News tagged with transformation
New book examines impact of US tobacco industry
Most research that focuses on tobacco examines health risks associated with smoking, says Peter Benson, PhD, a sociocultural anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Researchers find important 'target' playing role in tobacco-related lung cancers
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have discovered that the immune response regulator IKBKE (serine/threonine kinase) plays two roles in tobacco-related non-small cell lung cancers. Tobacco carcinogens induce ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Colorful solar instrument treks east for a new career
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the world's most colorful solar instruments is moving across country for a new life dissecting the chemistry of comets and stars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Nanoparticles used to increase thermal properties of transformer oil
Rice University scientists have created a nano-infused oil that could greatly enhance the ability of devices as large as electrical transformers and as small as microelectronic components to shed excess heat.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Study proves plausibility of new pathway to life's chemical building blocks
For decades, chemists considered a chemical pathway known as the formose reaction the only route for producing sugars essential for life to begin, but more recent research has called into question the plausibility of such ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Scientists create first free-standing 3-D cloak
Researchers in the US have, for the first time, cloaked a three-dimensional object standing in free space, bringing the much-talked-about invisibility cloak one step closer to reality.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Earth's mantle: New numerical tool describes rock deformation
Although solid, the rocks of the Earth's mantle deform very slowly. Professor Patrick Cordier's team at the Materials and Transformation Unit (Université Lille, France) has developed a model that makes it possible, over ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 24, 2012 |
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The faster-than-fast Fourier transform
The Fourier transform is one of the most fundamental concepts in the information sciences. It’s a method for representing an irregular signal — such as the voltage fluctuations in the wire that conne ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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New culprit discovered in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine by NYU Cancer Institute researchers, shows how the cancer causing gene Notch, in combination with a mutated Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) protein complex, work t ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Iconic telescope renamed to honor founder of radio astronomy
(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most famous radio telescope will become the "Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array" to honor the founder of radio astronomy, the study of the Universe via radio waves naturally emitted ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Time Warner picks Digitas CEO to run magazines
Time Warner on Wednesday named Laura Lang, chief executive of digital marketing agency Digitas, to run its extensive stable of magazines, which includes Time, People and Sports Illustrated.
Dec 01, 2011 |
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New approaches may prevent certain side effects in BRAF mutation-positive melanoma
Findings from preclinical studies in a skin cancer model showed that next-generation BRAF inhibitors used alone, or first-generation BRAF inhibitors used in combination with an epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor, ...
Nov 13, 2011 |
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New materials turn heat into electricity
Most of today's power plants--from some of the largest solar arrays to nuclear energy facilities--rely on the boiling and condensing of water to produce energy.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Woods, yes, but as before, no
Though the transformation of farm fields into forests over the past century amounts to a New England conservation victory, a Harvard forest expert said Thursday that turning back the environmental clock and ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Preventing cancer development inside the cell cycle
Researchers from the NYU Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated cancer center at NYU Langone Medical Center, have identified a cell cycle-regulated mechanism behind the transformation of normal cells into cancerous cells. The ...
Oct 21, 2011 |
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