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New museum-university partnership ushers in new era of environmental science education

May 15, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (May 15, 2012) This fall, Drexel Environmental Science students will have a breadth of new research and academic opportunities locally and across the globe as a result of the University's unique academic affiliation with the Academy of Natural Sciences. Out of the affiliation comes the Department of Biodiversity, Earth ...

Strep Throat, Scratched Knee Could Be Killers In Post-Antibiotic Era, Says WHO’s Chan

March 19, 2012
Unless we solve the problem of antimicrobial resistance to drugs, we will be facing a post-antibiotic era where things as common as strep throat infection or a child's scratched knee could once again kill, said Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), in a speech ...

Nanotube technology leading to new era of fast, lower-cost medical diagnostics

March 8, 2012
(Oregon State University) Researchers have tapped into the extraordinary power of carbon "nanotubes" to increase the speed of biological sensors, a technology that might one day allow a doctor to routinely perform lab tests in minutes, speeding diagnosis and treatment while reducing costs. The new findings have almost tripled the ...

Single-Cell Sequencing Leading To A New Era Of Cancer Research

March 6, 2012
BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, developed single-cell genome sequencing technology and published two research papers for cancer single-cell sequencing in the research journal Cell...

Scientific plagiarism: A growing problem in an era of shrinking research funding

January 24, 2012
As scientific researchers become evermore competitive for scarce funding, scientific journals are increasing efforts to identify submissions that plagiarize the work of others. Still, it may take years to identify and retract the plagiarized papers and give credit to the actual researchers. "We need a better ...

Scientific plagiarism: A growing problem in an era of shrinking research funding

January 24, 2012
(Virginia Tech) Harold Garner, creator of eTBLAST plagiarism detection software, identified numerous instances of wholesale plagiarism among citations in MEDLINE.

A new era in low energy, low dose and low injected contrast imaging

November 23, 2011
Royal Philips Electronics today announced that Philips iDose4, the latest generation of Philips iterative reconstruction technique, has nearly 500 sales. While iDose4 only began shipping in March, its success validates the desire of radiologists to be able to both acquire and reconstruct images in less time, with improved image quality ...

Soviet-era pill from Bulgaria helps smokers quit

September 29, 2011
(AP) -- A pill developed in Bulgaria during the Soviet era shows promise for helping millions of smokers cheaply and safely kick the habit, the first big study of it shows.

On the cusp of new transplant era

September 28, 2011
Transplant surgery is entering an era of new complexity, where complex surgeries will become standardized and the goal will be restoration of pre-injury form and function rather than merely reconstruction, the surgeon who led Brigham and Women's Hospital's face transplant team said Monday.

ARC chooses Elsevier’s SciVerse Scopus database for ERA 2012

September 12, 2011
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is proud to announce the Australian Research Council has selected SciVerse Scopus, the world's largest abstract and citation database, for the third time as the sole citation provider for the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment ...

New era of healthcare showcased as NBN switches on in Coastal NSW

July 29, 2011
Residents in the neighbouring areas of Kiama Downs and Minnamurra, south of Sydney, are set to be the next to experience superfast fibre broadband through the National Broadband Network (NBN) as the first mainland coastal sites go live today.

Stem cell breakthrough heralds new era of therapy development

July 18, 2011
Scientists at the Universities of Glasgow and Southampton have uncovered a new method for culturing adult stem cells which could lead to the creation of revolutionary stem cell therapies for conditions such as arthritis, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.