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Innovative Apps from French Developers at Apps World 2013

The following companies will be exhibiting on the French Pavilion (Stand 258). The French Trade Commission is presenting these four innovative companies, as…

Life & Chemistry

Soil Nitrogen Management Enhanced by Synchrotron Technology

As food security becomes an increasingly important global issue, scientists are looking for the best way to maintain the organic matter in soils using…

Life & Chemistry

Scripps Florida’s New Process for Artificial Cell Membranes

They separate the cell’s various metabolic functions, compartmentalize the genetic material, and drive evolution by separating a cell’s biochemical activities….

Physics & Astronomy

Walking Droplets: How Tiny Fluid Droplets Can Levitate

A research team led by Yves Couder at the Université Paris Diderot recently discovered that it's possible to make a tiny fluid droplet levitate on the surface…

Studies and Analyses

Fluoridated Water Linked to No Increased Hip Fracture Risks

In this study a team of researchers, led by Peggy Näsman, Karolinska Institute, Department of Dental Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, investigated possible adverse…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Solar power's future brawl

A trio of researchers at North Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota have turned to computer modeling to help decide which of two…

Physics & Astronomy

New Theory on Life’s Seeds in Asteroids by Rensselaer Researchers

In place of the outdated theory, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute propose a new theory — based on a richer, more accurate image of magnetic…

Life & Chemistry

New Computer Models Aim to Replace Animal Testing Methods

One of the central demands of the animal activists is to abolish animal testing and to use alternative testing methods instead. In this context, the European…

Event News

EHFG 2013: Europe's Health Systems must be made crisis-proof

The economic crisis and austerity programmes have had a serious impact on health budgets and on general standards of health. How can Europe’s health systems be…

Science Education

Is Massive Open Online Research the Next Frontier for Education?

In “Bioinformatics Algorithms – Part 1,” UC San Diego computer science and engineering professor Pavel Pevzner and his graduate students are offering a course…

Earth Sciences

Water Vapor In Stratosphere Plays Role In Climate

Andrew Dessler, a Texas A&M atmospheric sciences professor, and colleagues from the University of Colorado, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Discovery Aims to Improve Drug Dosing Precision

The discovery of genetic differences affecting up to a third of the population could take the guesswork out of prescribing the correct dose of 25 percent of…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Song Variation: Genetics vs. Environment

However, it is difficult to tease apart the influence of the genetic background and the environment on the expression of individual variation in song….

Health & Medicine

UW Scientist Discovers Possible New Tick Species in U.S.

“When I got back to the U.S., I realized I had a stowaway,” says Goldberg, professor of pathobiological sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School…

Physics & Astronomy

Recent Study Lowers Casimir Force to Historic Levels

For more than 60 years, scientists have studied the peculiar electromagnetic interaction between two neutral objects. The Casimir effect, a long-standing point…

Studies and Analyses

Waiting actually makes people more patient, study finds

Let’s face it – no one likes to wait. We’re a culture of instant gratification. But what if the very act we dislike can actually help make us more patient and…

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