New processes for cost-efficient solar cell production

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — The competition in the photovoltaics market is fierce. When it comes to price, Asian manufacturers are frequently ahead of the competition by a nose. Now, Fraunhofer researchers are designing new coating processes and thin...

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Modern DNA techniques applied to nineteenth-century potatoes

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — Researchers led by Professor Bruce Fitt, now at the University of Hertfordshire, have used modern DNA techniques on late nineteenth-century potatoes to show how the potato blight may have survived between cropping seasons...

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Major changes needed to protect Australia's species and ecosystems

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — A landmark study has found that climate change is likely to have a major impact on Australia's plants, animals and ecosystems that will present significant challenges to the conservation of Australia's biodiversity. ...

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Birth is no reason to go to hospital, review suggests

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — A new Cochrane Review concludes that all countries should consider establishing proper home birth services. They should also provide low-risk pregnant women with information enabling them to make an informed choice. The...

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Tackling 'frequent flyers' won't solve the rising emergency hospital admissions problem

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — Patients who are regularly admitted to hospital as emergencies (known as 'frequent flyers') make up a large proportion of admissions, but focusing just on them won't solve the problem of rising admissions, say experts on...

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Average 25% pay gap between men and women doctors largely 'inexplicable'

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — According to the latest survey of UK hourly pay by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), female doctors' pay lags behind their male colleagues by 28.6%. This "eye opener" pay gap, which trends suggest has stood...

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Blood pressure diet works, but adherence drops among African-Americans

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — Better adherence to the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet is associated with significant reductions in blood pressure. However, African-Americans may be less likely than whites to adopt the diet, according...

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Evolutionary history of lizards and snakes reconstructed using massive molecular dataset

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — A new study, published online in Biology Letters on Sept. 19, has utilized a massive molecular dataset to reconstruct the evolutionary history of lizards and snakes. The results reveal a surprising finding about the evolution...

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The cost of glaucoma care: Small group of patients accounts for large part of costs

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — A small subset of patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) account for a large proportion of all glaucoma-related charges in the United States, according to new data published by researchers at the University of Michigan...

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Compound found in purple corn may aid in developing future treatments for type 2 diabetes, kidney disease

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — Diabetic nephropathy is one of the most serious complications related to diabetes, often leading to end-stage kidney disease. Purple corn grown in Peru and Chile is a relative of blue corn, which is readily available in...

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Nanoparticles detect biochemistry of inflammation

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — Inflammation is the hallmark of many human diseases, from infection to neurodegeneration. The chemical balance within a tissue is disturbed, resulting in the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as hydrogen...

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Food supplements have little effect on the weight of malnourished children

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — Providing energy dense food supplements within a general household food distribution has little effect on the weight of children at risk of malnutrition, new research shows. Giving energy dense food supplements --...

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Is magnetic therapy effective for tinnitus?

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — Loyola University Medical Center is studying whether a new form of non-invasive magnetic therapy can help people who suffer debilitating tinnitus (ringing in the ears). The therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation...

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Statins are unlikely to prevent blood clots, large analysis finds

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — Despite previous studies suggesting the contrary, statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs) may not prevent blood clots (venous thrombo-embolism) in adults, according to a large analysis by international researchers published...

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Music underlies language acquisition, theorists propose

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — Contrary to the prevailing theories that music and language are cognitively separate or that music is a byproduct of language, theorists at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music and the University of Maryland, College...

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Extreme temperatures may raise risk of premature cardiovascular death

ScienceDaily (Sep. 17, 2012) — Extreme temperatures during heat waves and cold spells may increase the risk of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) death, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, anAmerican Heart...

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Mathematicians show how shallow water may help explain tsunami power

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — While wave watching is a favorite pastime of beachgoers, few notice what is happening in the shallowest water. A closer look by two University of Colorado Boulder applied mathematicians has led to the discovery of interacting...

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Adult obesity rates could exceed 60 percent in 13 U.S. states by 2030, according to new study

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — The number of obese adults, along with related disease rates and health care costs, are on course to increase dramatically in every state in the United States over the next 20 years, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity...

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Prejudice can cause depression at the societal, interpersonal, and intrapersonal levels

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — Although depression and prejudice traditionally fall into different areas of study and treatment, a new article suggests that many cases of depression may be caused by prejudice from the self or from another person. In...

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Erroneous link between prostate cancer and retrovirus from mice confirmed: Contamination of XMRV in cancer tissue sample

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — A once-promising discovery linking prostate cancer to an obscure retrovirus derived from mice was the result of an inadvertent laboratory contamination, a forensic analysis of tissue samples and lab experiments -- some...

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