treatment Researchers blame lack of education about advances in preventive care Despite recent advances in prevention and treatment of most vision loss attributed to diabetes, ...
Read the releaseSalty surprise -- ordinary table salt turns into 'forbidden' forms High-pressure X-ray experiments violate textbook rules of chemistry This news release is available in German. High-pressure experiments with ordinary table salt have produced ...
Read the releaseThe black-white infant mortality gap: Large, persistent and unpredictable EAST LANSING, Mich. — The unobservable factors that underpin the infant mortality gap between blacks and whites have persisted for more than 20 years and now appear to play a larger role than ...
Read the releaseBiologists find clues to a parasite's inconsistency CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite related to the one that causes malaria, infects about 30 percent of the world's population. Most of those people don't even know they are infected, but ...
Read the releaseElectron 'antenna' tunes in to physics beyond Higgs Though it was hailed as a triumph for the "Standard Model" of physics – the reigning model of fundamental forces and particles – physicists were quick to emphasize that last year's discovery of the Higgs boson still ...
Read the releaseOpposing phenomena possible key to high-efficiency electricity delivery The coexistence of two opposing phenomena might be the secret to understanding the enduring mystery in physics of how materials heralded as the future of powering our homes and communities ...
Read the releaseElectron's shapeliness throws a curve at supersymmetry A small band of particle-seeking scientists at Yale and Harvard has established a new benchmark for the electron's almost perfect roundness, raising doubts about certain theories that predict what lies beyond physics' ...
Read the releaseSalt under pressure is not NaCl In the very beginning of the school chemistry course, we are told of NaCl as an archetypal ionic compound. Being less electronegative, sodium loses its electron to chlorine, which, following the "octet rule", thus acquires the ...
Read the releaseAmino acid's increase is suspected in diabetes Research examines effects of lower and higher tyrosine levels SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 19, 2013) — Elevated levels of an amino acid, tyrosine, alter development and longevity in animals and may ...
Read the release'Universal ripple' could hold the secret to high-temperature superconductivity UBC researchers have discovered a universal electronic state that controls the behavior of high-temperature superconducting copper-oxide ceramics. The work, published ...
Read the releaseProtein links liver cancer with obesity, alcoholism, and hepatitis A new study identifies an unexpected molecular link between liver cancer, cellular stress, and risk factors for developing this cancer – obesity, alcoholism, and viral hepatitis. In the study by University ...
Read the releaseInadequate pregnancy weight gain a risk factor for infant mortality One-quarter of US women gain an inadequate amount of weight during pregnancy, University of Maryland School of Public Health study shows Women who do not gain enough weight during pregnancy are at increased ...
Read the releaseLactation consultant visits spur breastfeeding among women who usually resist it December 19, 2013—(BRONX, NY)—In two separate clinical trials, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that periodic meetings ...
Read the releaseResearchers show the power of mirror neuron system in learning and language understanding TEMPE, Ariz. – Anyone who has tried to learn a second language knows how difficult it is to absorb new words and use them to accurately express ideas in a completely new cultural ...
Read the releaseHow cells remodel after UV radiation Researchers map cell's complex genetic interactions to fix damaged DNA Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in The Netherlands and United Kingdom, have produced the ...
Read the releaseNASA sees Tropical Cyclone Bruce still wide-eyed Tropical Cyclone Bruce was still maintaining hurricane-force in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA's Terra satellite passed over the eye of the storm. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument ...
Read the releaseGreek economic crisis leads to air pollution crisis Levels of dangerous air particulates jump 30 percent as people turn to burning cheaper fuel sources In the midst of a winter cold snap, a study from researchers in the United States and Greece reveals an ...
Read the releaseNASA sees heavy rain continue in Tropical Cyclone Amara
Read the releaseTB bacteria mask their identity to intrude into deeper regions of lungs Cell surface lipids hide molecular patterns that infection-killing cells might recognize as dangerous TB-causing bacteria appear to mask their identity to avoid recognition by infection-killing ...
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