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How Memories Shape Our Food Choices and Dining Decisions

Many of our everyday decisions such as “What present should I give my girlfriend?” or “Where shall we go to eat?” are based on the retrieval of relevant…

Corporate News

Siemens Expands H-Class Power Plant Technology in Turkey

Siemens is supplying two SGT5-8000H gas turbines, along with steam turbines and generators to Turkey. These components are to be installed in two single shaft…

Environmental Conservation

Corals Thrive in Hot Seas but Face New Global Warming Threat

The success of corals that adapt to survive in the world’s hottest sea could contribute to their demise through global warming, according to new research.

Power and Electrical Engineering

Gamma Ray Camera Aids Fukushima Decontamination Efforts

Based on a high-sensitivity mobile gamma ray camera released by Hamamatsu Photonics in 2013, the new Compton camera incorporates high-accuracy,…

Medical Engineering

Non-Invasive Tool Aims to Transform Cancer Diagnosis

In 2012, 8.2 million lives were lost to cancer around the world. This number is expected to double by 2030. However, many cancer deaths could be prevented if…

Process Engineering

Advancements in Laser Technology for Microchip Production

Electronic chips are built on small pieces of silicon that are cut from silicon sheets, called wafers, in a process known as dicing. Currently, dicing is…

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Earth Sciences

Scientists Explore Nighttime Thunderstorm Mysteries

Thunderstorms that form at night, without a prod from the Sun's heat, are a mysterious phenomenon. This summer scientists will be staying up late in search of…

Materials Sciences

Defects can 'Hulk-up' materials

In the story of the Marvel Universe superhero known as the Hulk, exposure to gamma radiation transforms scientist Bruce Banner into a far more powerful version…

Earth Sciences

NASA Studies Tropical Storm Ana’s Winds Using ISS-RapidScat

Scientists took the opportunity to observe Ana's wind dynamics with the International Space Station-Rapid Scatterometer (ISS-RapidScat). The instrument, which…

Business and Finance

RWI/ISL Index Shows Moderate Growth in World Trade

This points towards an ongoing moderate expansion of world trade. The March value was adjusted upwards by a rather large amplitude of 0.8 points as special…

Awards Funding

“Next Generation of Science Journalists” Award: Applications now open

In cooperation with Deutsches Ärzteblatt, the European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations (EUSJA), and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the…

Earth Sciences

What would it take to limit climate change to 1.5°C?

Limiting temperature rise by 2100 to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius is feasible, at least from a purely technological standpoint, according to the study…

Life & Chemistry

New Study: Baby Teethers and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

“The good news is that most of the teethers we analyzed did not contain any endocrine disrupting chemicals. However, the presence of parabens in one of the…

Physics & Astronomy

Ion Pingpong Reveals Magic Neutron Number in Atomic Nuclei

All atoms consist of electron shells and nuclei made up of protons and neutrons. The number of protons defines the chemical properties of the corresponding…

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Earth Sciences

NASA Tracks Extra-Tropical Storm Dolphin Near Sea of Okhotsk

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies aboard Aqua captured a visible light image of Extra-Tropical Storm Dolphin on…

Materials Sciences

New Magnetospinning Method Enhances Nanofiber Production

The new method, dubbed “magnetospinning” by the researchers, provides a very simple, scalable and safe means for producing very large quantities of nanofibers…

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