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Advancements in Intelligent Radio-Over-Fiber Systems

With increasing numbers of information-based interactions among humans, machines and objects, especially as new services, new terminals and new needs emerge,…

Studies and Analyses

Behavior Issues, Not Depression, Affect Grades in Youths

“Behavior problems including attention issues, delinquency, and substance use are associated with diminished achievement, but depression is not,” said the…

Life & Chemistry

EMBO and Taiwan’s National Science Council Team Up for Science

The agreement will allow Taiwanese scientists to participate in EMBO training programmes and activities. It also means that EMBO Courses & Workshops can take…

Studies and Analyses

Employers Prioritize Cultural Fit Over Top Candidates

“Of course, employers are looking for people who have the baseline of skills to effectively do the job,” said study author Lauren A. Rivera, an assistant…

Health & Medicine

Whooping Cough Vaccine Safety for Older Adults Confirmed

An extremely contagious respiratory illness, pertussis puts infants at greatest risk for severe complications, including death. More than half of infants…

Science Education

New Study Reveals Brain Sync in Musical Duets

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin have shown that synchronization emerges between brains when making music together,…

Physics & Astronomy

Giant Black Hole Challenges Galaxy Evolution Models

To the best of our astronomical knowledge, almost every galaxy should contain in its central region what is called a supermassive black hole: a black hole with…

Technology Offerings

Renewable Method for High-Quality Silicon Carbide Production

The invention is a method for the manufacture of high surface area, pure polytype β-silicon carbide derived from renewable sources in a one-step-process. The…

Science Education

German Research Foundation Launches New CRC at JGU Medical Center

On January 1, 2013, the German Research Foundation (DFG) will establish a new Collaborative Research Center (CRC) at the University Medical Center of Johannes…

Physics & Astronomy

Researchers Use Shock Tube for Insight Into Physics Early in Blasts

The machine is considered multiphase because it can study shock wave propagation through a mixture of gas and solid particles. Shock tubes — machines that…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Find Ancient Microbes in Salty, Ice-Sealed Antarctic Lake

The finding, described in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is surprising because previous studies indicate that the…

Health & Medicine

NIH Research Reveals Early Nerve Damage in Multiple Sclerosis

High-resolution real-time images show in mice how nerves may be damaged during the earliest stages of multiple sclerosis. The results suggest that the critical…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Cancer Therapies from Scripps Research Study

The study, recently published online ahead of print by the journal Blood, shows that disabling a particular enzyme, called ItpkB, in mice improves the function…

Materials Sciences

New Thermoelectric Material Promises Energy Savings

By using common materials found pretty much anywhere there is dirt, a team of Michigan State University researchers have developed a new thermoelectric…

Life & Chemistry

'Fountain of youth' technique rejuvenates aging stem cells

A new method of growing cardiac tissue is teaching old stem cells new tricks. The discovery, which transforms aged stem cells into cells that function like…

Studies and Analyses

Enhancing Dinners: How Vegetables Boost Dish Appeal

Chicken, steak, pasta – these classic dishes are featured in many family dinners. Besides making common sense from a nutritional point of view, would the…

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