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Siemens Expands U.S. H-Class Power Plant Orders

Siemens Energy has received an order to supply two integrated power islands fitted with H-class gas turbines for the Patriot combined-cycle power plant (CCPP)…

Corporate News

Siemens ICE Trains Approved for Deutsche Bahn in Germany

The new ICE trainsets from Siemens for Deutsche Bahn (DB) have been approved for immediate deployment in Germany. The German Federal Railway Authority (EBA)…

Physics & Astronomy

Innovative Solutions for Lighter, Stable Communication Satellites

For communication and GPS-navigation satellites, it is of great importance to reduce the payload mass as well as to ensure the signal stability. Last year,…

Earth Sciences

Anticipating Earthquakes: Insights from Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula

The Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica is one of the few places where land sits atop the portion of a subduction zone where the Earth's greatest earthquakes take…

Studies and Analyses

Calcium Scan: Key to Predicting Heart Attack and Stroke Risk

A new study shows that coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening, an assessment tool that is not currently recommended for people considered at low risk, should…

Studies and Analyses

Boost Performance: Excitement Beats Calm for Anxiety Relief

People who tell themselves to get excited rather than trying to relax can improve their performance during anxiety-inducing activities such as public speaking…

Life & Chemistry

UT Southwestern Neuroscience Researchers Identify Gene Involved in Response to Cocaine

The researchers suspect that the newly identified gene, Cyfip2, determines how mammals respond to cocaine, although it is too soon to tell what the indications…

Earth Sciences

Greenland Ice Stores Liquid Water Year-Round

Researchers at the University of Utah have discovered a new aquifer in the Greenland Ice Sheet that holds liquid water all year long in the otherwise…

Life & Chemistry

Cerebral sensory development: genetic programming versus environmental stimuli

The part of the brain associated with the sense of touch – the somatosensory cerebral cortex – has attracted numerous studies aimed at determining the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Smart Grid Testing Lab Paves the Way for Energy Transition

As reported in the research magazine Pictures of the Future, researchers in the 170 square meter lab can simulate almost any smart grid because the facility is…

Architecture & Construction

Mobile Measurement Device Transforms Window Assessment

Until now, planners have lacked suitable tools for assessing whether to replace windows when refurbishing buildings. The newly published BINE-Projektinfo…

Life & Chemistry

Motor Excitability Linked to Working Memory Insights

This was shown in a study conducted by scientists from the Transfacultary Research Platform at the University of Basel. By measuring the motor excitability,…

Corporate News

Siemens to Supply 80 Electric Locomotives to Finland

The Finnish Railways VR Group intends to place an order for 80 electric Vectron locomotives with Siemens worth more than 300 million Euros.This is the largest…

Life & Chemistry

ASU Researchers Create Device for Imaging Proteins at Room Temp

In the paper, “Serial femtosecond crystallography of G-protein-coupled receptors,” the team reports that they have been successful in imaging at room…

Materials Sciences

Graphene sees the light

Graphene, a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon that is extremely strong and conducts electricity well, is the thinnest material ever made. Researchers believe that…

Life & Chemistry

Enlisting cells' protein recycling machinery to regulate plant products

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a new way to regulate the production of phenols, a class of plant…

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