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Smart Ear Implants: Enhancing Hearing with Memory Technology

From small plastic manikins to noodles and prototypes for industry – today, 3D printers can print almost everything. The challenge, however, is to print highly…

Hannover Messe

Hannover Messe: New System Predicts Oil Changes Seamlessly

These are just some of the benefits offered by a new system that can monitor the condition of lubricating oils, hydraulic oils and other fluids in industrial…

Health & Medicine

Study identifies key player in motor neuron death in Lou Gehrig's disease

The process is complex, involving cells that ordinarily protect the neurons from harm. Now, a new study by scientists in The Research Institute at Nationwide…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Prestorage conditioning, diphenylamine improve condition of 'honeycrisp' apple

Since the introduction of 'Honeycrisp' apples in 1991, the variety has become a consumer favorite for its unusual texture and delicious flavor. Honeycrisp has…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Nitrogen Source Key to Phalaenopsis Orchid Inflorescence Growth

The Phalaenopsis orchid, also known as the moth orchid, is the most important pot flower in terms of market value in the world's major floriculture markets….

Power and Electrical Engineering

Engineered Bacteria Create Biofuel Alternative for Rockets

With improvements in process efficiency, the biofuel could supplement limited supplies of petroleum-based JP-10, and might also facilitate development of a new…

Life & Chemistry

Enhancing Plant Growth: Key to Regulating Photosynthesis

By determining the key factor in regulating photosynthesis and plant growth, Professor Toshinori Kinoshita, Dr. Yin Wang and co-workers at Nagoya University’s…

Studies and Analyses

New Treatment Targets Non-Pain Symptoms of Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a disease known for the main symptom of pain, however, it may also cause tiredness, interrupted sleep, depression, dizziness, digestive…

Studies and Analyses

West Virginia Chemical Spill Affects Air and Water Quality

In the more than two months since the Jan. 9 chemical spill into West Virginia's Elk River, new findings reveal the nature of the chemicals that were released…

Earth Sciences

West Antarctic Glacial Loss Soars by 77% in New Study

The amount of ice draining collectively from those half-dozen glaciers increased by 77 percent from 1973 to 2013, scientists report this month in Geophysical…

Physics & Astronomy

Discover Chariklo: The Unique Ringed Asteroid Between Saturn and Uranus

The asteroid Chariklo, which circles the Sun between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus, is surrounded by two thin rings of ice particles. It is thus the fifth…

Life & Chemistry

UGA Researchers Uncover New Insights on Cancer-Causing Gene

The researchers detail their findings in a paper published recently in the journal Developmental Cell.

Medical Engineering

First Small Left Ventricular Assist Device Implanted in Young Patient

Eric, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is one of only three patients in the United States with the condition to receive a battery-operated left ventricular…

Environmental Conservation

Targeting enforcement where needed most in Africa's heart of biodiversity

Scientists seeking a more efficient way of protecting the heart of Africa's wildlife—the Greater Virunga Landscape—have developed a method to make the most of…

Life & Chemistry

Early Insects Lacked Smell: A Key Survival Insight

An insect’s sense of smell is vital to its survival. Only if it can trace even tiny amounts of odor molecules is it is able to find food sources, communicate…

Studies and Analyses

Traffic Pollution Boosts Asthma Readmission Risk in Children

The study shows that white children exposed to high levels of TRAP are three times more likely to be readmitted for asthma than white children with low TRAP…

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