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Life & Chemistry

Bacteria Convert Syngas to 2-HIBA: A Biotech Breakthrough

For the first time, Evonik Industries has managed to use biotech methods to convert syngas to pure 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid (2-HIBA) under industrial…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Genes Linked to Deafness in Dogs: Key Insights Uncovered

More than 90 dog breeds can suffer from congenital sensorineural deafness. Dog breeds carrying certain gene variants for piebald spotting or the so-called…

Event News

Innovation Days 2013: Discover Trends in Berlin

Following its successful premiere last year, Innovation Days will take place for the second time on 9 and 10 December in Berlin. The event, which is…

Process Engineering

Innovative 2-Color X-Ray Laser Pulses Enhance Ultrafast Studies

These light pulses with different wavelengths, whose time separation can be adjusted with attosecond accuracy, are very powerful tools to investigate the…

Life & Chemistry

UConn Chemist’s Method Stabilizes Proteins for Sterilization

The team's novel approach involves wrapping the polymer poly(acrylic acid) around hemoglobin, protecting it from the intense heat used in sterilization and…

Architecture & Construction

Highly Insulating Windows: Energy Efficiency Meets Cost

Highly insulating triple-pane windows keep a house snug and cozy, but it takes two decades or more for the windows to pay off financially based on utility-bill…

Information Technology

Boosting Data Speed: 10X Throughput on Optical Fibers

Optical fibers carry data in the form of pulses of light over distances of thousands of miles at amazing speeds. They are one of the glories of modern…

Health & Medicine

New Perspectives for Patients suffering from Brain Injury

Their results open the path to a deeper understanding of the processes that take place in damaged nerve cells, particularly in astrocytes. This study now shows…

Technology Offerings

New Cell Manipulation System Yields Reliable Results

This technology allows a cell manipulation system that is easy to manufacture, and the manipulation yields more reproducible results.

Health & Medicine

Nanorobots: Precision Drug Delivery Within the Body

A nanorobot is a popular term for molecules with a unique property that enables them to be programmed to carry out a specific task. In collaboration with…

Information Technology

Princeton’s New Method Unveils Hidden Data Structures

Now, computer scientists at Princeton University have developed a method that offers a solution to this data overload. Using a mathematical method that…

Environmental Conservation

Reforestation Reduces Sediment in Lower Mississippi Valley

A modeling study by U.S. Forest Service researchers shows that reforesting the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley can significantly reduce runoff from…

Process Engineering

Innovative Co-Catalyst Boosts Synthetic Gasoline Production

A novel “co-catalyst” system using inexpensive, easy to fabricate carbon-based nanofiber materials efficiently converts carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, a…

Health & Medicine

Bronchial Thermoplasty: Long-Term Relief for Asthma Sufferers

The beneficial effects of bronchial thermoplasty, a non-pharmacologic treatment for asthma, last at least five years, according to researchers at National…

Life & Chemistry

Microplastics Transfer Chemicals: New Health Risks Uncovered

With global production of plastic exceeding 280 metric tons every year, a fair amount of the stuff is bound to make its way to the natural environment….

Earth Sciences

Pacific Northwest Mountains Face Declining Precipitation Trends

Research Hydrologist Charlie Luce, with the Rocky Mountain Research Station's Aquatic Sciences Laboratory in Boise, Idaho, along with cooperators at the…

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