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Life & Chemistry

Tree Frogs Hybridize: Impact of Foreign Sex Chromosomes

Mating of European (Hyla arborea) and Eastern tree frogs (Hyla orientalis) in the lowlands of Poland results in hybrid frogs that carry sex chromosomes from…

Life & Chemistry

Isomaltulose vs. Table Sugar: A Better Choice for Type 2 Diabetes?

The research team led by Farnaz Keyhani-Nejad and Andreas F. H. Pfeiffer of DIfE has now published its results in the journal Diabetes Care (Keyhani-Nejad et…

Studies and Analyses

Infants Sleeping in Own Beds: Reducing SIDS Risk

In the early 1990s, the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare went out with advice to new parents to reduce the number of children who die each year…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Surviving Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

The rare and life-threatening blood disorder thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) mainly affects young, otherwise healthy people aged between 20 and 50….

Technology Offerings

Device and Method for Improving a P erson‘s Mobility

The present invention refers to a method and a device for improving
a person‘s mobility. It is designed as a mobile, technical platform
offering space for one person being moved with power assistance,
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Physics & Astronomy

LIGO confirms RIT's breakthrough prediction of gravitational waves

Research conducted by Rochester Institute of Technology scientists was integral to the breakthrough detection of gravitational waves from binary black holes…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Switch Discovery Could Repair DNA and Prevent Cancer

A team of scientists in Japan has found that a DNA modification called 5hmC – thought to be involved in turning genes on and off – localizes at sites of DNA…

Medical Engineering

Using 'Pacemakers' in spinal cord injuries

Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and EPFL, Lausanne have succeeded in restoring motor function following spinal cord injury. The…

Physics & Astronomy

Gravitational Waves Detected: LZH’s Laser System Breakthrough

The resulting gravitational wave was measured already in September 2015; yesterday, the evaluation of the data was published in the Physical Review Letters and…

Materials Sciences

Twisting Magnets Boost Data Storage Capacity Efficiently

“It is a great success for our international consortium, as we achieved the result effectively by taking advantage of the organization that is composed of…

Earth Sciences

Local Solutions for Protecting Rare Prairie Orchid Amid Climate Change

Knowing how climate change may affect an entire region is only marginally useful to land managers trying to preserve the small white lady's slipper, a…

Earth Sciences

NASA Observes Formation of Tropical Cyclone Winston

On Feb. 11 at 1405 UTC (9:06 a.m. EST), the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite saw coldest cloud top temperatures near minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit/…

Materials Sciences

Graphene: A Metal That Mimics Water’s Unique Properties

Graphene is going to change the world — or so we've been told.

Environmental Conservation

Marine Vessel Tracking: Protecting Wildlife and Navigating Safely

The Automatic Identification System — adopted by the International Maritime Organization in 2000 for use in collision avoidance, coastal surveillance, and…

Materials Sciences

Graphene and Glass: A New Era for Electronics Innovation

Graphene, the two-dimensional powerhouse, packs extreme durability, electrical conductivity, and transparency into a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon. Despite…

Trade Fair News

Industrial Laser Processing of Fiber Reinforced Plastics

Composite materials are known not only in the automotive and aviation sectors for their high strength and light weight. A number of other industries are also…

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