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Environmental Conservation

Natural 'keystone molecules' punch over their weight in ecosystems

Naturally occurring “keystone” molecules that have powerful behavioral effects on diverse organisms often play large but unrecognized roles in structuring…

Physics & Astronomy

Magnetic Dipoles Align on Nanoscale at RUB University

Physicists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have found out how tiny islands of magnetic material align themselves when sorted on a regular lattice – by…

Physics & Astronomy

Second Sound Observed in Quantum Gas by Innsbruck Physicists

Physicists from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Trento, Italy, have now proven the propagation of…

Science Education

Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe” Sets up Four New Junior Research Groups

The Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” of Heidelberg University has set up four new junior research groups. The group leaders and…

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria Research Advances Treatment for Complex Infections

Therefore they will try to avoid getting attacked by the human immune system, and therefore they have developed various ways to protect themselves from the…

Information Technology

Wayne State University researcher’s technique helps robotic vehicles find their way, help humans

In a paper recently published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Weisong Shi, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science…

Information Technology

Cloud Interoperability Week: Boosting Collaboration and Innovation

The Cloud Interoperability Week will combine workshops, conferences, demonstrations and testing sessions to explore and extend the level of interoperability of…

Health & Medicine

Banded Mongoose Identified as New Carrier of Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis, the disease is called. And the banded mongoose carries it.Leptospirosis is the world's most common illness transmitted to humans by animals….

Materials Sciences

Engineered Biomaterial Enhances Medical Implant Success

Expensive, state-of-the-art medical devices and surgeries often are thwarted by the body’s natural response to attack something in the tissue that appears…

Life & Chemistry

Nanoscale Alloys Show Promise for Medical Innovations

Alloys like bronze and steel have been transformational for centuries, yielding top-of-the-line machines necessary for industry. As scientists move toward…

Event News

European Research Infrastructures Tackle Air Quality Challenges

Only appropriate investments in research can provide a solid basis for decision making in these areas that have major health and economic consequences for…

Studies and Analyses

Passenger car drivers are more likely to die in crashes with SUVs, regardless of crash safety ratings

Most consumers who are shopping for a new car depend on good crash safety ratings as an indicator of how well the car will perform in a crash. But a new…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Terahertz technology: Seeing more with less

Terahertz technology is an emerging field that promises to improve a host of useful applications, ranging from passenger scanning at airports to huge digital…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Micromachining: Inclinations sounded out

Echolocation is a powerful technique that uses sound or ultrasound waves to locate objects and surfaces. Ships and submarines, for example, use it to avoid…

Environmental Conservation

Scientists Use Crowd-Sourcing to Help Map Global CO2 Emissions

The game officially begins today and is housed on a website called “Ventus.” Ventus (the Latin word for wind) has a simple interface in which users enter basic…

Materials Sciences

Solar Panels as Inexpensive as Paint?

A major impediment, however, is the cost to manufacture, install and maintain solar panels. Simply put, most people and businesses cannot afford to place them…

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