innovations-report http://www.innovations-report.com The Forum for Innovations, Science, Research, Industry and Business en Scientists Unravel Evolution of Highly Toxic Box Jellyfish http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/scientists_unravel_evolution_highly_toxic_box_144067.html [Biowissenschaften Chemie] With thousands of stinging cells that can emit deadly venom from tentacles that can reach ten feet in length, the 50 or so species of box jellyfish have long been of interest to scientists and to the ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/scientists_unravel_evolution_highly_toxic_box_144067.html en When good companies do bad things: Examining illegal corporate behavior http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/economy_finances/good_companies_bad_things_examining_illegal_144066.html [Wirtschaft Finanzen] MSU’s Yuri Mishina and colleagues argue that unrealistically high pressure on thriving companies increases the likelihood of illegal behavior, as the firms are faced with continuously maintaining or i... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/economy_finances/good_companies_bad_things_examining_illegal_144066.html en UCR plant scientist's research spawns new discoveries showing how crops survive drought http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/agricultural_sciences/ucr_plant_scientist_039_s_research_spawns_144065.html [Agrar- Forstwissenschaften] Breakthrough research done earlier this year by a plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside has greatly accelerated scientists' knowledge on how plants and crops can survive... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/agricultural_sciences/ucr_plant_scientist_039_s_research_spawns_144065.html en Texas A&M Researchers Examine How Viruses Destroy Bacteria http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/texas_a_m_researchers_examine_viruses_destroy_144064.html [Biowissenschaften Chemie] The Texas A&M researchers' work is published in the renowned journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.The attackers are called phages, or bacteriophages, meaning eaters of bacteria.... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/texas_a_m_researchers_examine_viruses_destroy_144064.html en Scientists find molecular trigger that helps prevent aging and disease http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/scientists_find_molecular_trigger_helps_prevent_144063.html [Biowissenschaften Chemie] An answer lies in a two-part study led by Charles Mobbs, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience and of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, published in the November 17 editio... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/scientists_find_molecular_trigger_helps_prevent_144063.html en Developing 'green' tires that boost mileage and cut carbon dioxide emissions http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/materials_science/developing_039_green_039_tires_boost_mileage_cut_144062.html [Materialwissenschaften] The new tires could help add an extra mile or two per gallon to a car's fuel economy. That's the topic of the cover story of the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, (C&EN) ACS'... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/materials_science/developing_039_green_039_tires_boost_mileage_cut_144062.html en Hidden threat: Elevated pollution levels near regional airports http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/hidden_threat_elevated_pollution_levels_regional_144061.html [Ökologie Umwelt- Naturschutz] Those airports are becoming an increasingly important component of global air transport systems. The study, one of only a handful to examine airborne pollutants near regional airports, suggests that o... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/hidden_threat_elevated_pollution_levels_regional_144061.html en New on-off 'switch' triggers and reverses paralysis in animals with a beam of light http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/039_switch_039_triggers_reverses_paralysis_animals_a_144044.html [Biowissenschaften Chemie] When exposed to ordinary light, the animals become unparalyzed and wake up. Their study appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS). It reports the first demonstration of such a lig... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/039_switch_039_triggers_reverses_paralysis_animals_a_144044.html en Future for Internet Retailers: Compete on Niche Products, Advises Management Insights Study http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/economy_finances/future_internet_retailers_compete_niche_products_144043.html [Wirtschaft Finanzen] Management Insights, a regular feature of the journal, is a digest of important research in business, management, operations research, and management science. It appears in every issue of the monthly ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/economy_finances/future_internet_retailers_compete_niche_products_144043.html en NASA's QuikScat and Aqua providing important data on Tropical Storm Anja http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/nasa_039_s_quikscat_aqua_providing_important_data_144042.html [Geowissenschaften] NASA's QuikScat satellite uses microwave technology to peer through a tropical cyclone's clouds, and actually read the speed of the rotating surface winds. In an overpass from space at 7:58 ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/nasa_039_s_quikscat_aqua_providing_important_data_144042.html en Immune system activated in schizophrenia http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/immune_system_activated_schizophrenia_144040.html [Medizin Gesundheit] Scientists at Karolinska Institutet have now been able to analyse inflammatory substances in the spinal fluid of patients with schizophrenia, instead of, as in previous studies, in the blood. The resu... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/immune_system_activated_schizophrenia_144040.html en Better way to harness waste heat http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/harness_waste_heat_144041.html [Physik Astronomie] More than half of the energy consumed worldwide is wasted, most of it in the form of excess heat. This new technology would allow conversion of waste heat into electricity with an efficiency several t... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics_astronomy/harness_waste_heat_144041.html en New research helps explain why bird flu has not caused a pandemic http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/research_helps_explain_bird_flu_caused_a_pandemic_144039.html [Medizin Gesundheit] The authors of the new study, from Imperial College London, the University of Reading and the University of North Carolina, USA, argue that it is very unlikely that two genetic mutations would occur a... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/research_helps_explain_bird_flu_caused_a_pandemic_144039.html en Siemens develops a video solution to uncover leaks in an industrial environment http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/information_technology/siemens_develops_a_video_solution_uncover_leaks_144037.html [Informationstechnologie] In industrial environments, especially in power stations and the oil and gas area, leaks in pipe systems, valves and at critical transfer points have to be identified as quickly as possible. This is e... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/information_technology/siemens_develops_a_video_solution_uncover_leaks_144037.html en When calves grow too large in the womb http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/agricultural_sciences/calves_grow_large_womb_144027.html [Agrar- Forstwissenschaften] For a long time an increased growth of calves in the womb and associated consequences generated severe problems for breeders and scientists. Furthermore, many studies had proven that prenatal ... http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/agricultural_sciences/calves_grow_large_womb_144027.html en