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Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Brown Fat: New Insights for Obesity Solutions

“This not only advances our understanding of how the body responds to cold, but could lead to new ways to control the amount of brown fat in the body, which…

Earth Sciences

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Linda lose an 'arm'

By analyzing a storm in infrared light, scientists can tell cloud top temperatures that give clues about the location of the highest, coldest and strongest…

Materials Sciences

Using MOFs to Effectively Remove Heavy Metals from Water

There are many sources of exposure to toxic heavy metals. Lead, in particular, has been used in paints, ceramic glazes, jewelry, toys and in pipes. Current…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on How Herpesviruses Evade Immune Responses

Humans are constantly exposed to pathogens like bacteria and viruses. In most cases, the immune system successfully detects and eliminates these invaders….

Life & Chemistry

Mini Chemical Factories: Merging Artificial and Biological Cells

The system, created by a team from Imperial College London, encapsulates biological cells within an artificial cell. Using this, researchers can harness the…

Earth Sciences

Fast-Draining Lakes Raise Risks for Greenland Ice Sheet

Researchers from the UK, Norway, US and Sweden have used a combination of 3D computer modelling and real-world observations to show the previously unknown, yet…

Life & Chemistry

Barbastelle Bats Use Stealth to Hunt Moths With Echolocation

Recording the hunting behaviour of this intriguing species, researchers have now found that barbastelle bats sneak up on unsuspecting moths by gradually…

Trade Fair News

Modern Printing Techniques Simplify Photovoltaics Production

Renewable energy has become an important topic in today’s society. Modern printing solutions promise the easy and cost efficient production of photovoltaics…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Fraunhofer ISE Unveils Innovative Storage Solutions at Energy Storage Europe

They address two thematic foci: the scientific research on storage technology, legal frameworks, network and market aspects (IRES) and the business and finance…

Trade Fair News

ILA 2018: Innovative Laser Coating Alternative to Chromium

When the EU restricted the use of hexavalent chromium compounds to special applications requiring authorization, the move prompted a rethink in the surface…

Life & Chemistry

Metagenomic Clustering: Supercomputers Transform Data Analysis

Did you know that the tools used for analyzing relationships between social network users or ranking web pages can also be extremely valuable for making sense…

Health & Medicine

Key Step in Viral Replication Identified by Researchers

While most research into viral infections has focused on mechanisms viruses use to enter cells, less is known about the late steps in infection. The new…

Physics & Astronomy

Breakthrough in Petahertz Electronics: Gallium Arsenide Insights

Gallium arsenide is a technologically important narrow-band-gap semiconductor, in which the excitation of electrons from the valence into the conduction band…

Life & Chemistry

How to build a better railway — in (almost) every cell in your body

The work was conducted by Professor Robert Cross, director of the centre for mechanochemical cell biology at Warwick Medical School and leader of the Cross lab.

Physics & Astronomy

Movable silicon 'lenses' enable neutrons to see new range of details inside objects

The method, published today in Physical Review Letters, could convert what historically has been a support tool for neutron science into a full-fledged…

Life & Chemistry

New Method Identifies Existing Drugs for Rare Disease Treatment

Researchers at the LSU Computational Systems Biology group have developed a sophisticated and systematic way to identify existing drugs that can be…

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