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Machine Engineering

Siemens Unveils High-Performance Simatic IPC547E Rack PC

The Siemens Industry Automation Division has equipped its new 19-inch industrial rack PC, Simatic IPC547E, with powerful fourth generation Intel Core…

Event News

Young Researchers Shine at First Global EURAXESS Science Slam

The EURAXESS Science Slam 2013 is the first edition of an annual global event that gives young researchers the opportunity to showcase their work and to engage…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Boosting Efficiency: New Processes in Solar Cell Production

The recently published BINE-Projektinfo brochure “Development of high-efficiency solar cells and modules” (10/2013) describes processes that make photovoltaic…

Architecture & Construction

Robotic Fabrication Transforms Timber Construction at Stuttgart

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart develop a lightweight timber construction system combining robotic prefabrication with computational design and…

Health & Medicine

New Strategies for Primary Weight Maintenance and Obesity Prevention

It is also important to reach groups that are normally regarded as being at low risk of gaining weight. This is what Kristina Lindvall shows in her doctoral…

Studies and Analyses

Vitamin B Supplements: Can They Help Prevent Stroke?

“Previous studies have conflicting findings regarding the use of vitamin B supplements and stroke or heart attack,” said author Xu Yuming, with Zhengzhou…

Transportation and Logistics

Off-Hour Truck Deliveries in Manhattan Reduce Traffic, Empower Business Owners

A federal study led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is helping make Manhattan streets cleaner, less congested, and more profitable for businesses by…

Life & Chemistry

Shining Light on Neurodegenerative Pathway

The group of about 20 diseases, which show overlapping symptoms that typically include nerve cell death, share a similar genetic mutation mechanism ‒ but how…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Precision Farming for Open Field Crops: Boosting Harvests

How much water and fertilizer needs agricultural land for a successful harvest? Which nutrients are in the soil, which ones are lacking? ttz Bremerhaven and…

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Environmental Conservation

Massive Carbon Credit Sale Announced in Madagascar

WCS and Government of Madagascar create the Makira REDD+ Project to prevent the release of 32.5 million tons of carbonCarbon credit sale will protect…

Earth Sciences

Stronger Winds Explain Puzzling Growth of Sea Ice in Antarctica

Despite warmer air and oceans, there's more sea ice in Antarctica now than in the 1970s – a fact often pounced on by global warming skeptics. The latest…

Materials Sciences

Researchers Study Ways to Make Stronger Materials in 3-D

The Missouri S&T researchers also plan to fabricate some of these new materials soon, says Dr. Frank Liou, director of the university’s Laser Aided…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Tofu-like crystalline catalysts for producing clean energy

Professor Jian-Ren Shen is recognized for his pioneering research on clarifying the fundamental reaction mechanism that governs photosynthetic water splitting,…

Life & Chemistry

Nanoscale neuronal activity measured for the first time

The junctions in the central nervous systems that enable the information to flow between neurons, known as synapses, are around 100 times smaller than the…

Life & Chemistry

New Method Unveils Brown Fat Cells for Health Insights

Right now, it is hard for researchers to spot brown fat cells at the molecular level, which is hindering efforts to harness their ability to guard against…

Life & Chemistry

Female Squid’s Color Change: New UCSB Study Reveals Insights

This marks the first time that switchable white cells based on reflectins –– the proteins responsible for reflecting light as color –– have been observed. The…

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