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Environmental Conservation

Current efforts will not save the world's most endangered cat

But the charismatic species is likely to go extinct within 50 years because the current management plans do not account for the effects of climate change. If…

Studies and Analyses

Antioxidants — too much of a good thing?

In older men, a natural antioxidant compound found in red grapes and other plants — called resveratrol — blocks many of the cardiovascular benefits of…

Physics & Astronomy

How Optical Components Enhance Laser Performance and Reduce Noise

Although it may not be immediately obvious, the mechanical properties of optical components have a significant impact on the performance of lasers employed in…

Health & Medicine

New Insights in MS Research: Repairing Nerve Damage

A study has shed light on how cells are able to regenerate protective sheaths around nerve fibres in the brain.These sheaths, made up of a substance called…

Studies and Analyses

Impact of African Woodland Loss on Climate Change, Study Reveals

A more strategic approach to managing trees across the continent could have a positive impact on the changing climate, researchers say.A pioneering study of…

Life & Chemistry

Copenhagen Chemists Advance Hydrogen Cars with Fuel Cells

Climate friendly fuel cells for hydrogen cars have come one step closer. Researchers at the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, have shown how…

Life & Chemistry

Failure to destroy toxic protein — not buildup of protein itself — contributes to Huntington's disease

Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's. Names forever linked to what they represent: diseases that ravage the brain's neurons and leave entire regions to…

Life & Chemistry

For a healthy brain, don't let the trash pile up

Recycling is not only good for the environment, it's good for the brain. A study using rat cells indicates that quickly clearing out defective proteins in the…

Life & Chemistry

New Breast Cancer Drug Target: Elevated Ret Protein Findings

The results, which are published today in EMBO Molecular Medicine, show that elevated levels of the protein Ret, which is short for “Rearranged during…

Corporate News

Beihai Chengde Selects Siemens for Stainless Steel Mill Upgrade

Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from Beihai Chengde Stainless Steel Co. (Beihai Chengde), China, to supply a Power X-HI type, five-stand,…

Materials Sciences

Elastic Electronics: Stretchable Gold Conductor Grows Its Own Wires

Flexible electronics have a wide variety of possibilities, from bendable displays and batteries to medical implants that move with the body. “Essentially the…

Transportation and Logistics

FIMEC Technologies’ U-Care Unloader follows on 3D robotised palletising solution

Previously, FIMEC released a 3D robotised palletising solution for multiple-size packages — a patented technology that allows for the processing of up to 900…

Environmental Conservation

Fiji’s Largest Marine Reserve Swarming with Sharks

Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of Western Australia have found that Fiji’s largest marine reserve contains more sharks…

Physics & Astronomy

Droplets Dance: Unlocking New Intelligent Material Innovations

“We are conducting this line of research because it opens up a way to create new responsive and intelligent systems and materials,” said Dr. Robin Ras of Aalto…

Information Technology

Micromirror Technology: Transforming Smartphone Displays

1. With consumers using smartphones as a mobile entertainment centre, the ability to project photos and videos on any surface may soon become the norm. A*STAR…

Physics & Astronomy

New Neutrino Transformation Observed at T2K Conference

The picture of the world of the inscrutable neutrinos is getting clearer: today at the European Physical Society meeting in Stockholm, the international T2K…

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