Improved heroin vaccine shows promise in rats
Researchers report a vaccine that can restrict the activity of heroin in rats. Although drug treatment can lower the likelihood of relapse among dependent heroin users, access- and compliance-related...
View ArticleBats use erectile hair-like structures to collect nectar
The nectar-feeding bat, Glossophaga soricina, uses erectile hair-like structures at the tip of its protrusible tongue to gather nectar from flowers, according to a study.
View ArticleSmall-scale disinfections can stem avian flu in Asia
Researchers examining how the live bird market in Asia helps spread the H5N1 avian flu have uncovered strategies that may help control future epidemics. In Asia, live bird markets provide a major...
View ArticleSlowing aging in fruit flies
Fruit flies genetically manipulated to produce an abundance of the cellular protein Parkin live up to 28% longer than flies without the manipulation, a study finds. David Walker and colleagues created...
View ArticleUnraveling the ancient history of an emerging pathogen
Researchers describe the genome of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus responsible for the global decline of amphibian populations in recent years. Erica Bree Rosenblum and colleagues...
View ArticleStudy evaluates effect of increasing detection intervals in ICDs on pacing...
CHICAGO – Programming an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for a long-detection interval compared with a standard-detection interval resulted in a reduction in anti-tachycardia pacing...
View ArticleGenetic variations associated with susceptibility to bacteria linked to...
CHICAGO – Two genome-wide association studies and a subsequent meta-analysis have found that certain genetic variations are associated with susceptibility to Helicobacter pylori, a bacteria that is a...
View ArticleFluorescent peptides shine light on esophagus
A new imaging technique that uses fluorescently labeled peptides may help detect early stage esophageal cancer, reports a new study. Barrett’s esophagus, a condition that puts patients at high risk for...
View ArticleWhy are the haze and fog so heavy in China and how to control?
The heavy and persistent haze and fog often occurred in East China recently are caused by high aerosol loading, associating with their formation, change, mixture, hygroscopic growth, CCN activations...
View ArticleSaddling mosquitoes with bacteria to fight malaria
Saddling mosquitoes with bacteria may shed light on how to treat malaria in humans, a new study suggests. Previously, researchers had known that mosquitoes infected with the bacterium Wolbachia became...
View ArticleAntibody specifics hold promise for vaccine design
Researchers have developed an algorithm that can predict which antibodies in the sera of HIV-infected individuals neutralize viruses. The serum of infected individuals is polyclonal, meaning it...
View ArticleWhat makes identical twins so different?
After running around a complex cage environment full of toys and other mice for three months, two genetically identical twin mice had developed two very distinct personalities. According to...
View ArticleThe secret lives of bubbles
Although foams and foam-like materials, such as fire retardants, soapy films and the frothy head of a beer, are quite common, they have complex dynamics owing to their growth, coalescence and the...
View ArticleDark field imaging of rattle-type silica nanorattles coated gold...
Gold nanoparticle is a promising material due to its outstanding optical properties used in biomedical, however, potential toxicity limited its applications. In 2013 (7) issue of Chinese Science...
View ArticleEnvironmental significance of chiral persistent organic pollutants
Chirality is an important structure characteristic of nature. With the increasing input of chiral persistent organic pollutants (POPs) into the environment, they have attracted more public attention. A...
View ArticleChange of precipitation with different intensities under global warming...
There has been an ever-increasing trend of flood and drought disasters under global warming conditions. A recent study exhibits that increased Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) emitted into the atmosphere by...
View ArticleA study of animated transition in similarity-based tiled image layout
Animated transition plays an important role in helping viewers grasp changes of data, both locally and globally. We have presented AniMap, an animated transition solution specifically designed for...
View ArticleUrbanization and surface warming in eastern China
Urbanization is one of the most significant processes in land use/cover change. With the homogeneity-adjusted surface air temperature data at 312 stations in eastern China, the spatial heterogeneities...
View ArticleAn interactive visual analytics framework for multi-field data in a...
Our system consists of two linked displays: Google Earth and Parallel Coordinates. We support various interactions, such as interactive rendering of pie and bar charts in Google Earth, and new brushing...
View ArticleAn online visualization system for streaming log data of computing clusters
Monitoring the log data of a computing cluster is a challenging problem due to the complexity of the underlying dataset: it is streaming, hierarchical, heterogeneous, and multi-sourced. This paper...
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