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Lung volume reduction surgery shown to prolong and improve life for some emphysema patients

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) can have a significantly beneficial effect in patients with severe emphysema, according to the first ever study to randomize emphysema patients to receive either LVRS or non-surgical medical ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Estrogen activates critical lung genes to improve lung function following preterm birth

Estrogen may be a new postnatal therapy to improve lung function and other outcomes in preterm infants, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in an animal study.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Medicare auction will face severe difficulties, research shows

Medicare's new method for buying medical supplies and equipment -- everything from wheelchairs and hospital beds to insulin shots and oxygen tanks -- is doomed to face severe difficulties, according to a new ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

High-temperature superconductivity starts at nanoscale

(Phys.org) -- High-temperature superconductivity doesn't happen all it once. It starts in isolated nanoscale patches that gradually expand until they take over.

Physics / Superconductivity

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

On early Earth, iron may have performed magnesium's RNA folding job

On the periodic table of the elements, iron and magnesium are far apart. But new evidence suggests that 3 billion years ago, iron did the chemical work now done by magnesium in helping RNA fold and function ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New small solid oxide fuel cell reaches record efficiency

Individual homes and entire neighborhoods could be powered with a new, small-scale solid oxide fuel cell system that achieves up to 57 percent efficiency, significantly higher than the 30 to 50 percent efficiencies ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 40 | with audio podcast

High-speed method to aid search for solar energy storage catalysts

Eons ago, nature solved the problem of converting solar energy to fuels by inventing the process of photosynthesis.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Friction stir welding unites reliability, affordability

(Phys.org) -- NASA's next heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Space Launch System, is moving further in development faster thanks to proven advanced technologies like friction stir welding.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electron hopping in graphene oxide leads to highly sensitive sensing

(Phys.org) -- Graphene has many promising applications on its own, but pairing the two-dimensional material with the semiconductor titanium dioxide (TiO2) extends its capabilities even further. A team of ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Wild blue yonder: Engineers tackle challenges of hypersonic flight

(Phys.org) -- Aeronautical engineers believe hypersonic planes flying at seven to 15 times the speed of sound will someday change the face of air and space travel. That is, if they can master such flight's known unknowns.

Technology / Engineering

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Undersea warriors, undersea medicine: The future force

U.S. Navy divers take on dangerous tasks every day—and starting this week, they will be part of a multinational effort near Estonia to help clear the Baltic Sea of underwater mines left over from as long ago as the First ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanosheet catalyst discovered to sustainably split hydrogen from water

(Phys.org) -- Hydrogen gas offers one of the most promising sustainable energy alternatives to limited fossil fuels. But traditional methods of producing pure hydrogen face significant challenges in unlocking ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 57 | with audio podcast


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