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    Molecular Therapy set to Protect at-risk Patients against Heart Attack and Stroke

    April 1, 2017, Categories  Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology

    Changes in LDL Cholesterol Levels. The change in LDL cholesterol level from baseline to day 180 is shown for each patient randomly assigned to the two-dose placebo group (61 patients) (Panel A) and the two-dose 300-mg inclisiran group (59 patients) (Panel B); the changes from baseline to day 240 are also shown for the two-dose 300-mg inclisiran group (59 patients) (Panel C). Dashed lines represent LDL cholesterol reductions of 39 mg per deciliter and 78 mg per deciliter. To convert the values for cholesterol to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.02586.

    Changes in LDL Cholesterol Levels. The change in LDL cholesterol level from baseline to day 180 is shown for each patient randomly assigned to the two-dose placebo group (61 patients) (Panel A) and the 2-dose 300-mg inclisiran group (59 patients) (Panel B); the changes from baseline to day 240 are also shown for the two-dose 300-mg inclisiran group (59 patients) (Panel C). Dashed lines represent LDL cholesterol reductions of 39 mg per deciliter and 78 mg per deciliter. To convert the values for cholesterol to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.02586.

    siRNA treatment inactivates harmful protein...

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    Bio-inspired Energy Storage: A new light for solar power

    April 1, 2017, Categories  Physics, Technology/Electronics, Chemistry/Nanotechnology

    1. The breakthrough electrode prototype (right) can be combined with a solar cell (left) for on-chip energy harvesting and storage. 2. A western swordfern leaf magnified 400 times, showing the self-repeating fractal pattern of its veins.

    1. The breakthrough electrode prototype (right) can be combined with a solar cell (left) for on-chip energy harvesting and storage.
    2. A western swordfern leaf magnified 400 times, showing the self-repeating fractal pattern of its veins.

    Graphene-based electrode prototype, inspired by fern leaves, could be the answer to solar energy storage challenge. Inspired by an American fern, researchers have developed a groundbreaking prototype that could be the answer to the storage challenge still holding solar back as a total energy solution. The new type of electrode created by researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, could boost the capacity of existing integrable storage technologies by 3000%.

    But the graphene-based prototype also opens a new path to the development of flexible ...

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    Basic Plasma Wave physics reshaped by NASA observations

    April 1, 2017, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    In a typical Alfvén wave, the particles (yellow) move freely along the magnetic field lines (blue). Credits: NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio/Tom Bridgman, data visualizer

    In a typical Alfvén wave, the particles (yellow) move freely along the magnetic field lines (blue).
    Credits: NASA Goddard’s Scientific Visualization Studio/Tom Bridgman, data visualizer

    NASA scientists are reshaping the basic understanding of the kinetic Alfvén wave in space. When NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale – or MMS – mission was launched, the scientists knew it would answer questions fundamental to the nature of our universe – and MMS hasn’t disappointed. A new finding provides observational proof of a 50-year-old theory and reshapes the basic understanding of the kinetic Alfvén wave...

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    Satellite Galaxies at edge of Milky Way coexist with Dark Matter

    April 1, 2017, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    The Large Magelanic Cloud is a well-known satellite or dwarf galaxy that closely orbits the Milky Way and is visible in Earth’s southern hemisphere. RIT researchers make the case for the existence of “missing” satellite galaxies that are cloaked in dark matter and cannot be directly observed. Credit: ESA/NASA/Hubble

    The Large Magelanic Cloud is a well-known satellite or dwarf galaxy that closely orbits the Milky Way and is visible in Earth’s southern hemisphere. RIT researchers make the case for the existence of “missing” satellite galaxies that are cloaked in dark matter and cannot be directly observed. Credit: ESA/NASA/Hubble

    Research conducted by scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology rules out a challenge to the accepted standard model of the universe and theory of how galaxies form by shedding new light on a problematic structure...

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