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Research helps understand factors that influence efficiency of organic-based devices

Research helps understand factors that influence efficiency of organic-based devices

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Organic-based devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, require a transparent conductive layer with a high work function, meaning it promotes injection of electron holes into an organic layer to produce ...





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Researchers reverse the cognitive impairment caused by sleep deprivation

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research collaboration led by biologists and neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has found a molecular pathway in the brain that is the cause of cognitive impairment due to sleep deprivation. ...


Major discovery opens door to leishmania treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Leishmania is a deadly parasitic disease that affects over 12 million people worldwide, with more than 2 million new cases reported every year. Until recently, scientists were unsure exactly how the parasite survives inside ...


Impaired kidney function linked to cognitive decline in elderly

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study published in the medical journal Neurology suggests that impaired kidney function is a risk factor for cognitive decline in old age.


Disordered proteins sensitive to environment, sequence changes

Disordered proteins sensitive to environment, sequence changes

Biology / Other

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research published by a team of Indiana University bioinformaticists has shown quantitatively the influence of small sequence changes and environmental conditions on the disordered regions ...


How mitochondrial gene defects impair respiration, other major life functions

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers are delving into abnormal gene function in mitochondria, structures within cells that power our lives. Mitochondria are the place where energy is generated from the most basic molecules of food. Because this function ...


Common weed could provide clues on aging and cancer

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A common weed and human cancer cells could provide some very uncommon details about DNA structure and its relationship with telomeres and how they affect cellular aging and cancer, according to a team led by scientists from ...


Suppressing a gene in mice prevents heart from aging, preserves its function

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists prevented age-related changes in the hearts of mice and preserved heart function by suppressing a form of the PI3K gene, in a study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.


High-fat diet impairs muscle health before impacting function

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Skeletal muscle plays a critical role in regulating blood sugar levels in the body. But few studies have comprehensively examined how obesity caused by a high-fat diet affects the health of muscle in adolescents ...


Sight gone, but not necessarily lost? Researchers find life in blood-starved retinas

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Like all tissues in the body, the eye needs a healthy blood supply to function properly. Poorly developed blood vessels can lead to visual impairment or even blindness. While many of the molecules involved in guiding the ...


Visual detection: new neural circuits identified in the retina

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The detection of approaching objects, such as looming predators, is necessary for survival. Which neurons and nerve circuits mediate this function? A new type of nerve cell, sensitive to approaching motion, has recently been ...



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