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Studies and Analyses

Genetic Variants Linked to Bronchodilator Response in COPD

A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) reveals several new gene variants that are associated with how people living with chronic obstructive…

Materials Sciences

Futuristic Copper Foam Batteries Get More Bang for the Buck

People use their GPS apps, cameras, and mobile internet to navigate strange cities in search of good coffee, record “selfie” commentary while they wait in…

Studies and Analyses

Oral Bacteria Create a ‘Fingerprint’ in Your Mouth

Scientists identified a total of almost 400 different species of microbes in the mouths of 100 study participants belonging to four ethnic affiliations:…

Life & Chemistry

H5N1 Bird Flu Genes Show Nature Can Pick Worrisome Traits

Over time, the virus evolved to adapt to other animals, including humans, as natural selection favored viruses with mutations that allowed them to more readily…

Life & Chemistry

Optically Transparent Catalyst Made from Copper Nanowires

In the journal Angewandte Chemie, American researchers have now introduced a new electrocatalyst consisting of a conductive network of core-shell nanowires…

Physics & Astronomy

Saarbrücken physicists aim to make transition to quantum world visible

The new test system will enable the simultaneous study of one hundred light quanta (photons) and their complex quantum mechanical relationships (“quantum…

Technology Offerings

New Method for Efficient Amine Separation and Catalyst Recycling

Scientists at the RWTH Aachen University invented a straightforward method for the separation of amines produced via homogeneous catalyzed processes allowing…

Health & Medicine

PVC as flooring material in childhood is related to asthma 10 years later

Furthermore, there were indications that PVC flooring in the parents’ bedrooms were stronger associated with the new cases of asthma when compared with child's…

Materials Sciences

The best cut for machining

Brittle materials such as silicon and ceramics are used extensively in the semiconductor industry to make component parts. Materials cut to have a mirror-like…

Materials Sciences

Multifunctional coatings. Charged up and ready to connect

Gelatin, a well-known food ingredient, belongs to a class of molecules called polyampholytes that contain both positively and negatively charged components….

Power and Electrical Engineering

Inexpensive material boosts battery capacity

Battery-powered cars offer many environmental benefits, but a car with a full tank of gasoline can travel further. By improving the energy capacity of…

Awards Funding

Prince of Asturias Award for the Max Planck Society

The MPG has now decided to double the prize money of €50,000 from its own resources to provide young Spanish junior scientists with the opportunity to carry…

Awards Funding

Andrea Ablasser receives prize for junior scientists

Dr Andrea Ablasser, scientist at the University of Bonn, is the winner of this year’s Jürgen Wehland Prize. She receives the award in recognition of her…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Real-time energy audit reduces power consumption

Governments are pressuring industries to reduce energy consumption for both environmental and economic reasons. Optimizing factory processes and improving…

Materials Sciences

Minuscule bumps improve an anti-reflective coating

M. S. M. Saifullah and Hemant Raut of A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering in Singapore and their co-workers have developed a coating that…

Studies and Analyses

Lower Blood Sugars May Be Good for the Brain

The study involved 141 people with an average age of 63 who did not have diabetes or pre-diabetes, which is also called impaired glucose tolerance. People who…

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