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Power and Electrical Engineering

New research may enhance display & LED lighting technology

Recently, quantum dots (QDs)–nano-sized semiconductor particles that produce bright, sharp, color light–have moved from the research lab into commercial…

Materials Sciences

Copper Clusters: Innovating CO2 Capture for Clean Fuel

Capture and convert–this is the motto of carbon dioxide reduction, a process that stops the greenhouse gas before it escapes from chimneys and power plants…

Physics & Astronomy

Sunspot History Reveals Solar Trends Not Behind Climate Change

This trend has led some to conclude that the Sun has played a significant role in modern climate change. However, a discrepancy between two parallel series of…

Information Technology

Intelligent network-enabled Devices (“NETDEVs”) for fast ramp-up

The partners of the ‘Factories of the Future’ project I-RAMP³ invite you to their final demonstration event from the 22nd – 23rd September 2015 in Harderwijk…

Health & Medicine

Genetic Mutations Uncover Key DNA Repair Pathway Insights

To better understand how a cell finds and fixes these misplaced crosslinks, researchers at The Rockefeller University and their colleagues are examining the…

Earth Sciences

NASA Study Reveals How Ancient Flood Volcanoes Impacted Climate

“We've been trying to better understand how volcanoes alter the climate for about 30 years now,” said Lori Glaze of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in…

Event News

Exploring 3D Computer Cursors: A New Era of Interaction

Researchers at the University of Montreal have developed techniques that enable computer cursors to interact in 3D in single or multiuser, local or remote…

Materials Sciences

Soft Medical Implants: Mimicking Human Tissue with Innovation

Medical implants mimic the softness of human tissue by mixing liquids such oil with long silicone polymers to create a squishy, wet gel. While implants have…

Awards Funding

Navigating Data in Environmental Innovation Insights

Innovative research and new techniques in the field of environmental and ecosystem sciences not only lead to new understandings, but also to a flood of data….

Environmental Conservation

GPS Transmitters: A Solution to Protect Animals from Poaching

The killing of the lion Cecil in a national park in Zimbabwe by a big-game hunter has sparked worldwide outrage. Researchers at the University of Oxford had…

Life & Chemistry

Mouse Stem Cells Mimic Primate Behavior With Key Gene Switch

When the right gene is expressed in the right manner in the right population of stem cells, the developing mouse brain can exhibit primate-like features….

Materials Sciences

Spin Liquids Clash in Iron-Based Superconductor Study

The study, conducted by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL),…

Life & Chemistry

Singapore Scientists Uncover Molecular Clock for Stem Cell Control

Singapore scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have, for the first time, found further evidence of how the differentiation of…

Materials Sciences

First Parity Effect Observed in Graphene: What It Means

Kensuke Kobayashi (Professor, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University) and Sadashige Matsuo (Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, The University of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Siemens Advances Smart Metering Powerline Data Communication

In intelligent power supply networks – smart grids – the quality of data transmission from digital meters to the power supply company is playing an…

Life & Chemistry

Improved Memory Linked to Irregular Sleep-Wake Patterns

If you‘ve had a good night’s sleep, you are mentally more alert and your memory works more reliably. During sleep, a part of our forebrain called the…

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