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Fraunhofer SCAI to turn heads (& manufactured parts) at FachPack 2013 with the new PackAssistant

PackAssistant is the world's leading software for optimizing packaging configurations of identical parts in standard containers. The container loading arising…

Studies and Analyses

The 'whole' problem with recycling

Findings from a University of Alberta researcher shed new light on what may be stopping people from recycling more. Jennifer Argo, a marketing professor in the…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Use Hubble Images for Movies Featuring Space Slinky

The movies promise to give astronomers a better understanding of how black holes shape galaxy evolution.”Central, supermassive black holes are a key component…

Life & Chemistry

Gold Nanoparticles: Unlocking Cell Membrane Penetration Insights

Cells are very good at protecting their precious contents — and as a result, it's very difficult to penetrate their membrane walls to deliver drugs, nutrients…

Life & Chemistry

Calcium Carbonate’s Dense Liquid Phase Revealed by Simulations

Computer simulations conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could help scientists make sense of a…

Earth Sciences

A Pacific-Wide Satellite View Catches Tropical Storm Pewa and a Developing Storm

NOAA's GOES-West satellite infrared imagery from today, Aug. 22 at 1200 UTC/8 a.m. EDT showed Tropical Storm Pewa heading west in the Northwestern Pacific….

Earth Sciences

NASA Catches Typhoon Trami's Landfall in China

Typhoon Trami made landfall late on Aug. 21, and the storm was captured in infrared light by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder/AIRS instrument that flies aboard…

Studies and Analyses

Arsenic Linked to Lung Damage: New Study Reveals Impact

This is the first population-based study to clearly demonstrate significant impairment of lung function, in some cases extensive lung damage, associated with…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Toxic Nanoparticles in Food Supply: What You Need to Know

Over the last few years, the use of nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, pesticides, cosmetics and other industries has increased. For example,…

Life & Chemistry

Harvard Scientists Create Cells That Line Blood Vessels

In a scientific first, Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists have successfully grown the cells that line the blood vessels—called vascular endothelial…

Health & Medicine

The Stress and Cancer Link: ‘Master-Switch’ Stress Gene Enables Cancer’s Spread

In an unexpected finding, scientists have linked the activation of a stress gene in immune-system cells to the spread of breast cancer to other parts of the…

Social Sciences

Princeton Study Uses Phones to Measure Happiness in Real Time

In a study involving volunteers who agreed to provide information about their feelings and locations, the researchers found that cell phones can efficiently…

Health & Medicine

New Molecular Mechanism Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Uncovered

In the EMBO Molecular Medicine journal, the investigators report that they have identified a new molecular mechanism that contributes to the spread of…

Health & Medicine

Single Injection Offers New Hope for Melanoma Treatment

A new study at Moffitt Cancer Center could offer hope to people with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Researchers are investigating whether an…

Awards Funding

European Health Award 2013: Six Patient-Centered Innovations

They cover topics such as air pollution; enhancing cross border healthcare; patient involvement in improving quality of care and health research; prevention of…

Technology Offerings

Bifunctional Catalysts: Efficient Water Oxidation & Reduction

In this invention, a method was developed for preparing energy efficient dual function catalysts for both ORR and OER whose overvoltage between the ORR and the…

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