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Life & Chemistry

Retracing Citrus’ Earliest Roots to Find Clues for Healthier Future

University of Florida scientists led an international research team that analyzed the genome sequences of 10 diverse citrus varieties for the first time.

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Nanoparticle Boosts Cheaper, Lighter Solar Cells

Researchers in the University of Toronto’s Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed and tested a new class of…

Life & Chemistry

Diet Differences Distinguish Venomous Snakes Across Continents

Snakes on both continents include stout-bodied, highly camouflaged ambush predators, such as rattlesnakes in North America and death adders in Australia. There…

Life & Chemistry

New B-Cell Selection Process Enhances Antibody Diversity Knowledge

As elite soldiers of the body’s immune response, B cells serve as a vast standing army ready to recognize and destroy invading antigens, including infections…

Life & Chemistry

Mayo Clinic Uncovers New Cancer Form Linked to Genes PAX3 & MAML3

This is the story of two perfectly harmless genes. By themselves, PAX3 and MAML3 don’t cause any problems. However, when they combine during an abnormal but…

Power and Electrical Engineering

NREL: Concentrated Solar Power Adds 6¢/kWh Value in California

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) projects would add additional value of 5 or 6 cents per kilowatt hour to utility-scale solar energy in California where 33…

Life & Chemistry

Cocoa Bean Fermentation: The Role of Bacteria and Yeast Collaboration

A team of researchers from Germany and Switzerland—the heartland of fine chocolate—have embarked upon a quest to better understand natural cocoa fermentation…

Physics & Astronomy

Map of universe questioned; dwarf galaxies don't fit standard model

Dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies defy the accepted model of galaxy formation, and recent attempts to wedge them into the…

Physics & Astronomy

New Terahertz Innovations Enhance MRI and Imaging Technologies

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, along with collaborators from Rice University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, are developing new terahertz…

Materials Sciences

New Composite Material Resists Corrosion Under Stress

The INM from Saarbruecken will be one of the few German research institutions at the TechConnect World trade fair on 16 and 17 June in Washington DC, USA,…

Materials Sciences

Developers Unveil Conductive Coatings for Flexible Touchscreens

That much is clear to anyone who has tried sitting down with a mobile phone in their back pocket: the displays of the innumerable phones and pods are rigid and…

Information Technology

Track Stolen Data: Hasso Plattner Institute’s Free Online Tool

Internet users all over the world can now answer this question using a free service from the Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering (HPI) at…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Stress-Free Foaling: New Insights from Vetmeduni Vienna

Scientists at the Vetmeduni Vienna have investigated the stress associated with birth in horses and other domestic animals. The findings show that contrary to…

Materials Sciences

One-Step Process Transforms Touchscreen Circuitry Production

All that concerns them is that they can happily swipe and tap away. To make the touchscreens work, they are provided on their surface with microscopically…

Environmental Conservation

Protecting Our Oceans: Urgent Solutions for Marine Conservation

These marine areas account for almost half of the earth’s surface and are increasingly being exploited as a reservoir of resources. However, as yet no adequate…

Materials Sciences

Long-Lasting Anti-Microbial Coatings for Hygiene Safety

Hygienic conditions and sterile procedures are particularly important in hospitals, kitchens and sanitary facilities, air conditioning and ventilation systems,…

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