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Human Respiratory Model Gauges Toxicity of Inhaled Pollutants

A 3-dimensional model of human respiratory tissue has been shown to be an effective platform for measuring the impact of chemicals, like those found in…

Health & Medicine

How Sci-Fly Study Reveals Lifeform Size in Embryonic Development

Probing deeply into genetics and biology at the earliest moments of embryonic development, researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center report…

Studies and Analyses

Daylight Savings Time: Impact on Life Satisfaction for Parents

“Especially parents of young children suffer when daylight savings time begins,” says Daniel Kühnle from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg,…

Health & Medicine

Metabolic Imbalance Linked to Childhood Respiratory Diseases

If pathogenic agents penetrate our body, our immune system is put on high alert. The body reacts with inflammatory processes, initiating a whole series of…

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Discover Innovations at Techtextil: Progress Through Research

The motto for the Hohenstein Institute's stand at the Techtextil show in Frankfurt/Main from 4 to 7 May 2015 will be “Progress through research”.

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Protein Design: Unlocking New Opportunities in Biochemistry

Höcker, a biochemist, studies the evolution of proteins and uses her knowledge to construct new ones. She could already show that the diversity of proteins…

Life & Chemistry

Study Reveals Chemical Tagging for Future MicroRNA Processing

Just as two DNA strands naturally arrange themselves into a helix, DNA's molecular cousin RNA can form hairpin-like loops. But unlike DNA, which has a single…

Health & Medicine

New Technique Illuminates Tissue Samples for Pathology Insights

Using a combination of advanced microscope imaging and computer analysis, the new technique can give pathologists and researchers precise information without…

Physics & Astronomy

Tiny Bio-Robot Powered by Graphene Quantum Dots Unveiled

Like other first-generation bio-robots, the new nanobot engineered at the University of Illinois at Chicago is a far cry from Robocop. It's a robotic germ.

Physics & Astronomy

Experiment Provides the Best Look Yet at 'Warm Dense Matter' at Cores of Giant Planets

In an experiment at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, scientists precisely measured the temperature and structure of aluminum as…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ultra-Thin Silicon Films Create Stunning Optical Colors

Vibrant optical colors are generated from ultra-thin single layer silicon films deposited on a thin aluminum film surface with a low cost manufacturing…

Life & Chemistry

Brain Tumor Cells Decimated by Mitochondrial "Smart Bomb"

As reported on the cover of the April 2015 ChemMedChem (early online), Houston Methodist Kenneth R. Peak Brain & Pituitary Tumor Center Director David S….

Physics & Astronomy

Perovskites and Silicon: A Duo to Enhance Solar Cell Efficiency

Silicon solar cells dominate 90 percent of the global photovoltaic market today, yet the record power conversion efficiency of silicon photovoltaics has…

Earth Sciences

Explosions of Jupiter’s aurora linked to extraordinary planet-moon interaction

Jupiter watchers have long known that the giant planet’s ever-present polar auroras – thousands of times brighter and many times bigger than Earth – are…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Exploring SRC Wood Energy’s Role in Europe’s Biomass Future

As a renewable energy, biomass is becoming more and more important in Europe. In order to cover the growing demand for biomass raw materials as energy…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Enhancing Industry 4.0 With Advanced Sensor Systems

In optimizing production processes it is very important to generate measurement data at locations where measuring systems can only be integrated with…

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