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Materials Sciences

Even with Defects, Graphene Is Strongest Material in the World

In a new study, published in Science May 31, 2013, Columbia Engineering researchers demonstrate that graphene, even if stitched together from many small…

Life & Chemistry

PolyU scientists help identify genes causing myopia

Two researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) are taking an active role in a global study which has unlocked the genetic origin of myopia….

Physics & Astronomy

Mastering Electron Acceleration for Ultrafast Physics Applications

Electrons with a velocity close to the speed of light are hard to control. Using them as a tool for applications at the frontier of ultrafast physics requires…

Seminars Workshops

Secure competitive advantage in India – STN® now offers comprehensive Indian patent information

India is an important future market. As with all emerging markets, there are risks involved, for example, for companies doing research and development. For…

Health & Medicine

Enhancing Voice Recovery After Thyroid Surgery Guidelines

“Thyroid surgery rates have tripled over the last three decades,” said Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, guideline chair. “This new guideline will help educate…

Studies and Analyses

Weather Conditions Don’t Influence Fibromyalgia Symptoms

Dutch researchers report that weather conditions including temperature, sunshine, and precipitation have no impact on fibromyalgia symptoms in female patients….

Studies and Analyses

Altered Neural Circuitry Linked to Anorexia and Bulimia

A landmark study, with first author Tyson Oberndorfer, MD, and led by Walter H. Kaye, MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego…

Technology Offerings

Biomimetic Cell Culture Support: Enhancing Cell Growth Methods

The invention relates to a method of cell cultivation supported with a surface.

One possible application for new method is the production of specific cell…

Technology Offerings

RC HydroCat – Hydrogenation catalyst for selective asymmetric reaction of heteroaromatics

Scientists at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster developed a catalyst system for selective and stereospecific hydrogenation of heteroaromatic…

Earth Sciences

Ocean Denitrification Accelerates During Deglaciation Phase

By the end of the deglaciation, however, the oceans had adjusted to their new warmer state and the nitrogen cycle had stabilized – though it took several…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring the Lightest Exoplanet Imaged to Date

Nine years after ESO's Very Large Telescope captured the first image of an exoplanet, the planetary companion to the brown dwarf 2M1207 (eso0428 -…

Corporate News

Siemens Expands Industry Software Leadership with Preactor Acquisition

By acquiring the Preactor Group headquartered in Chippenham in the UK, Siemens further expand its international lead in the industry software market….

Life & Chemistry

First-Ever Photos of Atomic Changes in Chemical Reactions

Scientists at the University of Berkeley and the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) have managed, for the very first time, to take direct,…

Physics & Astronomy

Magnetic Monopoles: A Breakthrough in Efficient Data Storage

A physical particle postulated 80 years ago, could provide a decisive step toward the realization of novel, highly efficient data storage devices. Scientists…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellites Watch the Demise of Hurricane Barbara

This 43 second animation of NOAA's GOES-14 satellite observations from May 29 to 31, 2013, shows Barbara making landfall at the beginning of the animation, and…

Health & Medicine

Enhanced White Blood Cells Show Promise in MS Treatment

The new finding, by a team of University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health researchers, suggests that immune cells could be engineered to…

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