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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Diversity in Monoculture: Rethinking Modern Agriculture

Modern, machine-friendly agriculture is dominated by monocultures. One single cultivar – one genotype of a crop species – is cultivated on large areas.

Physics & Astronomy

Harvesting Energy from Electromagnetic Waves: A New Frontier

For our modern, technologically-advanced society, in which technology has become the solution to a myriad of challenges, energy is critical not only for growth…

Physics & Astronomy

Detecting Cryptosporidium in China: A Health Innovation

For a healthy individual, an infection of Cryptosporidium parvum may mean nothing more than a few days of bad diarrhea. For someone with a compromised immune…

Materials Sciences

X-Ray Study Reveals Damage in Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries

Charging lithium-ion batteries too quickly can permanently reduce the battery capacity. Portions of the energy storage structure are thereby destroyed and…

Earth Sciences

New Methane Source Discovered in the Arctic Ocean

But there is another type of methane that can appear under specific circumstances: Abiotic methane is formed by chemical reactions in the oceanic crust beneath…

Life & Chemistry

Inactive Tumor Suppressor Gene Discovered in Lung Cancer

Researchers at Genes and Cancer group at Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Montse Sanchez-Cespedes, have identified the PARD3 gene as a…

Physics & Astronomy

Search for Advanced Civilizations Yields No Evidence in 100K Galaxies

“The idea behind our research is that, if an entire galaxy had been colonized by an advanced spacefaring civilization, the energy produced by that…

Health & Medicine

UV light robot to clean hospital rooms could help stop spread of 'superbugs'

According to new research out of the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, that is indeed the case. Chetan Jinadatha, M.D., M.P.H., assistant…

Physics & Astronomy

Graphene Boosts Light-to-Electricity Conversion Efficiency

The efficient conversion of light into electricity plays a crucial role in many technologies, ranging from cameras to solar cells.

Life & Chemistry

Novel Charge Movement Patterns Uncovered in DNA Study

In a new study appearing in the journal Nature Chemistry, authors, Limin Xiang, Julio Palma, Christopher Bruot and others at Arizona State University's…

Physics & Astronomy

Rosetta-Mission: "Chury's" nucleus is non-magnetic

After the Rosetta-Lander Philae's amazing landing on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November 2014, the results of the magnetic field…

Physics & Astronomy

Femto Photonic Production: Ultrafast Lasers Shape Manufacturing

In a collaboration that brings together RWTH Aachen University, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and industrial partners, the Femto Photonic…

Information Technology

TrackYourDose App: Monitor Radiation Exposure While Flying

Frequent fliers are now able to monitor their personal radiation exposure when flying using the TrackYourDose app. Behind the app lies intensive research work…

Technology Offerings

Biosensor Breakthrough: Analyze Complex Fluids with Precision

The presented method combines the advantages of a highly specific and sensitive immunological sensor surface with the extensive detail of an infrared spectroscopic analysis, with particular regard to the secondary structure analysis of protein biomarker candidates. Every non-clotting, cell-free fluid is analyzable.

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Spin-Orbitronics: The Future of Magnetic Domains

ew among us may know what magnetic domains are but we make use of them daily when we email files, post images, or download music or video to our personal…

Physics & Astronomy

Explore Dark Matter: New Maps from Dark Energy Survey

Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey have released the first in a series of dark matter maps of the cosmos. These maps, created with one of the world's most…

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