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Life & Chemistry

Microfluidics Innovations: Enhancing Fluid Mixing Techniques

Devices that manipulate very small volumes of fluids are applied in diverse fields, including printer technology, DNA processing and cooling systems for…

Studies and Analyses

Does Blood Type Influence Memory? New Study Insights

AB is the least common blood type, found in about 4 percent of the U.S. population. The study found that people with AB blood were 82 percent more likely to…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Siemens Launches Energy Transition Research Project in Germany

Siemens is working on this project as part of a consortium consisting of Hochschule Kempten (Kempten University), RWTH Aachen, Allgäuer Überlandwerke utility,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Nanotechnology Cools Electrons Using Quantum Wells

The process involves passing electrons through a quantum well to cool them and keep them from heating.

The team details its research in…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Aqua Satellite Observes Birth of Tropical Storm Odile

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured infrared data on Tropical Depression 15-E on September 10…

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Earth Sciences

Seismic Gap Near Istanbul: Insights on Tectonic Activity

When a segment of a major fault line goes quiet, it can mean one of two things: The “seismic gap” may simply be inactive — the result of two tectonic plates…

Physics & Astronomy

Significant Solar Flare Surges: What It Means for Earth

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground. 

Studies and Analyses

New Study Links Sleep Apnea to Brain Damage Risks

Employing a measure rarely used in sleep apnea studies, researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing have uncovered evidence of what may be damaging the brain in…

Materials Sciences

Enhancing Fuel Cells: Angling Chromium for Oxygen Efficiency

Researchers have been trying to increase the efficiency of solid oxide fuel cells by lowering the temperatures at which they run. More efficient fuel cells…

Life & Chemistry

'Green wave' explains migratory bird routes

Surprisingly, for many North American species the best route between summer and winter homes is not a straight line, according to new research published in the

Life & Chemistry

Chemists Uncover How Nose Detects Common Odors

According to a team led by CCNY Associate Professor of Chemistry Kevin Ryan and Columbia biologist Stuart Firestein, some of the nose's many aldehyde receptors…

Studies and Analyses

Physical Activity Boosts Boys’ Academic Performance: Study Insights

A recent Finnish study shows that higher levels of physical activity are related to better academic achievement during the first three school years…

Physics & Astronomy

Discovery of Hot Binary Star Companion to Yellow Supergiant

A team led by Gastón Folatelli at the Kavli IPMU, the University of Tokyo, has found evidence of a hot binary companion star to a yellow supergiant star, which…

Environmental Conservation

Pesticides Harm Soil Organisms More in Dry, Hot Conditions

The study by scientists from the LOEWE Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), the Goethe University and the ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH was published…

Life & Chemistry

Gibbon Genome Sequenced: Insights from Global Researchers

An international team of researchers that includes Christian Roos, Markus Brameier and Lutz Walter from the German Primate Center (DPZ) in Göttingen, have…

Environmental Conservation

Why Wetlands and Grasslands Matter for Midwest Ecology

Wetlands may be the least understood ecosystem, but their value is immense, according to Distinguished Professor W. Carter Johnson of the South Dakota State…

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