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Innovative Process Converts Black Liquor into Lignin Granulates

This invention is a process for manufacturing water-insoluble lignin-agglomerates in the form of granulates or briquettes from liquor left over as waste from…

Health & Medicine

Silent stroke can cause Parkinson's disease

Whilst conditions such as a severe stroke have been linked to the disease, for many sufferers the tremors and other symptoms of Parkinson's disease can appear…

Materials Sciences

Stretchable Liquid Metal Wires: A Breakthrough in Innovation

To make the wires, researchers start with a thin tube made of an extremely elastic polymer and then fill the tube with a liquid metal alloy of gallium and…

Health & Medicine

New Antibiotics Target MRSA with Innovative Mechanism

“Much work remains to be done, but we believe that it will be possible to use this mechanism when, for example, broad-spectrum antibiotics have proved to be…

Life & Chemistry

New Antimony Microelectrodes Enhance pH Measurements in Electrochemistry

Researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences developed a method for producing antimony microelectrodes that allow for…

Life & Chemistry

One-Time Flu Vaccine Breakthrough by Georgia State Researcher

Associate Professor Sang-Moo Kang and his collaborators have found a way to make the one-time vaccine by using recombinant genetic engineering technology that…

Physics & Astronomy

Southampton researchers find a glitch' in pulsar 'glitch' theory

A pulsar is a highly magnetised rotating neutron star formed from the remains of a supernova. It emits a rotating beam of electromagnetic radiation, which can…

Life & Chemistry

Targeting Protein May Slow Cancer Cell Migration

A motor protein that transports cargo within the cell, km23-1 is also involved in the movement or migration of cells. Migration is necessary for cancer to…

Life & Chemistry

UNC researchers discover how hepatitis C virus reprograms human liver cells

Researchers at the University of North have discovered how hepatitis C binds with and repurposes a basic component of cellular metabolism known as a microRNA…

Environmental Conservation

Green Revolution Stagnation: Key Insights from Recent Study

The Green Revolution has stagnated for key food crops in many regions of the world, according to a study published in the Dec. 18 issue of Nature…

Power and Electrical Engineering

AI-Powered Solution for Sorting Used Batteries Efficiently

‘I got the idea at home when I was sorting rubbish. I thought it should be possible to do it automatically with artificial intelligence,’ says Claes…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring the Role of Microbes in Cockchafer Species

Apart from the common European cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), the European forest cockchafer (Melolontha hippocastani) is the most common species of the…

Awards Funding

ERC Synergy Grant Boosts Ultracold Quantum Matter Research

For the first time the European Research Council (ERC) has introduced so-called Synergy Grants in 2012, which are intended to enable up to four scientists to…

Studies and Analyses

Internet Outages Doubled in the US During Hurricane Sandy

USC scientists who track Internet outages throughout the world noted a spike in outages due to Hurricane Sandy, with almost twice as much of the Internet down…

Studies and Analyses

Curbing Car Travel: A Study on Health and Mobility Benefits

A new study by University of Illinois researchers, led by computer science and mathematics professor Sheldon H. Jacobson, suggests that both daily automobile…

Information Technology

Small, Portable Sensors Allow Users to Monitor Exposure to Pollution on Their Smart Phones

CitiSense is the only air-quality monitoring system capable of delivering real-time data to users’ cell phones and home computers—at any time. Data from the…

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