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Renewed Hope with Rituximab for Adult-Onset Relapsing Nephrotic Syndrome
Osaka, Japan – One monoclonal antibody, rituximab, can work wonders for the treatment of children with frequently relapsing…
Khaled El-Enany elected Director-General of UNESCO
Samarkand – The General Conference of UNESCO elected Mr. Khaled El-Enany (Egypt) as Director-General of the Organization, with 172 votes…
NTU Researchers Pioneer New Approach to Chronic Wound Healing
Taipei, Taiwan — Scientists at National Taiwan University have unveiled a breakthrough in wound care, showing how light,…
New therapeutic brain implants defy the need for surgery
Cambridge, MA – What if clinicians could place tiny electronic chips in the brain that electrically stimulate a…
More than 100,000 Norwegians suffer from work-related anxiety
Bullying and lack of psychological support from managers top the list of workplace factors that can lead to…
Lightning-prediction tool could help protect the planes of the future
Cambridge, Mass. — More than 70 aircraft are struck by lightning every day.
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Acetic acid as a proton shuttle in gold chemistry
Scientists in Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow have studied the mechanism of gold-mediated transformation of acetylenic molecules. A recently published study by Ananikov and co-workers gives a vivid example of unusual chemical reactivity found in the reactions with organogold complexes. Using the complex of modern physical methods joined with computational studies, the authors proposed reaction […]
NASA Hosts ‘Quest for Quakes’ Data Challenge
A new NASA challenge is looking for evidence to support a theory that electromagnetic pulses (EMP) may precede an earthquake, potentially offering a warning to those in the quake’s path.…
Call for Media: Presentation of Sentinel-2 first images and demonstration of applications
Paris– Media representatives are invited to a presentation of potential applications using the early images from the second satellite in orbit for the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation programme. The event, jointly…
Nurturing scientific talent for Singapore’s development
Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research has held the Scholarship Awards Ceremony. Singapore—The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) welcomed a new cohort of scholars and fellows that…
