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New Fluorine Ionophors Enhance Alkali Ion Detection

This new class of fluorine ionophors offers economical access to a great number of fluorescence indicators for K+ and Na+ through simple variation of the…

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Extracting Palladium(II): New Agents Enhance Recovery Efficiency

By means of a new class of extracting agents palladium(II) can be extracted very selectively from corrosive, oxidizing media. This noble metal can thereby be…

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Vectron Achieves Homologation in Austria and Expands Reach

Preliminary homologation has already been issued in Sweden. The homologation process is also underway for further nations, including Switzerland, Italy and The…

Health & Medicine

EU Funds Obesity Research Project Led by Sahlgrenska Academy

Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden have now been entrusted with the task of leading an international research project to…

Health & Medicine

Biological tooth replacement — a step closer

Scientists have developed a new method of replacing missing teeth with a bioengineered material generated from a person's own gum cells. Current implant-based…

Health & Medicine

Weight Loss Benefits for Osteoarthritis in Obese Patients

Weight loss may prevent and significantly alleviate the symptoms of osteoarthritis, a progressive disease of the joints known as “wear and tear” arthritis,…

Medical Engineering

Advancing Electron Field Emitter Tech for Better Imaging

Described in the journal Nanotechnology*, this new, patent-pending technology could lead to improved microwave communications and radar, and more notably to…

Power and Electrical Engineering

NIST Quantum Refrigerator: Extreme Cooling for Research Needs

What's more, the prototype NIST refrigerator, which measures a few inches in outer dimensions, enables researchers to place any suitable object in the cooling…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New NIST Time Code Enhances Radio-Controlled Clocks

This new time broadcast protocol will not only improve the performance of new radio-controlled clocks and watches, but will encourage the development of new…

Life & Chemistry

Temp-controlled 'nanopores' may allow detailed blood analysis

The team has pioneered work on the use of nanopores—tiny chambers that mimic the ion channels in the membranes of cells—for the detection and identification of…

Health & Medicine

Rapid Group B Strep Test Shows Promise for Preterm Labor Patients

The more rapid test could be helpful for the 13 percent of patients who experience pre-term labor before they are screened for GBS, which usually occurs…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellite Captures Cyclone Sandra’s Cloud Top Image

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Cyclone Sandra's cloud top…

Life & Chemistry

New Technique Identifies Chemicals at Nanometer Scale

Researchers at the University Illinois report that they have measured the chemical properties of polymer nanostructures as small as 15 nm, using a novel…

Physics & Astronomy

Silicon Chip Levitates Atoms for Quantum Computing Breakthrough

A sil­i­con chip lev­i­tates indi­vid­ual atoms used in quan­tum infor­ma­tion pro­cess­ing. Photo: Curt Suplee and Emily Edwards, Joint Quan­tum Insti­tute…

Health & Medicine

DNA Length May Predict Life Expectancy, Study Reveals

Can the length of strands of DNA in patients with heart disease predict their life expectancy? Researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at…

Studies and Analyses

Mayo Clinic Study: Electric Cars Safe for Cardiac Devices

The study, titled “Hybrid Cars and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: Is It Safe?” Is the first of its kind to address the interaction between these…

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