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Dishonesty and Creativity: Exploring Their Intriguing Link

The findings are published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.”The common saying that 'rules are meant to be…

Trade Fair News

Smart Robots at AUTOMATICA 2014: Learning Automation Solutions

Intelligent, cost-effective robot systems for small and medium-sized productions are designed to be intuitive and easy to operate, to learn interactively from…

Hannover Messe

Siemens Unveils 3VA MCCBs for Enhanced Line Protection

The 3VA series by Siemens will renew the Sentron portfolio of molded case circuit breakers for low voltage power distribution. The new, more compact circuit…

Life & Chemistry

New Human Genotypes Benchmark Set for Advanced Sequencing

Led by biomedical engineer Justin Zook of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a team of scientists from Harvard University and the Virginia…

Power and Electrical Engineering

CASL, Westinghouse simulate neutron behavior in AP1000® reactor core

Technical staff at Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, supported by the research team at the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL),…

Life & Chemistry

Artificial Leaf Overcomes Hurdle for Solar-Powered Hydrogen Production

Designing an artificial leaf that uses solar energy to convert water cheaply and efficiently into hydrogen and oxygen is one of the goals of BISfuel – the…

Health & Medicine

Wistar Scientists Develop Gene Test to Accurately Classify Brain Tumors

Scientists at The Wistar Institute have developed a mathematical method for classifying forms of glioblastoma, an aggressive and deadly type of brain cancer,…

Physics & Astronomy

Exoplanet Study: Patience and Precision in Astronomy Advances

The pictures were taken from several miles away with a camera intended for portraits, and at sunset. From these fuzzy snapshots, that person claims to know the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Exploring Bottle Gourds: Their Oceanic Journey Since the 1950s

“Beginning in the 1950s we thought that bottle gourds floated across the ocean from Africa,” said Logan Kistler, post-doctoral researcher in anthropology, Penn…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Solar-Induced Hybrid Fuel Cell Produces Electricity Directly from Biomass

Now, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new type of low-temperature fuel cell that directly converts biomass to electricity…

Earth Sciences

NASA Captures Tropical Cyclone 15S Formation in Mozambique Channel

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical cyclone 15S on Feb. 18 at 10:53 a.m. EST. The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument captured infrared data…

Machine Engineering

IPH Enhances Forging Efficiency with EU Collaboration

The german-based “Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover” (IPH) is working on the project together with two other research institutes and four…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Flooding Impacts Agricultural Productivity and Soil Health

The basin contains a slow-moving, meandering river; fertile soils and productive farmlands; deep sand and gravel deposits; sloughs and uplands; and one of the…

Environmental Conservation

New Study Reveals Methane Emission Priorities in Natural Gas

A new study published in the journal Science says that the total impact of switching to natural gas depends heavily on leakage of methane (CH4) during the…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Baby Heart Development: The Role of Rhythm

“We have discovered that mechanical forces are important when making baby hearts,” said Mary Kathryn Sewell-Loftin, a Vanderbilt graduate student working with…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Nitrogen-Tracking Tools Enhance Crop Yields and Reduce Pollution

This means that on the scale of food crops, adding significant levels of nitrogen to the soil through fertilizer presents a number of problems, particularly…

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