Production of biocompatible and super-absorbent materials may become easier, thanks to Anbanandam Parthiban and co-workers at the A*STAR Institute of Chemical…
Many mobile-phone applications (apps) use spatial positioning technology to present their user with location-specific information such as directions to nearby…
Palm oil extraction annually produces approximately 13 million tons of waste plant matter. Some of this by-product, known as empty fruit bunch (EFB), is…
The University of Luxembourg team lead by Professor Susanne Siebentritt, head of the Laboratory for Photovoltaics, Physics Research Unit, has joined the…
Research, led by Lori Hart, Ph.D., research associate and Constantinos Koumenis, Ph.D., associate professor,and research division director in the Department of…
Forging dies must withstand a lot. They must be hard so that their surface does not get too worn out and is able to last through great changes in temperature…
The treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor, or GIST, even in its advanced metastatic stage, has been dramatically improved with two oral targeted drugs –…
A team of IRCM researchers, led by Dr. Frédéric Charron, recently uncovered a nerve cell’s internal clock, used during embryonic development. The discovery was…
Stem cells are responsible for tissue growth and tissue repair after injury. Therefore, the discovery that these vital cells grow better in a three-dimensional…
Known as the vacuum bell, it works much like devices in body shops that use sustained vacuum to pop out a dent.”Years from now, we may look at the surgeries…
A hungry mantis shrimp may be the last thing that a passing fish sees before it is snatched from the water by the predator. Maya deVries from the University of…
While in deep dreamless sleep, our hippocampus sends messages to our cortex and changes its plasticity, possibly transferring recently acquired knowledge to…
The virtual light sensors are based on a camera system and have the same function as light grids and light cur-tains. A virtual light barrier is defined by a…
The innovation deals with the fabrication of metallic nano-components utilizing three basic steps.Further Information: PDF EZN Erfinderzentrum Norddeutschland…
Each winter, wide swaths of the Arctic Ocean freeze to form sheets of sea ice that spread over millions of square miles. This ice acts as a massive sun visor…
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist James E. Ayars at the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center in Parlier, Calif., has found a way to…