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Life & Chemistry

Natural Fungus Offers New Hope for Bed Bug Control

According to a team of Penn State entomologists, biopesticides — naturally occurring microorganisms — might provide an answer to this pest problem. Bed bugs…

Materials Sciences

Scotch tape finds new use as grasping 'smart material'

Researchers used a laser to form slender half-centimeter-long fingers out of the tape. When exposed to water, the four wispy fingers morph into a tiny robotic…

Health & Medicine

Adenotonsillectomy Benefits for Prader-Willi Sleep Apnea

“Patients with Prader-Willi syndrome are at risk for sleep disordered breathing as growth hormone commonly used to treat their condition can cause the tonsils…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Spacecraft Tracks November 20 Solar Eruption Events

Experimental NASA research models, based on observations from the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO), show that the Nov. 20 CME left the sun at…

Medical Engineering

MRI Reveals Brain Disruption in Post-Concussion Syndrome

PCS affects approximately 20 percent to 30 percent of people who suffer mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI)—defined by the World Health Organization as a…

Life & Chemistry

New Mechanism for Repairing Clumped Proteins Discovered

Clumped proteins can be dissolved with the aid of cellular repair systems – a process of critical importance for cell survival especially under conditions of…

Life & Chemistry

Ferns’ Unique Defense Strategies Against Herbivores Revealed

They dominated the earth for 200 million years and numerous different species can still be found all over the world: mosses, horsetails and ferns. Researchers…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Integration of Ophthalmologic Diagnostic Tools

The invention integrates diagnostic technologies in ophthalmology which have been applied independently so far. This allows faster, high-quality diagnoses and…

Technology Offerings

Extreme Fast Sensor Enables High-Speed, Low-Noise Detection

The innovative and low cost circuit allows for low noise reading of one-or two-dimensional detector arrays with frame rates up to the MHz range.Further…

Power and Electrical Engineering

60 Hertz Version of Siemens' "World Record Holder" Gas Turbine Begins Operation

The first of three Siemens' H-Class gas turbines has been successfully started at Florida Power & Light Company's (FPL) Cape Canaveral Next Generation Clean…

Physics & Astronomy

King's College London finds rainbows on nanoscale

New research at King's College London may lead to improved solar cells and LED-displays. Researchers from the Biophysics and Nanotechnology Group at King's,…

Physics & Astronomy

Planck Discovers Hot Gas Linking Galaxy Clusters

Planck’s primary task is to capture the most ancient light of the cosmos, the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB. As this faint light traverses the Universe,…

Life & Chemistry

New Role for TLR4 Protein Uncovered in Fibrosis Research

An international multi-disciplinary research team led by Northwestern Medicine scientists has uncovered a new role for the protein toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)…

Life & Chemistry

Algae Harness Energy From Other Plants: New Discoveries

Flowers need water and light to grow. Even children learn that plants use sunlight to gather energy from earth and water. Members of Professor Dr. Olaf Kruse’s…

Health & Medicine

Sweat Glands: Key to Healing Human Wounds, U-M Research Finds

Turns out the same glands that make you sweat are responsible for another job vital to your health: they help heal wounds. Human skin is rich with millions of…

Environmental Conservation

Achieving Low-Carbon Goals: Finland’s Path to Sustainability

The goal is a tough one for Finland, but possible to achieve as long as all sectors that produce or consume energy take part. On top of this, all greenhouse…

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