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New Nano-CT Device Delivers High-Res 3D X-Rays of Velvet Worms

During a CT analysis, the object under investigation is x-rayed and a detector measures the respective amount of radiation absorbed from various angles….

Life & Chemistry

New Method Detects Proteins in Live Mice for Research Insights

The complexity of living things is driven, in large part, by the huge diversity of cell types. Since all cells of an organism share the same genes, the…

Health & Medicine

Helicobacter Pylori’s Role in Gastric Cancer Uncovered

The international team of scientists headed by Dr. Nicole Tegtmeyer of the Chair of Microbiology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)…

Information Technology

Quantum Computing Advances: Unlocking New Problem-Solving Potential

A future quantum computer, using “quantum bits” or qubits, might be able to solve problems which are not tractable for classical computers. Scientists are…

Life & Chemistry

Fast Personalized Diagnostics with AnaLighter Technology

The “AnaLighter” is a compact diagnostic device for sorting cells and biomolecules. Its technological core is based on an optically switchable microfluidic…

Life & Chemistry

New Compounds Show Promise in Glaucoma Treatment

The study is focused on benzenesulfonamide derivatives containing a 1,2,4-oxadiazole moiety. “It was the first time that these compounds were considered as…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Sandia’s Optical Device Enhances Fuel Economy and Cuts Emissions

A new optical device at Sandia National Laboratories that helps researchers image pollutants in combusting fuel sprays might lead to clearer skies in the…

Life & Chemistry

New Discoveries in Fruit Fly Brain Mapping and Learning

Two teams of scientists at the Janelia Research Campus have independently mapped a brain region critical for memory and learning in the fruit fly, Drosophila…

Materials Sciences

Dendritic Fibrous Nanosilica: A Versatile Nanomaterial Solution

As discussed in this review, the unique fibrous morphology of the DFNS family of materials bestows them with several important properties that were brilliantly…

Physics & Astronomy

New X-Ray Technique Analyzes Biomolecules with Less Material

A newly developed experimental set-up allows the X-ray structure determination of biomolecules such as proteins with far smaller samples and shorter exposure…

Life & Chemistry

New Mechanism Discovered for Anti-Cancer Substances at RUDN

RUDN University chemists revised the formation mechanism of organophosphorus complexes with metal. The results of the study may help in the production of…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Optical Illusions: Electrical Circuits That Imitate Perception

How an electrical circuit can imitate processes of perception can be particularly well illustrated using optical illusions, i.e. images that convey…

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New Software for Early Arteriosclerosis Diagnosis at Medica 2017

They will present the technology at the medical technology exhibition, Medica, from 13 to 16 November in Dusseldorf, at the research stand (Hall 7a, Stand B06)…

Physics & Astronomy

ESA and NASA Spot Comet 96P in Stunning New Images

At the same time, comet 96P passed through a second NASA mission's view: STEREO — short for Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory — also watched the…

Physics & Astronomy

New Data Bus Enhances Quantum Computer Performance

Future quantum computers will be able to solve problems where conventional computers fail today. We are still far away from any large-scale implementation,…

Physics & Astronomy

Physicists show how lifeless particles can become 'life-like' by switching behaviors

Physicists at Emory University have shown how a system of lifeless particles can become “life-like” by collectively switching back and forth between…

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