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Machine Engineering

Innovative ROBA-SBCplus Brake Control Enhances Safety Standards

The “ROBA-SBCplus” brake control, developed together with Pilz, is technically superior in every respect in terms of safety contactor circuits. It offers,…

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C-glycosamine analogues

This invention is a process for the simple, cost-effective synthesis of conformationally fixed C-glycosamine analogues on the basis of commercially available…

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Self-Adhesive Foil Enhances Vision with Optical Innovation

The invention describes a micro-structured foil with optical functionality which is able to create a magnified image and/or to redirect the field of view.Further Information: …

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New Actuator Design Using Electroactive Polymer Technology

This new type of actuator consists of a pre-stressed dielectric elastomer (electroactive polymer) that is inserted into a tubular structure with flexible walls…

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Improved Nitroaromatic Explosives Detection Using IMS Technology

Explosives based on nitroaromatics have previously been detected using ion-mobility spectrometry (IMS) as anions. The technology upon which this invention is…

Physics & Astronomy

NIST Demonstrates Wireless Transfer of Ultraprecise Time Signals

Described in Nature Photonics,* the demonstration shows how next-generation atomic clocks at different locations could be linked wirelessly to improve geodesy…

Environmental Conservation

Health Defects in Fish Linked to Deepwater Horizon Spill

With researchers from Louisiana and South Carolina, the scientists found that Gulf killifish embryos exposed to sediments from oiled locations in 2010 and 2011…

Life & Chemistry

NIST Proposes Innovative Method for Carbon Nanotube Purification

Carbon nanotubes are formed from rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal pattern resembling chicken wire. One of the amazing features of…

Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Cyclone Zane Approaching Queensland’s Coast

A cyclone Warning is in effect for coastal areas from Mapoon to Cape York to Cape Flattery.NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Zane on May 1 at 04:05 UTC (12:05…

Environmental Conservation

New Studies Link Invasive Plants to Frog Decline, Mammal Changes

Researchers at Lincoln Park Zoo and Northern Illinois University have discovered a new culprit contributing to amphibian decline and altered mammal…

Health & Medicine

Promising New Drug Shows Potential Against Influenza

An experimental drug has shown promise in treating influenza, preventing lung injury and death from the virus in preclinical studies, according to University…

Medical Engineering

Printable 'bionic' ear melds electronics and biology

The researchers' primary purpose was to explore an efficient and versatile means to merge electronics with tissue. The scientists used 3D printing of cells and…

Earth Sciences

Studying meteorites may reveal Mars’ secrets of life

And although this team’s work is not specifically solving the mystery, it is laying the groundwork for future researchers to answer this age-old question.The…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Endometrial Cancer Subtypes and Treatments

Published in the May 2 issue of the journal Nature, the findings may help doctors more accurately diagnose endometrial cancer and choose treatments that will…

Health & Medicine

Is More Vitamin D Harmful? Examining Recent Findings

In recent years, healthy people have been bombarded by stories in the media and on health websites warning about the dangers of too-low vitamin D levels, and…

Health & Medicine

Toxic Metals Detected in Popular Lipsticks: Key Findings

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health tested 32 different lipsticks and lip glosses commonly found in drugstores and…

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