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Environmental Conservation

Wetlands May Revitalize Acid Streams, UT Arlington Study Finds

The group, led by associate professor of biology Sophia Passy, also contends that recent increases in the level of organic matter in surface waters in regions…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Rising reuse of wastewater in forecast but world lacks data on 'massive potential resource'

Amid growing competition for freshwater from industry and cities, coupled with a rising world shortage of potash, nitrogen and phosphorus, an international…

Technology Offerings

4D Bio Phantom: Enhancing Particle Therapy Validation

In particle therapy, biological systems are still lacking for the validation of radiation procedures of target volumes under the influence of motion, for…

Technology Offerings

Distinction of enantiomers by means of broadband femtosecond – circular dichroism-laser ionization mass spectrometry (CD-LIMS)

Especially in unknown mixtures, the distinction of emantiomers is today very expensive. A combination of chemical analysis on the one hand and the…

Materials Sciences

Innovative Lightweight Liquid Crystal Displays for Rugged Use

Displays for smartphones or tablet-PCs should be highly ruggedized at little overall weight. For curved displays, that might play a role in advertising or the…

Studies and Analyses

IT monitoring effective in deterring restaurant fraud

But a new study from Washington University in St. Louis finds that information technology monitoring is strikingly effective in reducing theft and fraud,…

Life & Chemistry

New Antibody Isolates Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood

The antibody recognizes an i blood group antigen present on MSCs in umbilical cord blood, as described in a study published in BioResearch Open Access, a…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Penn Develops Computer Model That Will Help Design Flexible Touchscreens

However, the cost and the physical limitations of the material these conductors are usually made of are hampering progress toward flexible touchscreen devices….

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellite Sees Tropical Storm Toraji's Concentrated Center Approaching Japan

A visible image of Tropical Storm Toraji was captured on Sept. 3 at 02:10 UTC/Sept. 2 at 10:10 p.m. is it continued moving north past eastern China and…

Life & Chemistry

Blind Mole-Rats: Nature’s Cancer-Resistant Survivors

A new study demonstrates just how cancer-resistant Spalax are, and suggests that the adaptations that help these rodents survive in low-oxygen environments…

Life & Chemistry

Can the Zebrafish Help US to Search for New Pain Drugs?

Studying neuropathic pain in humans has major ethical and experimental limitations. The use of alternate mammalian animal models has been the solution for many…

Transportation and Logistics

Twitter Fights Transport Problems

“The ability of social networks to produce information on heavy traffic, road hazards, quality of service of public transportation and more is valuable to…

Life & Chemistry

Lessons From the Worm: How the Elderly Can Live an Active Life

But rather than imposing an exercise regimen to rebuild the worm's body-wall muscles, researchers can bring the wriggle back by stimulating the animal's…

Earth Sciences

From Birth to Death in Four Days: Kiko Now a Remnant Low

Satellite data captured Tropical Storm Kiko's birth on Sept. 1 and saw its remnants weakening on Sept. 3. As Kiko dissipates, another low pressure system is…

Studies and Analyses

Boosting Fruit and Vegetable Intake Through CSA Access

Lead author Sara A. Quandt, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology and prevention at Wake Forest Baptist, said that CSAs, which link consumers to a local farm's…

Life & Chemistry

The 'weakest link' in the aging proteome

Proteins are the chief actors in cells, carrying out the duties specified by information encoded in our genes. Most proteins live only two days or less,…

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