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3-D Tongue Images Boost Speech Learning, Study Finds

A new study done by University of Texas at Dallas researchers indicates that watching 3-D images of tongue movements can help individuals learn speech sounds.

Physics & Astronomy

Compact Particle Accelerator: A Breakthrough in Innovation

Particle accelerators are several kilometres long and costs many millions of euros; large ones cost over a billion euros. There are therefore only a small…

Life & Chemistry

Epilepsy: When the neuron's doorman allows too much in

In Germany, approximately one out of a hundred people suffer from epilepsy and one out of twenty suffer a seizure at least once during their lifetime. Seizures…

Earth Sciences

Discovering Deep Sea Sponges: Echoes of Modern Biodiversity

Fossils and sediments from deep sea zones of some thousand meters are extremely rare. Therefore, biodiversity and evolution of life in those zones are rarely…

Life & Chemistry

New Nanoscopic Tools Enhance Ligand-Binding Studies

Signalling processes in organisms are governed by specific extracellular and intracellular interactions and involve hundreds of different functionally highly…

Life & Chemistry

Master Switch Boosts Brain Development in Neurodegenerative Disorders

Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, are often characterized by an irreversible loss of brain cells. Unlike many other cell types in the…

Life & Chemistry

Visualizing 3D Nanostructures of Bone: New Research Breakthrough

The arrangement of the nanostructure of a three-dimensional object can now be visualised thanks to a new method developed by researchers at the Paul Scherrer…

Life & Chemistry

Navy Researchers Use Luminescent Nanoparticles for Brain Imaging

“There is tremendous interest in mapping all the neuron connections in the human brain,” said Dr. James Delehanty, research biologist, Center for Biomolecular…

Life & Chemistry

Nanotech Sensor Boosts Cancer Detection by Measuring MicroRNAs

In a study published in the Nov. issue of ACS Nano, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Chemical Society focusing on nanoscience and nanotechnology…

Materials Sciences

How Solid Materials Fail: Insights from Nanocrystals to Rocks

“When solid materials such as nanocrystals, bulk metallic glasses, rocks, or granular materials are slowly deformed by compression or shear, they slip…

Life & Chemistry

Zebrafish Stripes: New Mathematical Model Reveals Secrets

Zebrafish have become quite a popular model organism for biology researchers over the past few decades. The small freshwater fish begin life as transparent…

Materials Sciences

Discovering New Materials Through Innovative Symmetry Insights

“In the physical sciences, making measurements can be time consuming and so you don't want to make unnecessary ones,” said Venkat Gopalan, professor of…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Impact of Crop Prices and Climate on Yield and Acreage

When corn prices increase farmers reap higher yields by making changes. According to a recent University of Illinois study, about one-third of the yield…

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights Into Plasma Stability in Tokamaks

The team, which included scientists from General Atomics and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, performed calculations on the Edison computer at the…

Life & Chemistry

Mitochondria’s Role in Human Health: New Research Insights

A group of researchers from Lomonosov Moscow State University in collaboration with Russian Science Foundation developed a unique method for the selective…

Trade Fair News

Explosion-Proof Simotics XP 1MB1 Motors Certified for Use

Simotics XP 1MB1 motors – now approved for use with Sinamics converters in potentially explosive atmospheres
Energy-efficient operation with 1MB1 motors…

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