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Power and Electrical Engineering

Electric School Buses: A Cost-Effective Diesel Alternative

Electric school buses that feed the power grid could save school districts millions of dollars — and reduce children’s exposure to diesel fumes — based on…

Materials Sciences

Supersonic Spray Technique Creates High-Quality Graphene Layer

Their study is available online in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.

Life & Chemistry

First 3D Model of Synapse Unveils Brain’s Hidden Structure

Synapses are the contacts between nerve cells that allow the flow of information that makes our brains work. However, the molecular architecture of these…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Advancements in Concentrated Photovoltaics: Trends and Insights

The development of photovoltaics is far from over. The prices are dropping and their external appearance today ranges from textiles furnished with thin-film…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Expands 2014 Hurricane Research for Atlantic Storms

During this year's Atlantic hurricane season, NASA is redoubling its efforts to probe the inner workings of hurricanes and tropical storms with two unmanned…

Environmental Conservation

New tools help protect world’s threatened species

“As databases coalesce and policymakers have access to greater information, we see real and improving successes for conservation science,” Gittleman said.

Physics & Astronomy

Two GOES-R Instruments Integrated for NOAA Satellite Launch

Two of the six instruments that will fly on NOAA's first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R (GOES-R) satellite have completed integration…

Environmental Conservation

Ultra-Violet Light: New Tool for Identifying Bat Disease

Scientists working to understand the devastating bat disease known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) now have a new, non-lethal tool to identify bats with WNS…

Life & Chemistry

New Tool Analyzes Family Genomes to Detect Disease Variations

In a study in Nature Biotechnology, the researchersdescribe cases in which pVAAST (the pedigree Variant Annotation, Analysis and Search Tool) identified…

Trade Fair News

Blue I Unveils Smart Water Quality Analyzer for Networks

Blue I Water Technologies, a global provider of online water analyzers and controllers, is unveiling a new water quality analyzer that has been specially…

Environmental Conservation

Ecosystem Services: Planning for a Sustainable Future

As population grows, society needs more — more energy, more food, more paper, more housing, more of nearly everything. Meeting those needs can lead to changes…

Physics & Astronomy

X-Ray Pulses On Demand: Innovations from Electron Storage Rings

Here, relativistic electrons in a storage ring are employed to generate very brilliant and partly coherent light pulses from the THz to the X-ray regime in…

Environmental Conservation

New Lime Method Captures CO2 from Coal Power Plants

The flue gases from coal-fired power plants contain considerable amounts of CO2. This greenhouse gas can be captured. Researchers and industry are testing…

Life & Chemistry

One cell's meat is another cell's poison

The protein JAK2 is of special therapeutic significance: its inactivation is believed to destroy cancer cells. However, the effect of JAK2 inhibition on…

Life & Chemistry

Göttingen Scientists Uncover New Cellular Transport Mechanism

An international team of scientists led by the University of Göttingen has discovered a new biological transport mechanism in cells. The researchers from the…

Trade Fair News

Key Technologies Spotlighted at HANNOVER MESSE 2015

Special attention is directed towards the key technologies microtechnology, nanotechnology, photonics and advanced materials: these technologies make…

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