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Medical Engineering

Nottingham technology in heart development breakthrough

The abdominal fetal ECG device, designed originally by academics in the University’s Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and on commercial sale…

Information Technology

Blueprint for an Artificial Brain: A New Era of Computing

Scientists have long been dreaming about building a computer that would work like a brain. This is because a brain is far more energy-saving than a computer,…

Awards Funding

Fraunhofer IAO Honors Top Research with Innovation Prize 2023

Fraunhofer IAO awards the Technology Management Innovation Prize to recognize outstanding research work conducted within its own ranks. The qualities that set…

Physics & Astronomy

Dying Stars May Reveal Evidence of Extraterrestrial Life

This encouraging result comes from a new theoretical study of Earth-like planets orbiting white dwarf stars. Researchers found that we could detect oxygen in…

Studies and Analyses

Breast Cancer Patients’ Fear of Developing Lymphedema Far Exceeds Risk

Women who have had the lymph nodes under their arm surgically removed during breast cancer treatment are warned to avoid certain practices that can cause…

Physics & Astronomy

Understanding Macroweather: Bridging Weather and Climate

But the weather-climate dichotomy paints an incomplete picture – one that may be complicating efforts to untangle natural variations in climate from man-made…

Life & Chemistry

Fungal Cleaning Crew

Fungi serve as a kind of natural cleaning crew for the ecosystem. They form enzymes that can degrade hazardous substances, converting natural as well as…

CeBIT 2013

Fraunhofer IDMT Showcases Digital Search Tech at CeBIT 2013

Besides, Fraunhofer IDMT will also be involved in what will be happening at the booth of the BMWi (the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology),…

Environmental Conservation

Exurban Residences Impact Bird Communities in Adirondack Park

As part of the study, scientists sampled the presence of 20 species of birds both near and far from 30 rural residences in the Adirondack Park. Calculating…

Life & Chemistry

OHSU Scientists Successfully Grow Liver Stem Cells in Culture

For decades scientists around the world have attempted to regenerate primary liver cells known as hepatocytes because of their numerous biomedical…

Health & Medicine

Gene Expression Tweaks Show Promise for Lung Repair

These ailments are chronic, affect the small airways of the lung, and are thought to involve an injury-repair cycle that leads to the breakdown of normal…

Life & Chemistry

Hummingbird’s Unique Flight: Two Vortex Trails Explained

As of today, the Wikipedia entry for the hummingbird explains that the bird's flight generates in its wake a single trail of vortices that helps the bird hover.

Health & Medicine

Virus-Based Treatment Offers Hope for Prostate Cancer Care

A treatment for prostate cancer based on this virus would avoid the adverse side effects typically associated with hormonal treatment for prostate cancer, as…

Health & Medicine

Higher Toxic Metal Levels Found in Children with Autism

The autism group had significantly higher levels of lead in their red blood cells (+41 percent) and significantly higher urinary levels of lead (+74 percent),…

Studies and Analyses

Stem Cells Found in Human Parasite: New Research Insights

A new study offers insight into the cellular operations that give this flatworm its extraordinary staying power. The researchers, from the University of…

Studies and Analyses

International Surveys Show Environmental Issues Rank Low Among Most People’s Concerns

The surveys showed that when asked to rank priority worries, people were five times more likely to point to the economy over the environment. Additionally,…

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