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• Lung Cancer
  Lung Disease
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  Breast Cancer
  Cancer
  Mesothelioma
   
  

  New Sensor to Detect Lung Cancer from Exhaled Breath

  December 23, 2011 — Scientists are developing biosensors capable of detecting the presence of tumor markers of lung cancer in exhaled breath. This is possible because of the changes produced within the organism of an ... > full story
• Weather
  Water
  Climate
  Environmental Issues
  Earth Science
  Global Warming
   
  

  Data-Driven Tools Cast Geographical Patterns of Rainfall Extremes in New Light

  December 19, 2011 — Using statistical analysis methods to examine rainfall extremes in India, a team of researchers has made a discovery that resolves an ongoing debate and offers new ... > full story
• Stars
  Galaxies
  Statistics
  Astronomy
  Astrophysics
  Extrasolar Planets
   
  

  Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies Are Bright Star Clusters

  December 19, 2011 — A new statistical study sheds light on the so-called 'ultra-compact dwarf galaxies' (UCDs). A team of astronomers has investigated how many of these UCDs exist in nearby galaxy clusters and groups. ... > full story
• Hacking
  Encryption
  Information Technology
  Statistics
  Computers and Internet
  Computer Modeling
   

  Protecting Confidential Data With Math

  December 16, 2011 — With the computerization of databases in healthcare, forensics, telecommunications, and other fields, ensuring security for such databases has become increasingly important. Researchers have now ... > full story
• Information Technology
  Hacking
  Encryption
  Computers and Internet
  Computer Modeling
  Statistics
   
  

  Tool Detects Patterns Hidden in Vast Data Sets

  December 15, 2011 — Researchers have developed a tool that can tackle large data sets in a way that no other software program can. Part of a suite of statistical tools called MINE, it can tease out multiple patterns ... > full story
• Trees
  Forest
  Rainforests
  Exotic Species
  Nature
  Ecology Research
   
  

  Tree Species Maps for European Forests

  December 12, 2011 — Researchers have released a set of 1x1 km tree species maps showing the distribution of 20 tree species over ... > full story
• Organic Chemistry
  Biochemistry
  Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Genetics
  Biotechnology
   
  

  Evolution Reveals Missing Link Between DNA and Protein Shape

  December 7, 2011 — Using evolutionary genetic information, an international team of researchers has taken major steps toward solving a classic problem of molecular biology: Predicting how a protein will fold in three ... > full story
• Galaxies
  Black Holes
  Astronomy
  Space Telescopes
  Space Exploration
  Sun
   
  

  New All-Sky Map Shows the Magnetic Fields of the Milky Way With the Highest Precision

  December 6, 2011 — With a unique new all-sky map, scientists have made significant progress toward measuring the magnetic field structure of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail. Specifically, the map is of a quantity ... > full story

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• Children's Health
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Obesity
  Health Policy
  Infant's Health
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Few Parents Recall Being Told by Doctors That Their Child Is Overweight

  December 5, 2011 — A new study finds that among parents of overweight children, less than 25 percent recall ever being told by a doctor or other health care provider that their child is ... > full story
• Healthy Aging
  Intelligence
  Dementia
  Neuroscience
  Behavior
  Memory
   

  Study Looks at the Nature of Change in Our Aging, Changing Brains

  November 28, 2011 — As we get older, our cognitive abilities change, improving when we're younger and declining as we age. Scientists posit a hierarchical structure within which these abilities are organized. There's ... > full story

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