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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Bees Learn New Skills for Sweet Rewards: Study Insights

PhD student Hamida Mirwan and Prof. Peter Kevan, School of Environmental Sciences, are studying bees’ ability to learn by themselves and from each other.

Health & Medicine

Body Temperature’s Role in MS and Fatigue Uncovered

West Orange, NJ. March 18, 2014. Kessler Foundation researchers have demonstrated for the first time ever that body temperature is elevated endogenously in…

Physics & Astronomy

NIST Chips Advance BICEP2 Telescope’s Universe Discovery

A team of U.S. cosmologists using the BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole announced this week that they have discovered the first direct evidence of the rapid…

Transportation and Logistics

Inspiro Train Design Unveiled for Kuala Lumpur Metro Service

The mockup reflects the design, color scheme and interior furnishings of the train that will soon be providing metro service in the Malaysian capital and the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

A*STAR and Semiconductor Leaders Create Advanced Cooling Solutions

1. Singapore, 18 March 2014 – A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) has launched the Silicon Micro Cooler (SMC) consortium to develop integrated thermal…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Unveils Interactive Lunar North Pole Mosaic for Web Users

Web viewers can zoom in and out, and pan around an area. Constructed from 10,581 pictures, the mosaic provides enough detail to see textures and subtle shading…

Physics & Astronomy

2012 Solar Storm: How Earth Dodged a Magnetic Bullet

Earth dodged a huge magnetic bullet from the sun on July 23, 2012.

Health & Medicine

Early detection of childhood eye cancer doesn't always improve survival, prevent eye loss

Because retinoblastoma is easily detectable by shining a light into a child's eye—often as a “cat's eye” reflection revealed through flash photography—a number…

Health & Medicine

Vitamin D Supplements: Do They Really Affect Depression?

Recent observational studies provide some support for an association of vitamin D levels with depression, but the data do not indicate whether vitamin D…

Medical Engineering

Virtual Blood Flow: Understanding Liver Reactions to Chemicals

What happens when chemicals flow through the blood stream into the liver and react with the organ? What if parts of the liver are damaged and medicine cannot…

Studies and Analyses

Most Prefer Computers for Joint Money Decisions

This is why they'd rather leave the decision on how to divvy up jointly-owned monies to a computer than to their business partner.

Environmental Conservation

The power of poison: Study examines pesticide poisoning of Africa's wildlife

However, as a new study in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences reveals, they also kill un-intended wildlife.

Health & Medicine

Fast Synthesis: Accelerating Peptide Drug Development

However, a major bottleneck has prevented peptide drugs from reaching their full potential: Manufacturing the peptides takes several weeks, making it difficult…

Studies and Analyses

Innovative Ideas for Cities: Highlights from Land of Ideas Competition

Cities are the future, according to the Landmarks in the Land of Ideas competition, in which the Germany – Land of Ideas initiative and Deutsche Bank honored…

Life & Chemistry

Trimethoprim’s Comeback: A Promising Antibiotic Resurgence

In less-developed countries, inexpensive and well-tolerated antibiotics for therapy are often not available. Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection…

Environmental Conservation

EU’s Leadership in Climate Action Could Cut Global Warming by 1°

Despite the fragmented state of global climate policy, such front runner action could reduce future global warming by more than 1 degree if it induced others…

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