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Architecture & Construction

Innovative Foam Concrete Infill for Steel Tube Construction

A team of researchers from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM, studied the use of foam concrete as infill for steel tubes that were used in construction.

Life & Chemistry

Swelling Stacks: The Future of Intelligent Materials

“Intelligent” materials that can respond to external stimuli are high on the wish lists of many scientists because of their possible usefulness in various…

Earth Sciences

Earth's dynamic interior

Seeking to better understand the composition of the lowermost part of Earth's mantle, located nearly 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) below the surface, a team…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Heat-Conducting Polymer Cools Electronics at 200°C

But by harnessing an electropolymerization process to produce aligned arrays of polymer nanofibers, researchers have developed a thermal interface material…

Life & Chemistry

New Protein Markers Could Enhance Heart Disease Understanding

Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray, Utah, have discovered that elevated levels of two recently identified proteins in…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Visual Change: Science Behind Our Perception

Ever notice how Harry Potter's T-shirt abruptly changes from a crewneck to a henley shirt in “The Order of the Phoenix,” or how in “Pretty Woman,” Julia…

Health & Medicine

A new approach to Huntington's disease?

Tweaking a specific cell type's ability to absorb potassium in the brain improved walking and prolonged survival in a mouse model of Huntington's disease,…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Mutations Linked to Hereditary Skin Cancer Risk

Researchers have discovered that mutations in a specific gene are responsible for a hereditary form of melanoma.

Environmental Conservation

Key Precipitation Observations Ignore Air Pollutant Effects

The ground breaking study examines the effect that increased aerosol concentrations in the atmosphere, emitted as a result of burning fossil fuels, had on…

Studies and Analyses

Cheap Drug Shows Promise for Heart Attack Recovery

The initial results of this trial were published a few months ago (Circulation. 2013;128:1495-1503), and showed that patients who received this treatment…

Life & Chemistry

CRISPR Technique Successfully Erases Genetic Mutation

The findings, described in the March 30 issue of Nature Biotechnology, offer the first evidence that this gene-editing technique, known as CRISPR, can reverse…

Earth Sciences

7 Key Recommendations for Arctic Emergency Management

Inadequate risk assessment, planning and training are among the gaps in many parts of Canada's Arctic, compounding the challenges of brutal weather, vast…

Statistics

Breast Lifts Surge Ahead: 2-to-1 Growth Over Implants

New statistics released today by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) show that breast lift procedures are growing at twice the rate of breast…

Studies and Analyses

Addressing The High Burden Of Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a life-threatening but preventable condition, remains an important problem for youth with diabetes and their families. Diabetic…

Hannover Messe

One-Step Photometallization for Touch Screen Conductors

Up to now, these conductor strips have been manufactured in different production stages, but researchers at the INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials have…

Hannover Messe

Hannover Messe: New TCO Inks Enable Direct Printing of Conductors

TCOs are normally produced using vacuum coating such as sputtering. At the INM, special TCO inks have been developed for the wet-chemical application of TCO…

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