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Life & Chemistry

New Research Method Enhances Therapy with Human Muscle Stem Cells

Now Dr. Andreas Marg and Prof. Simone Spuler of the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a joint cooperation between the Max Delbrück Center (MDC)…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Method Reduces Energy Use in Glass Production

The production of glass requires high temperatures and consumes a lot of energy. Thanks to a newly developed method, the energy demand can now be lowered by up…

Earth Sciences

Geologist Uncovers Natural Methane Seepage in Surprising Location

Lead author Adam Skarke, assistant professor of geosciences at MSU, worked with researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and other institutions on a…

Earth Sciences

'Just Right' Plant Growth May Make River Deltas Resilient

The study, “Optimum vegetation height and density for inorganic sedimentation in deltaic marshes,” was published online Aug. 24 by Nature Geoscience. The…

Information Technology

ZigBee Technology: Lightweight Wireless Solutions for Satellites

With the weight of payloads being a major constraint in satellite design, constructing a lightweight, low power-consuming, wireless communication system to do…

Life & Chemistry

First Lab-Created Cells Grow Functional Organ in Animal

Scientists have grown a fully functional organ from transplanted laboratory-created cells in a living animal for the first time.

Physics & Astronomy

Ultracold Atomic Reactions: New Research Reduces Uncertainty

Yujun Wang, research associate with the James R. Macdonald Laboratory at Kansas State University, and Paul Julienne at the University of Maryland, looked at…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Biomimetic photodetector 'sees' in color

Rice University researchers have created a CMOS-compatible, biomimetic color photodetector that directly responds to red, green and blue light in much the same…

Earth Sciences

Satellites Track Formation and Path of Tropical Storm Cristobal

System 96L lingered in the eastern Caribbean over the last couple of days and on Saturday, August 23, became a tropical depression. That depression…

Materials Sciences

Tilted Acoustic Tweezers: Gentle Cell Separation Innovation

“For biological testing we often need to do cell separation before analysis,” said Tony Jun Huang, professor of engineering science and mechanics. “But if the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

PlanetSolar’s TerraSubmersa Expedition: Journey to Venice

The expedition’s objective was to explore the prehistoric landscapes that have been submersed by the waters in the Argolic Gulf (Greece), and identify traces…

Trade Fair News

Siemens Unveils Compact 320-kV Gas-Insulated Switchgear

At the Cigré conference in Paris, Siemens today presented the first compact gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) for high-voltage direct current applications. Within…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Boron’s Role in Boosting Stem Cell Growth in Corn

Boron deficiency is one of the most widespread causes of reduced crop yield. Missouri and the eastern half of the United States are plagued by boron deficient…

Physics & Astronomy

Photon Speedway: Accelerating Big Data Processing Speed

A series of experiments conducted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) researchers is…

Health & Medicine

Cancer-Fighting Drugs Show Promise Against Early Malaria

Duke University assistant professor Emily Derbyshire and colleagues identified more than 30 enzyme-blocking molecules, called protein kinase inhibitors, that…

Health & Medicine

Unraveling Glioblastoma: Key Insights on Therapeutic Resistance

“There is a growing interest to guide cancer therapy by sequencing the DNA of the cancer cell,” said Clark Chen, MD, PhD, vice-chairman of Research and…

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