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Information Technology

Create 3D Animated Characters and Scenes for the Web

Computer scientists at Saarland University have developed a declarative markup language which facilitates the creation of distinct spatial animations and…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Genome Secrets: DOE’s Latest Breakthrough at Berkeley Lab

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have achieved a major advance in understanding how…

Life & Chemistry

Chemotherapy Drug Shape Change Enhances Cancer Targeting

Bioengineering researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara have found that changing the shape of chemotherapy drug nanoparticles from spherical to…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Balance: Key to Cancer Prevention Uncovered

Two proteins that scientists once thought carried out the same functions are actually antagonists of each other, and keeping them in balance is key to…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Aquarius Sees Salty Shifts

“With a bit more than a year of data, we are seeing some surprising patterns, especially in the tropics,” said Aquarius Principal Investigator Gary Lagerloef,…

Materials Sciences

Microelectronics: A tougher seal for rugged environments

Sensors used in harsh conditions, such as deep-sea oil wells, must withstand extreme temperatures and pressures for hundreds of hours without failing. Vivek…

Physics & Astronomy

Fluid mechanics: Bubble impacts caught on film

When a bubble of air rising through water hits a sheet of glass, it doesn’t simply stop — it squishes, rebounds, and rises again, before slowly moving to the…

Studies and Analyses

Fermi's Motion Produces a Study in Spirograph02.27.13

Its wide-eyed Large Area Telescope (LAT) sweeps across the entire sky every three hours, capturing the highest-energy form of light — gamma rays — from…

Health & Medicine

Rapid Point-of-Care Syphilis Tests: A New Diagnostic Era

An international research team, led by scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal, has demonstrated that…

Studies and Analyses

UCLA study could explain why some people get zits and others don't

The bacteria that cause acne live on everyone's skin, yet one in five people is lucky enough to develop only an occasional pimple over a lifetime. What's their…

Studies and Analyses

Double-Jointed Teens: Understanding Joint Pain Risks

When ligaments are loose (ligamentous laxity) it may cause joints to extend beyond the normal range (hypermobility), with studies showing a possible genetic…

Health & Medicine

Strains of antibiotic-resistant 'Staph' bacteria show seasonal preference; Children at higher risk in summer

It's unclear why these seasonal and age preferences for infection with methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MRSA) occur, says Eili Klein, Ph.D., lead author on…

Life & Chemistry

Cell Therapy Shows Promise for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Up to 1 million Americans have IBD, which is characterized by frequent diarrhea and abdominal pain. IBD actually refers to two conditions – ulcerative colitis…

Earth Sciences

Mountains and Biodiversity: How Geology Shapes Ecosystems

New research suggests, however, that geologically dynamic regions sustain higher biodiversity. Young mountainous areas offer new habitats, ecological gradients…

Trade Fair News

CeBIT 2013: Discover Industry 4.0 Value Chains in Action

The theme of the Ministry's booth in Hall 9, Booth E50 is “Industry 4.0 – The Factory of the Future.” Within this context, the Software-Cluster partners will…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Superbugs: Proteins as a Key to Combat Antibiotic Resistance

Biologists Gloria Culver at Rochester and Keith Connolly, now at Harvard University, thought one key to stopping the bacteria may lie with proteins, so they…

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