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Environmental Conservation

Innovative Companies Pioneering CO2 Reuse Solutions

Several large chemical companies in Germany and small start-ups in the U.S. are leading the way, according to an article in Chemical & Engineering News, the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Georgia Tech’s Instant Inkjet Circuits: Fast, Affordable Innovation

The technique, called instant inkjet circuits, allows the printing of arbitrary-shaped conductors onto rigid or flexible materials and could advance the…

Health & Medicine

Nuclear Medicine Therapy Boosts Survival in Colorectal Cancer

A systematic review conducted by researchers showed that approximately 50 percent of salvage patients have an overall survival of more than 12 months after…

Health & Medicine

Brain’s Role in Blood Sugar Metabolism and Diabetes Development

A growing body of evidence suggests that the brain plays a key role in glucose regulation and the development of type 2 diabetes, researchers write in the Nov….

Earth Sciences

NASA sees heavy rain around Super-Typhoon Haiyan's eye

The forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center or JTWC accurately predicted that Typhoon Haiyan would become a powerful category five typhoon with…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanostructures filter light to order

A beam of sunlight is a mixture of different-colored light, including all the colors of the rainbow. Filtering or blocking a specific color, or colors, is…

Interdisciplinary Research

Following the brain’s lead

Computers, machines and even smart phones can process sounds and audio signals with apparent ease, but they all require significant computing power. Researchers from the A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research in Singapore have proposed a way to improve computer audio processing by applying lessons inspired from the way the brain processes sounds….

Physics & Astronomy

Holograms set for greatness

Holography makes use of the peculiar properties of laser light to record and later recreate three-dimensional images, adding depth to conventionally flat…

Materials Sciences

New Aluminum Alloy Stores Hydrogen

We use aluminum to make planes lightweight, store sodas in recyclable containers, keep the walls of our homes energy efficient and ensure that the Thanksgiving…

Earth Sciences

Newly Discovered Predatory Dinosaur “King of Gore” Reveals the Origins of T. rex

The huge carnivore inhabited Laramidia, a landmass formed on the western coast of a shallow sea that flooded the central region of North America, isolating…

Studies and Analyses

Second Languages May Delay Dementia Onset, Study Finds

The research is published in the November 6, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study found that…

Life & Chemistry

Infected Butterflies Expose DNA Barcoding Limitations

An international team of researchers led by the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) has brought out an article in the open-access journal PLOS…

Transportation and Logistics

Ground Thermal Testing: Reducing Aircraft Weight and Heat

Launching less weight into the air also means less energy consumption. The flipside is that electronics generate heat. That is why the Ground Thermal Test…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Aqua Satellite Observes Tropical Depression 30W Fading

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Depression 30W on Nov. 5 at 18:23 UTC/1:23 p.m. EST. The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument captured…

Power and Electrical Engineering

UC's SmartLight More Than a Bright Idea, It's a Revolution in Interior Lighting Ready to Shine

A pair of University of Cincinnati researchers has seen the light – a bright, powerful light – and it just might change the future of how building interiors…

Information Technology

Portable lab analysis – mini spectrometer integrated into your mobile phone

The novelty here are metallic nano-antennas for harvesting, filtering and amplifying of incoming photons. In addition, thin-film manufacturing technology makes…

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