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Power and Electrical Engineering

Bioengineered Marine Algae Expands Environments Where Biofuels Can Be Produced

The scientists genetically engineered marine algae to produce five different kinds of industrially important enzymes and say the same process they used could…

Earth Sciences

How Does a Volcanic Crater Grow? Grab Some TNT and Find Out

Scientists often can discern pertinent details about meteorites — when they struck, how large they were, the angle they approached Earth and other information…

Health & Medicine

Burning More Calories Is Easier When Working Out with Someone You Perceive as Better

Brandon Irwin, assistant professor of kinesiology, was the principle investigator in a study that tested whether individuals engage in more intense physical…

Life & Chemistry

Fluorescent Mice Enhance Understanding of Cell Proliferation

A newly-engineered strain of mice whose dividing cells express a fluorescent protein could open the door to new methods of regulating cell proliferation in…

Health & Medicine

Brain Cell Transplants: Insights from the TRANSEURO Study

The TRANSEURO study, which in Sweden is led by Lund University, is now taking a critical approach to the viability of cell therapy as a future treatment for…

Earth Sciences

NASA's TRMM Satellite Confirms 2010 Landslides

A recent NASA study published in the October issue of the Journal of Hydrometeorology compared satellite rain data from NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measurement…

Information Technology

Fast Forward to the Past: NASA Technologists Test ‘Game-Changing’ Data-Processing Technology

NASA technologist Jonathan Pellish isn’t convinced. In fact, he believes a computing technology of yesteryear could potentially revolutionize everything from…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Aqua Satellite Captures Intensifying Tropical Storm Bopha

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Storm Bopha on Nov. 27 at…

Power and Electrical Engineering

SeaGen Tidal Current Turbine Sets New Power Record

Since its installation in 2008, the tidal current turbine has fed more than six gigawatt hours of electrical power into the grid and thus set another record…

Health & Medicine

High Altitude Climbers Face Risk of Brain Bleeds

High altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is a severe and often fatal condition that can affect mountain climbers, hikers, skiers and travelers at high…

Health & Medicine

Belly Fat in Men Linked to Increased Osteoporosis Risk

“It is important for men to be aware that excess belly fat is not only a risk factor for heart disease and diabetes, it is also a risk factor for bone loss,”…

Studies and Analyses

New study: Many flame retardants in house dust — unsafe levels

A peer-reviewed study of the largest number of flame retardants ever tested in homes found that most houses had levels of at least one flame retardant that…

Studies and Analyses

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Joint Replacement Surgery Complications

Study findings published online in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), also indicate that RA patients have a…

Power and Electrical Engineering

NREL Unveils Imaging Tech to Decode Plant Architecture

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) combined different…

Earth Sciences

Sea-Level Rise Projections May Be Understated, Study Finds

This is shown by a study now published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Stefan Rahmstorf from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research…

Earth Sciences

VIMS professor studies “middle ground” of sea-level change

The effects of storm surge and sea-level rise have become topics of everyday conversation in the days and weeks following Hurricane Sandy’s catastrophic…

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