http://www.innovations-report.com The Forum for Innovations, Science, Research, Industry and Business en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/materials_science/039_metamaterial_039_practical_optical_advances_195715.html [Materials Sciences] The researchers have shown how to create the metamaterials without the traditional silver or gold previously required, said Alexandra Boltasseva, a Purdue University assistant professor of electrical ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/materials_science/039_metamaterial_039_practical_optical_advances_195715.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/timely_discovery_physics_research_sheds_light_195712.html [Physics and Astronomy] Their research allows double ionization events to be observed at the time scale of attoseconds, which are one-billionth of a billionth of a second. The physicists have also shown that these ionization... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/timely_discovery_physics_research_sheds_light_195712.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/process_engineering/acoustic_inversion_estimate_bubble_size_distribution_195714.html [Process Engineering] The ability to measure gas bubbles in pipelines is vital to the manufacturing, power and petrochemical industries. In the case of harvesting petrochemicals from the seabed, warning of bubbles present ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/process_engineering/acoustic_inversion_estimate_bubble_size_distribution_195714.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/science_education/fraunhofer_korea_195709.html [Science Education] If built up successfully, the recently launched Fraunhofer Project Center for Biopharmaceutical Research in South Korea can move towards becoming a Fraunhofer Center, integrated within a Fraunhofer su... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/science_education/fraunhofer_korea_195709.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/statistics/statistical_analysis_projects_future_temperatures_195713.html [Statistics] They performed advanced statistical analysis on two different North American regional climate models and were able to estimate projections of temperature changes for the years 2041 to 2070, as well as... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/statistics/statistical_analysis_projects_future_temperatures_195713.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/elephant_seal_tracking_reveals_hidden_lives_deep_195711.html [Life Sciences] Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who pioneered the use of satellite tags to monitor the migrations of elephant seals have compiled one of the largest datasets available for any... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/elephant_seal_tracking_reveals_hidden_lives_deep_195711.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/chemotherapy_039_s_effect_survival_increase_based_195700.html [Health and Medicine] The most recent research released in June's Journal of Thoracic Oncology indicates there might be a positive correlation between tumor size and adjuvant platinum based chemotherapy in surgically ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/chemotherapy_039_s_effect_survival_increase_based_195700.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/cancer_cells_created_equal_195701.html [Studies and Analyses] A study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers suggests that specific populations of tumor cells have different roles in the process by which tumors make new copies of themselves and gr... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/cancer_cells_created_equal_195701.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/a_marker_lining_lungs_diagnostic_technique_lung_195699.html [Life Sciences] The most recent research released in June's Journal of Thoracic Oncology says molecular biomarkers in the tissue and fluid lining the lungs might be an additional predictive technique for lung ca... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/a_marker_lining_lungs_diagnostic_technique_lung_195699.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/a_supernova_cocoon_breakthrough_195702.html [Physics and Astronomy] Observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided the first X-ray evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas surrounding the star that exploded. This disco... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/a_supernova_cocoon_breakthrough_195702.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/maps_miscanthus_genome_offer_insight_grass_evolution_195698.html [Life Sciences] They also belong to a prominent grass family that includes corn, sorghum and sugarcane. Two new, independently produced chromosome maps of Miscanthus sinensis (an ornamental that likely is a parent o... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/maps_miscanthus_genome_offer_insight_grass_evolution_195698.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medical_technology/video_assisted_thoracic_surgery_valuable_tool_lung_195697.html [Medical Engineering] The most recent research released in June's Journal of Thoracic Oncology says video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a valuable tool in managing lesions detected in a lung cancer screening pro... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medical_technology/video_assisted_thoracic_surgery_valuable_tool_lung_195697.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/oxygen_separation_membranes_aid_reduction_195687.html [Ecology, The Environment and Conservation] Such "carbon-capture" technology may significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cheap and plentiful energy sources such as coal and natural gas, and help minimize fossil fuels' ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/oxygen_separation_membranes_aid_reduction_195687.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/biomarker_test_predicts_arthritis_earlier_stage_mu_195686.html [Life Sciences] More than 27 million adults currently suffer from osteoarthritis, which is the most common form of arthritis. In the past, doctors have been unable to diagnose patients with arthritis until they begin... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/biomarker_test_predicts_arthritis_earlier_stage_mu_195686.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/evidence_genes_small_effect_influence_economic_195685.html [Life Sciences] The research team arrived at the conclusion after studying a sample of about 3,000 subjects with comprehensive genetic data and information on economic and political preferences. The researchers repor... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/evidence_genes_small_effect_influence_economic_195685.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/science_education/teacher_central_successful_computers_schools_195684.html [Science Education] 'The teacher is the key to successful use of computers in the classroom,' says Professor Berner Lindström, scientific director of the studies.More than two-thirds of all Swedish municipalities... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/science_education/teacher_central_successful_computers_schools_195684.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/young_people_pressured_choose_195683.html [Studies and Analyses] In his doctoral thesis, Goran Puaca is studying the educational and professional choices that upper-secondary and higher education students are forced to face, as well as how the choices have changed ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/young_people_pressured_choose_195683.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/drugs_lizard_saliva_reduces_cravings_food_195682.html [Life Sciences] An increasing number of patients suffering from type 2 diabetes are offered a pharmaceutical preparation called Exenatide, which helps them to control their blood sugar. The drug is a synthetic versio... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/drugs_lizard_saliva_reduces_cravings_food_195682.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/fuel_black_hole_195681.html [Physics and Astronomy] The use of near-infrared interferometry allowed the team to resolve a ring-shaped dust distribution (generally called "dust torus") in the inner region of the nucleus of the active galaxy NG... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/fuel_black_hole_195681.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/ripe_195669.html [Life Sciences] The term ethylene (ethene) generally brings to mind polyethylene plastics, not fruit. However, ethylene is more than just a feedstock for chemical industry, it is also the smallest plant hormone, and ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/ripe_195669.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medical_technology/study_reveals_imaging_software_syngo_helps_save_time_195668.html [Medical Engineering] The study results illustrate that syngo.via can significantly help to save time when reading medical images, without compromising accuracy. For example, the observed average time savings from syngo.vi... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medical_technology/study_reveals_imaging_software_syngo_helps_save_time_195668.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/dietary_supplements_increase_cancer_risk_195665.html [Health and Medicine] But taken at much higher levels as some supplement manufacturers suggest, these three supplements have now been proven to increase the risk of developing a host of cancers. "It's not... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/dietary_supplements_increase_cancer_risk_195665.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/omega_3_oils_cellular_level_195664.html [Life Sciences] For the first time, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have peered inside a living mouse cell and mapped the processes that power the celebrated health benefits of omega-3 fatty ac... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/omega_3_oils_cellular_level_195664.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/research_039_modern_portfolio_theory_039_optimizes_195662.html [Ecology, The Environment and Conservation] Using wetland habitat conservation in the Prairie Pothole Region as a case study, Amy W. Ando and Mindy L. Mallory demonstrated that adapting “Modern Portfolio Theory” for conservation purposes could ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/research_039_modern_portfolio_theory_039_optimizes_195662.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/sugar_makes_stupid_195661.html [Studies and Analyses] Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid. A new UCLA rat study is the first to show how a die... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/sugar_makes_stupid_195661.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/information_technology/elusive_capacity_networks_195660.html [Information Technology] Recently, one of the most intriguing developments in information theory has been a different kind of coding, called network coding, in which the question is how to encode information in order to maxim... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/information_technology/elusive_capacity_networks_195660.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/big_mouthed_babies_drove_evolution_giant_island_195663.html [Life Sciences] Mainland tiger snakes, which generally max out at 35 inches (89 cm) long, patrol swampy areas in search of frogs, their dietary staple. When sea levels rose around 10,000 years ago, some tiger snakes ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/big_mouthed_babies_drove_evolution_giant_island_195663.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/sulphur_iron_compounds_common_shipwrecks_195652.html [Earth Sciences] A few years ago scientists reported large quantities of sulphur and iron compounds in the salvaged 17th century warship Vasa, resulting in the development of sulphuric acid and acidic salt precipitate... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/sulphur_iron_compounds_common_shipwrecks_195652.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/people_brush_teeth_wrong_195653.html [Studies and Analyses] Most Swedes regularly brush their teeth with fluoride toothpaste. But only few know the best brushing technique, how the toothpaste should be used and how fluoride prevents tooth decay.In two ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/people_brush_teeth_wrong_195653.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/highly_educated_women_families_increasingly_popular_195651.html [Studies and Analyses] An increasing number of highly educated women are opting for families, according to a national study co-authored by a University at Buffalo economist.Qingyan Shang, an assistant professor at U... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/highly_educated_women_families_increasingly_popular_195651.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medical_technology/robot_assisted_surgery_favored_treatment_kidney_195650.html [Medical Engineering] While the study shows that robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPD), available only since 2004, may also offer fewer complications than laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN), the researchers caution... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medical_technology/robot_assisted_surgery_favored_treatment_kidney_195650.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/umd_finding_hold_key_gaia_theory_earth_living_195649.html [Earth Sciences] Is Earth really a sort of giant living organism as the Gaia hypothesis predicts?A new discovery made at the University of Maryland may provide a key to answering this question. This key of sul... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/umd_finding_hold_key_gaia_theory_earth_living_195649.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/software_samg_acceleration_groundwater_simulations_195641.html [Earth Sciences] Problems of this type can be found in several application domains, e.g. in simulations of oil reservoirs, automotive design and also simulations relevant for environmental analyses, such as groundwate... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/software_samg_acceleration_groundwater_simulations_195641.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/mayo_clinic_researchers_discover_biomarkers_prostate_195629.html [Life Sciences] These biomarkers — known as DNA methylation profiles — also can predict if the cancer is going to recur and if that recurrence will remain localized to the prostate or, instead, spread to other organs... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/mayo_clinic_researchers_discover_biomarkers_prostate_195629.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/drug_candidates_offer_route_controlling_inflammation_195630.html [Health and Medicine] The team started by creating a three-dimensional map of a protein structure called the C3a receptor, which sits on the surface of human cells and plays a critical role in regulating a branch of the im... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/drug_candidates_offer_route_controlling_inflammation_195630.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/relative_reference_foxtail_millet_offers_clues_195617.html [Life Sciences] Sometimes there's guidance in the form of other publicly-available DNA sequences from related organisms that can be used to guide the assembly process, but its usefulness depends on how closely r... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/relative_reference_foxtail_millet_offers_clues_195617.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/quot_dip_chip_quot_technology_tests_toxicity_195616.html [Life Sciences] From man-made toxic chemicals such as industrial by-products to poisons that occur naturally, a water or food supply can be easily contaminated. And for every level of toxic material ingested, there i... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/quot_dip_chip_quot_technology_tests_toxicity_195616.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/researchers_relatives_clues_quest_develop_sources_195615.html [Life Sciences] Sometimes clues from other publicly-available DNA sequences of related organisms can be used to guide the assembly process, but its usefulness depends on how closely related any two sequences are to o... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/researchers_relatives_clues_quest_develop_sources_195615.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/materials_science/comfort_breast_cancer_patients_195612.html [Materials Sciences] In the framework of the publicly funded research project (AiF no. KF2136714HG0)they developed a special brassiere for breast cancer patients. The new brassiere can be worn during and directly after ra... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/materials_science/comfort_breast_cancer_patients_195612.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/a_walk_park_mental_boost_people_depression_195607.html [Health and Medicine] A walk in the park may have psychological benefits for people suffering from depression. In one of the first studies to examine the effect of nature walks on cognition and mood in people with ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/a_walk_park_mental_boost_people_depression_195607.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/a_microrna_prognostic_marker_identified_acute_195606.html [Life Sciences] This study found that overexpression of a particular microRNA indicates a poor prognosis in these patients.The findings might lead to better identification of patients needing aggressive thera... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/a_microrna_prognostic_marker_identified_acute_195606.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/research_noise_turns_consumers_creativity_195605.html [Studies and Analyses] According to published research from Ravi Mehta, a professor of business administration, ambient background noise turns out to be an important factor affecting creative cognition among consumers.... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/research_noise_turns_consumers_creativity_195605.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/tenth_hemisphere_039_s_mammals_outrun_climate_change_195604.html [Earth Sciences] For the past decade scientists have outlined new areas suitable for mammals likely to be displaced as climate change first makes their current habitat inhospitable, then unlivable. For the fir... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/tenth_hemisphere_039_s_mammals_outrun_climate_change_195604.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/scientists_make_breakthrough_bile_duct_cancer_195597.html [Health and Medicine] A team of international scientists has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the cause of bile duct cancer, a deadly type of liver cancer. By identifying several new genes frequently mutate... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/scientists_make_breakthrough_bile_duct_cancer_195597.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/great_recession_reflux_amounts_hunger_seniors_195596.html [Studies and Analyses] "In 2005, we reported that one in nine seniors faced the threat of hunger," said Craig Gundersen, University of Illinois associate professor of agricultural and consumer economics and execut... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/great_recession_reflux_amounts_hunger_seniors_195596.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/york_stem_cell_foundation_scientist_grows_bone_human_195595.html [Life Sciences] The study is the first example of using bone cell progenitors derived from human embryonic stem cells to grow compact bone tissue in quantities large enough to repair centimeter-sized defects. When im... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/york_stem_cell_foundation_scientist_grows_bone_human_195595.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/brain_circuitry_women_anorexia_obesity_195594.html [Health and Medicine] Why does one person become anorexic and another obese? A study recently published by a University of Colorado School of Medicine researcher shows that reward circuits in the brain are sensitized in an... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/brain_circuitry_women_anorexia_obesity_195594.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/genetic_test_identifies_eye_cancer_tumors_spread_195589.html [Life Sciences] In 459 patients with ocular melanoma at 12 centers in the United States and Canada, the researchers found the test could successfully classify tumors more than 97 percent of the time.The study... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/genetic_test_identifies_eye_cancer_tumors_spread_195589.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/microbe_handle_ionic_liquids_195588.html [Life Sciences] In the search for technology by which economically competitive biofuels can be produced from cellulosic biomass, the combination of sugar-fermenting microbes and ionic liquid solvents looks to be a wi... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/microbe_handle_ionic_liquids_195588.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/black_holes_turn_heat_universe_195587.html [Physics and Astronomy] So far, astrophysicists thought that super-massive black holes can only influence their immediate surroundings. A collaboration of scientists at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/black_holes_turn_heat_universe_195587.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/minimize_stroke_damage_195583.html [Health and Medicine] In a review article in the journal MedLink Neurology, first author Murray Flaster, MD, PhD and colleagues summarize the latest research on caring for ischemic stroke patients. (Most strokes are ischem... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/minimize_stroke_damage_195583.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medical_technology/contrast_enhanced_ultrasound_monitors_aortic_195582.html [Medical Engineering] "Our findings support the addition of contrast-enhanced ultrasound as a complementary tool in the follow-up of these patients," said Rosa Gilabert, M.D., Ph.D., from the Hospital Clinic at t... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medical_technology/contrast_enhanced_ultrasound_monitors_aortic_195582.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/study_examines_bi_rads_mri_predicting_breast_cancer_195581.html [Studies and Analyses] "BI-RADS was developed to standardize the lexicon of breast imaging reports and to help ensure patients receive proper follow-up," said Mary C. Mahoney, M.D, director of breast imaging at th... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/study_examines_bi_rads_mri_predicting_breast_cancer_195581.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/early_biomarker_pancreatic_cancer_identified_195580.html [Life Sciences] Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, or PDAC, is the fourth-leading cause of cancer-related death. Newly diagnosed patients have a median survival of less than one year, and a 5-year survival rate of onl... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/early_biomarker_pancreatic_cancer_identified_195580.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/researchers_identify_key_genes_prototype_predictive_195579.html [Life Sciences] Using a convergent functional genomics approach that incorporates a variety of experimental techniques, the scientists also were able to apply a panel of their top genes to data from other studies of ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/researchers_identify_key_genes_prototype_predictive_195579.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/039_fertilizing_039_bone_marrow_helps_answer_cancers_195578.html [Health and Medicine] The findings provide valuable insight as to why some cancers metastasize to bone, and could eventually result in new metastasis-prevention drugs, said Laurie McCauley, professor in the Department of P... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/039_fertilizing_039_bone_marrow_helps_answer_cancers_195578.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/sundown_syndrome_symptoms_fruit_flies_due_high_195576.html [Life Sciences] This change parallels a human disorder in which increased agitation occurs in the evening hours near sunset and may also be due to higher than normal dopamine levels in the brain. Sundown syndrome occ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/sundown_syndrome_symptoms_fruit_flies_due_high_195576.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/delivery_system_gene_therapy_treat_arthritis_195577.html [Health and Medicine] Within a few hours of injecting empty-handed DNA nanoparticles, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers were surprised to see increased expression of an enzyme that calms the immune response. ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/delivery_system_gene_therapy_treat_arthritis_195577.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/discovery_plant_proteins_boost_agricultural_yields_195575.html [Life Sciences] Scoring a rare scientific hat trick, the researchers identified three related proteins in thale cress plants (Arabidopsis thaliana) that regulate the metabolism of fatty acids, chemical components... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/discovery_plant_proteins_boost_agricultural_yields_195575.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/revealing_stars_brain_adaptability_195573.html [Life Sciences] The finding clarifies the link between two important processes in the brain. Activity in large-scale brain networks is thought to modulate changes in neuronal connectivity, so-called 'synaptic... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/revealing_stars_brain_adaptability_195573.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/trade_fair_news/dupont_extends_aem_performance_vamac_ultra_ht_180_c_195567.html [Trade Fair News] A highlight will be DuPont™ Vamac® Ultra HT, a new grade of ethylene acrylic elastomer (AEM) that extends the Vamac® Ultra family of high performance elastomers. Vamac® Ultra HT offers enhanced contin... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/trade_fair_news/dupont_extends_aem_performance_vamac_ultra_ht_180_c_195567.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/german_astronomers_finish_europe_s_largest_solar_195560.html [Physics and Astronomy] It will provide the German and the international community of solar physicists with new and better instrumentation which will enable them to investigate our home star in unprecedented detail. ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/german_astronomers_finish_europe_s_largest_solar_195560.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/species_fish_sweden_195547.html [Life Sciences] Lars-Ove Loo is the underwater photographer who has captured the fish on film. He saw it while making an inventory ahead of the creation of a new nature reserve in the islands. This was in August 2010... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/species_fish_sweden_195547.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/downside_good_memory_195553.html [Life Sciences] Scientists from the University of Basel have now discovered that a genetic factor for good memory is also associated with a heightened risk for the development of a posttraumatic stress disorder in wa... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/downside_good_memory_195553.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/science_education/real_science_virtual_school_labs_195550.html [Science Education] Researchers from the University of Gothenburg followed upper-secondary students from the Swedish town of Lysekil for one year. The study was part of the research project I2I, Inquiry to Insight.... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/science_education/real_science_virtual_school_labs_195550.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/economy_finances/large_differences_outcomes_attempts_eliminate_double_195548.html [Business and Finance] The study sheds light on the vastly different results that the established methods to eliminate double taxation may yield in certain situations: that a transaction is still subject to double taxation ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/economy_finances/large_differences_outcomes_attempts_eliminate_double_195548.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/science_education/playful_games_promote_reading_development_195549.html [Science Education] Previous research has shown that children's reading development can be stimulated with structured and playful language games from the age of six. In a current three-year study, researchers at the Univ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/science_education/playful_games_promote_reading_development_195549.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/information_technology/research_faster_computers_mobile_phones_195546.html [Information Technology] Carbon nanotubes and graphene are both made up of carbon and have unique properties. Graphene comprises an atom-thick layer of carbon atoms, while carbon nanotubes can be likened to a graphene sheet t... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/information_technology/research_faster_computers_mobile_phones_195546.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/gut_reveal_effect_climate_change_fish_195545.html [Ecology, The Environment and Conservation] The gastrointestinal system in fish is much more sensitive to temperature changes than previously believed and may even be a limiting factor for the distribution of species, a thesis from the Universi... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/gut_reveal_effect_climate_change_fish_195545.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/hitch_hiking_birds_life_195535.html [Life Sciences] Researcher Daniel Gustafsson has studied chewing lice on sandpipers around the world and investigated how host birds' migration patterns affect louse distribution and reationships.With no... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/hitch_hiking_birds_life_195535.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/vitamin_k2_hope_parkinson_039_s_patients_195533.html [Health and Medicine] This research was done in collaboration with colleagues from Northern Illinois University (US) and will be published this evening on the website of the authorative journal Science. "It ap... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/vitamin_k2_hope_parkinson_039_s_patients_195533.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/absence_elephants_rhinoceroses_reduces_biodiversity_195525.html [Ecology, The Environment and Conservation] "Megaherbivores act as the 'gardeners' of humid tropical forests: They are vital to forest regeneration and maintain its structure and biodiversity", as was explained to SINC by Ah... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/absence_elephants_rhinoceroses_reduces_biodiversity_195525.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/molecular_subtypes_genetic_alterations_determine_195524.html [Health and Medicine] A UNC-led team of scientists has shown for the first time that lung cancer molecular subtypes correlate with distinct genetic alterations and with patient response to therapy. These findings in pre-cl... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/molecular_subtypes_genetic_alterations_determine_195524.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/dawn_reveals_complexities_ancient_asteroidal_world_195520.html [Physics and Astronomy] The findings, published today in a set of Science papers, will help scientists better understand the early solar system and processes that occurred as it formed and evolved. The Dawn spacecraf... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/dawn_reveals_complexities_ancient_asteroidal_world_195520.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/nanotube_sponge_potential_oil_spill_cleanup_195519.html [Ecology, The Environment and Conservation] Carbon nanotubes, which consist of atom-thick sheets of carbon rolled into cylinders, have captured scientific attention in recent decades because of their high strength, potential high conductivity a... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/nanotube_sponge_potential_oil_spill_cleanup_195519.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/information_technology/cybersecurity_experts_begin_investigation_adapting_195518.html [Information Technology] Scott DeLoach, professor of computing and information sciences, and Xinming "Simon" Ou, associate professor of computing and information sciences, are researching the feasibility of building... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/information_technology/cybersecurity_experts_begin_investigation_adapting_195518.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/water_quality_trading_significantly_reduce_195517.html [Ecology, The Environment and Conservation] According to the study, nutrient credit trading—allowing polluters to purchase reductions from other sources to help meet pollution reduction goals—could result in a 20 to 80 percent decrease in clean... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/water_quality_trading_significantly_reduce_195517.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/successful_stem_cell_differentiation_requires_dna_195516.html [Life Sciences] Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University found that chromatin compaction is required for proper embryonic stem cell differentiation to occur. Chromatin, which is compo... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/successful_stem_cell_differentiation_requires_dna_195516.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/automotive/johnson_controls_pioneers_carbon_body_exterior_parts_195515.html [Automotive Engineering] Johnson Controls, a leading global supplier of automotive interiors and electronics, is applying its expertise in natural fiber processing technology for interior components to vehicle exteriors.... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/automotive/johnson_controls_pioneers_carbon_body_exterior_parts_195515.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/energy_engineering/drax_cements_position_cleanest_efficient_power_195514.html [Power and Electrical Engineering] The project, which has taken five years to complete, will enable Drax Power Station to reduce its emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by one million tons a year, equivalent to taking 275,000 cars off th... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/energy_engineering/drax_cements_position_cleanest_efficient_power_195514.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/information_technology/wanted_application_idea_egnos_195513.html [Information Technology] To promote EGNOS, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is offering a special prize for the most promising idea using the system. The prize is part of this year's European Satellite Navigation Competiti... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/information_technology/wanted_application_idea_egnos_195513.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/study_shows_benefit_maintenance_therapy_multiple_195504.html [Health and Medicine] A medical procedure called autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, commonly known as a stem cell transplant, is frequently an important treatment option for many patients. Unfortun... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/study_shows_benefit_maintenance_therapy_multiple_195504.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/nanosheet_catalyst_discovered_sustainably_split_195503.html [Life Sciences] 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 its f... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/nanosheet_catalyst_discovered_sustainably_split_195503.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/gene_therapy_hearing_loss_potential_limitations_195502.html [Life Sciences] Regenerating sensory hair cells, which produce electrical signals in response to vibrations within the inner ear, could form the basis for treating age- or trauma-related hearing loss. One way to do t... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/gene_therapy_hearing_loss_potential_limitations_195502.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/metallic_glasses_researchers_find_a_atomic_195501.html [Physics and Astronomy] Drawing on powerful computational tools and a state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University materials science and engi... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/metallic_glasses_researchers_find_a_atomic_195501.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/growth_regulator_mtorc2_linked_diabetes_195496.html [Life Sciences] In the current issue of the journal «Cell Metabolism», Mike Hall and his team from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel describe how inhibition of mTOR signaling can impair carbohydrate metabolis... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/growth_regulator_mtorc2_linked_diabetes_195496.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/scientists_find_differences_long_lived_rodent_s_195491.html [Life Sciences] The naked mole-rat, a curiously strange, hairless rodent, lives many years longer than any other mouse or rat. Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio's Barshop Institu... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/scientists_find_differences_long_lived_rodent_s_195491.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/rutgers_team_discovers_approach_stimulate_immune_195490.html [Life Sciences] Researchers at Rutgers University have uncovered a new way to stimulate activity of immune cell opiate receptors, leading to efficient tumor cell clearance.Dipak Sarkar, professor in the Depar... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/rutgers_team_discovers_approach_stimulate_immune_195490.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/agricultural_sciences/increasing_predator_friendly_land_farmers_reduce_195487.html [Agricultural and Forestry Science] Ladybugs and other predatory insects eat crop pests, saving farmers an estimated $4.6 billion a year on insecticides. Non-crop plants provide these predatory insects with food and shelter, helping the... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/agricultural_sciences/increasing_predator_friendly_land_farmers_reduce_195487.html en http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/scientists_039_read_039_ash_icelandic_volcano_2_195486.html [Earth Sciences] At the time, scientists followed its paths using satellites, laser detectors, sun photometers and other instruments. Two years later they have now presented the results and models that will help to pr... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/scientists_039_read_039_ash_icelandic_volcano_2_195486.html en