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Power and Electrical Engineering

A Nano-Tool for Designing the Next Big Battery

“You might get seven or eight hours out of your iPhone on one charge, maybe a day,” says Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, an associate professor of mechanical…

Studies and Analyses

Temperature Increases Causing Tropical Forests to Blossom, According to Study

The study examined how changes in temperature, clouds and rainfall affect the number of flowers that tropical forests produce. Results showed that clouds…

Materials Sciences

Enhanced yet affordable material for supercapacitors: Mass Production of 3D mesoporous graphene nano-balls

Korean Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) developed a new method to massively synthesize enhanced yet affordable…

Event News

STI 2013 Berlin: Exploring Science as a Socio-Economic Endeavor

Under the heading “Translational twists and turns: Science as a socio-economic endeavor” the STI 2013 addresses questions of measuring scientific performance…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Magnetic Stirring Innovations in Lab Mixing

Anyone who has ever worked in a laboratory has seen them: magnetic stirrers that rotate magnetic stir bars in liquids to mix them. The stir bars come in many…

Environmental Conservation

Vertebrates Must Evolve 10,000 Times Faster for Climate Survival

Many vertebrate species would have to evolve about 10,000 times faster than they have in the past to adapt to the rapid climate change expected in the next 100…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Brazil’s Grain Dilemma: Storage Shortage Amid Production Boom

“There is a 34 percent undercapacity of soybean storage, and the situation is aggravated by the rapidly increasing production of second-crop maize,” said…

Physics & Astronomy

Sun's Loops are Displaying an Optical Illusion

The Sun's visible surface is only 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, but as you move outward the temperature shoots up to millions of degrees. It's like a campfire…

Health & Medicine

Don't worry, be healthy

People with cheerful temperaments are significantly less likely to suffer a coronary event such as a heart attack or sudden cardiac death, new Johns Hopkins…

Studies and Analyses

Overconfident CEOs: Navigating Risks in Leadership Decisions

CEOs need to demonstrate strong leadership and good decision-making skills, but CEOs with over-confidence can involve their companies in riskier ventures and…

Studies and Analyses

How Early Earth Stayed Warm for Life: New CU Study Insights

Solving the “faint young sun paradox” — explaining how early Earth was warm and habitable for life beginning more than 3 billion years ago even though the sun…

Health & Medicine

Dog Condition Discovery May Aid Human Disease Research

It is difficult to determine potential health effects from this condition because of humans’ relatively long life-spans. Now, researchers at the University of…

Materials Sciences

Optimize Electrode Performance with New Analytical Method

A 3-D rendering of a gas diffusion electrode, used in fuel cells and CO2 electrolyzers, where a thin, uniform, and crack-free catalyst layer is crucial to…

Health & Medicine

Free Visual Fields Software Boosts Collaborative Research

In the paper, authors introduce and demonstrate the visualFields package, which can work separately or in conjunction with the Open Perimetry Interface — an…

Studies and Analyses

5 Key Insights Kids Should Share With Their Allergist

The allergist's office might not be a child's favorite place to visit, but it is a place where they should be able to say how their asthma makes them feel….

Trade Fair News

New Trade Fair Concept for Manufacturing Services in Munich

Munich trade fair MAINTAIN is to team up with Fraunhofer IAO for a second time to showcase manufacturing services. Europe’s leading trade fair for industrial…

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