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Power and Electrical Engineering

Siemens Installs Second HVDC Converter for TenneT in North Sea

Siemens has installed the BorWin2 offshore platform in the North Sea northwest of the island of Borkum. This marks Siemens' achievement of the second crucial…

Process Engineering

Advanced Vacuum Processes for Functional Coatings Explained

The team of scientists from the Fraunhofer FEP presents vacuum processes for encapsulation, generation of optical coatings and treatment of flexible glass.

Physics & Astronomy

Explore the Latest FPLO Program Update in Quantum Mechanics

The density functional theory is an important method to calculate quantum mechanical properties of atoms, molecules, and solids.

Earth Sciences

Ozone Levels Plummet 20% After Ethanol to Gasoline Switch

A Northwestern University study by an economist and a chemist reports that when fuel prices drove residents of São Paulo, Brazil, to mostly switch from ethanol…

Earth Sciences

New Wildfire Outbreak in Far Eastern Russia: 147 Fires Start

On Friday, 147 new fires began at 12,509 hectares, and 150 were extinguished at 5,437 hectares.

Earth Sciences

Newborn Tropical Storm Tapah Threatens Saipan and Tinian

In addition to the tropical storm warning, a typhoon watch is in effect for Alamagan and Pagan as Tapah is expected to continue in a generally northerly…

Life & Chemistry

NIH Develops Monkey Model for Hantavirus Disease Research

People become infected with hantaviruses by inhaling virus from the urine, droppings or saliva of infected rodents. This infection can progress to HPS, a…

Information Technology

Programming the smart home: ‘If this, then that’

The idea of a smart home sounds promising enough. Who doesn’t want a house full of automated gadgets — from light switches to appliances to heating systems —…

Earth Sciences

Satellite Footage Captures U.S. Tornado Outbreak from Space

This storm system generated reports of tornadoes from Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Life & Chemistry

Camels Linked to MERS Outbreak via Live Virus Study

Scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, King Saud University, and EcoHealth Alliance…

Health & Medicine

Genes Linked to Schizophrenia, Autism, and Intellectual Disability

The team, the product of an ongoing collaboration between Professors W. Richard McCombie of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and Aiden Corvin of Trinity…

Health & Medicine

Intelligent Labels: Enhancing Food Safety and Supply Chains

Controlling the post production life cycle of food is an important element of food supply chains. Improper handling of product during transport, storage and in…

Studies and Analyses

How Snobby Staff Can Drive Luxury Retail Sales

The forthcoming Journal of Consumer Research study reveals that consumers who get the brush-off at a high-end retailer can become more willing to purchase and…

Studies and Analyses

AAN Reports on Medical Marijuana for Brain Disease Treatment

Not enough evidence was found to show if medical marijuana is helpful in treating motor problems in Huntington’s disease, tics in Tourette syndrome, cervical…

Life & Chemistry

Stress research in therapy dogs reveals animals’ needs

So-called animal-assisted therapy is being used increasingly often to treat physical and mental diseases in man. “For stressed persons, animals may serve as…

Environmental Conservation

Brazil’s Agricultural Policy May Slash Global Emissions

The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that by subsidizing semi-intensive pasture-based cattle production…

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