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Power and Electrical Engineering

Siemens D3 Wind Turbine Boosts Energy in Low Wind Areas

A growing number of onshore wind farms in Germany and throughout Europe are being sited in regions with moderate to low wind speeds. Siemens Energy is…

Life & Chemistry

Insects' fear limits boost from climate change, Dartmouth study shows

“In other words, it's less about temperature and more about the overall environmental conditions that shape the growth, survival and distribution of insects.”…

Physics & Astronomy

Optimal Encoding Strategies for Optical Communication Advances

The massive transfer of data over the Internet that is vital to today’s economy in our information society would not be possible without the crucial role…

Health & Medicine

Immune System: A Powerful Ally in Cancer Cyberwar

Research by Rice University scientists who are fighting a cyberwar against cancer finds that the immune system may be a clinician's most powerful ally.

Life & Chemistry

"Funnel" attracts bonding partners to biomolecule

Water is a ubiquitous solvent in all life sciences – sometimes referred to as the “matrix of life”. Contrary to earlier assumptions, it is not a passive…

Studies and Analyses

New Insights to Prevent Falls During Walking

Researchers at The Ohio State University have gained new insight into how the body moves when we're walking.

Medical Engineering

UTSA Researchers Uncover Thermometer That Regulates Cholera

Karl Klose, professor of biology and a researcher in UTSA's South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, has teamed up with researchers at Ruhr…

Environmental Conservation

Water-Quality Trading: A Smart Solution for River Pollution

Allowing polluters to buy, sell or trade water-quality credits could significantly reduce pollution in river basins and estuaries faster and at lower cost than…

Environmental Conservation

Sargasso Sea’s Animal Diversity Decline: Key Findings Revealed

A recent paper by MBARI researcher Crissy Huffard and others shows that in 2011 and 2012 this animal community was much less diverse than it was in the early…

Studies and Analyses

Gallbladder Surgery: Study Shows Timing Can Be Flexible

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a minimally invasive procedure to remove the gallbladder, is one of the most common abdominal surgeries in the U.S. Yet medical…

Physics & Astronomy

Charge Transport Jamming in Solar Cells: New Insights Unveiled

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, jointly with scientists from Switzerland and Spain, have investigated the working…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Impact of Temperature on Soil Decomposition: New Study Insights

The research, led by U.S. Forest Service Research Ecologist Dr. Christian Giardina, with the agency’s Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest…

Medical Engineering

International Team Advances Medical Imaging with Optimal Polarization

An international research team led by Dr. Jan-Bernd Hövener from the Medical Physics Section of the Department of Radiology at the Medical Center – University…

Interdisciplinary Research

Unlocking Tissue Growth: How Cells Communicate During Healing

When the body forms new tissues during the healing process, cells must be able to communicate with each other. For years, scientists believed this…

Life & Chemistry

Antarctic Fish Use Antifreeze Proteins to Survive Icy Waters

Antarctic fish that manufacture their own “antifreeze” proteins to survive in the icy Southern Ocean also suffer an unfortunate side effect, researchers funded…

Physics & Astronomy

Asteroid Named for University of Utah Makes Public Debut

What's rocky, about a mile wide, orbits between Mars and Jupiter and poses no threat to Earth?

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