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Earth Sciences

New Insights on Typhoons: OIST Uncovers Key Impacts

Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have found that an aspect of a typhoon being ignored by current…

Life & Chemistry

The 'intraterrestrials': New viruses discovered in ocean depths

The intraterrestrials, they might be called.

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Aqua Sees Typhoon Maysak Strengthen to Category 5

NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of Typhoon Maysak as it strengthened into a super typhoon on March 31, reaching Category 5 hurricane status on the…

Physics & Astronomy

Soft, Energy-Efficient Robotic Wings Made with Dielectric Elastomers

Dielectric elastomers are novel materials for making actuators or motors with soft and lightweight properties that can undergo large active deformations with…

Health & Medicine

In Alzheimer's mice, memory restored with cancer drug

The drug, AZD05030, developed by Astra Zeneca proved disappointing in treating solid tumors but appears to block damage triggered during the formation of…

Physics & Astronomy

Galaxy Clusters Formed as 'Fireworks'

By combining observations of the distant universe made with the European Space Agency's Herschel and Planck space observatories, cosmologists have discovered…

Process Engineering

Cost-Saving Antifouling Coatings for Dairy Processing Efficiency

For example, the milk pasteurization line is stopped once again and cleaned after just one operating cycle because, for example, milk proteins have formed…

Life & Chemistry

Gasoline From a Nanoreactor: A New Lab Innovation

Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute and ETH Zurich have succeeded in building a miniscule chemical reactor in the lab that could one day be used to…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Diversity Strategies to Combat Pest Resistance Effectively

Our opponents always seem to be one step ahead. Although pest controllers now have numerous chemical preparations available, allowing them to take action…

Awards Funding

EuropeanPioneers Funds Start-Ups with €2M for Innovation

Entrepreneurs in the areas of Smart City Services, Social Connected TV, Pervasive Gaming and E-Learning will receive the fund.

Materials Sciences

Exploring Two-Dimensional Dirac Materials: Structure and Properties

The great development of graphene is closely related to the unique electronic structure, that is, Dirac cones. The cone which represents linear energy…

Earth Sciences

New Methane Source for Arctic Gas Hydrates Identified

“We've found an example where methane produced at a mid-ocean ridge is locked up in stable, deep water gas hydrate, preventing it from possibly getting out of…

Materials Sciences

Discover How Skin Resilience Enhances Overall Health

When weighing the pluses and minuses of your skin add this to the plus column: Your skin – like that of all vertebrates – is remarkably resistant to tearing….

Earth Sciences

New Methane Monitoring Uncovers High Levels in PA Stream

Multiple samples from the stream, Sugar Run in Lycoming County, showed a groundwater inflow of thermogenic methane, consistent with what would be found in…

Machine Engineering

Lightweight Plastic Parts Transform Internal Combustion Engines

It’s self-evident that cars must become lighter in order to reduce fuel consumption. For most car designers this principally means body parts, but the…

Earth Sciences

Innovative Living: Specialists Thrive Near Laacher See Volcanoes

The “Villa trans lacum“ at the eastern shore of the Laacher See (lake) in the volcanic part of the Eifel – a rural landscape in Germany – was a highly…

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