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Efficient All-Organic Catalysts Boost Fuel Cell Performance

The world’s needs for energy and raw materials are constantly growing, and the search for readily accessible and inexpensive material for energy applications…

Life & Chemistry

Aerosol Aging Mechanism Uncovered: Climate Impact Explained

Atmospheric aerosol particles have a significant effect on climate. An international team of researchers has now discovered that a chemical process in the…

Earth Sciences

NASA sees Tropical Storm Gaemi's heaviest rainfall around center

When NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed over Tropical Storm Gaemi on Oct. 3 at 1241 UTC (8:41 a.m. EDT), the precipitation…

Physics & Astronomy

Freezing Water Droplets Create Stunning Ice Peaks

The photos are published in the American Institute of Physics' (AIP) journal Physics of Fluids. The approximately 4-millimeter diameter droplets took about 20…

Life & Chemistry

Plants Adapt Defenses to Local Pest Communities

Variation in the local pest community can therefore maintain genetic variation in plants across large geographical scales. Ecologists from the University of…

Trade Fair News

Laser-Treated Steel: A Game Changer for Automotive Design

At this year’s EuroBlech from October 23 to 27, 2012 in Hannover, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT will be presenting heat treated parts e.g….

Life & Chemistry

New Biomarkers for Type 2 Diabetes: Insights for Treatment

They can serve as basis for developing new methods of treatment and prevention of this metabolic disease. The biomarkers can also be used to determine diabetes…

Machine Engineering

New Inline Measurement System Boosts Flat Film Production Efficiency

In 2011, the German plastics processing industry generated revenues of 55.9 billion euros, up 15 percent on the previous year's figure. Approximately one third…

Life & Chemistry

Drug Reverses Brain Function in Rett Syndrome Mice Study

A promising study out today in the prestigious Journal of Neurosciences showed that in a mouse model of Rett syndrome, researchers were able to reverse…

Life & Chemistry

New Genetic Mutations Linked to Schizophrenia Identified

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have identified dozens of new spontaneous genetic mutations that play a significant role in the…

Materials Sciences

Graphene Nanopores Controlled to Read DNA Efficiently

Engineers at The University of Texas at Dallas have used advanced techniques to make the material graphene small enough to read DNA.Shrinking the size of a…

Health & Medicine

Flu Season Sparks Concerns Over Human-to-Pet Transmission

This concept, called “reverse zoonosis,” is still poorly understood but has raised concern among some scientists and veterinarians, who want to raise awareness…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Constant Breakthrough: Advancements in Space Measurement

The Hubble constant is named after 20th Century Carnegie astronomer Edwin P.Hubble, who astonished the world by discovering that our universe is expanding now…

Health & Medicine

New Drug Discovery Offers Hope for Ovarian Cancer Treatment

Scientists at USC have discovered a new type of drug for the treatment of ovarian cancer that works in a way that should not only decrease the number of doses…

Life & Chemistry

Lakes’ Unique Responses to Climate Change Uncovered

The study in question has been carried out by a group of researchers at the Department of Biology at Lund University. The research team is specifically…

Physics & Astronomy

The Science Behind Those Eye-Popping Northern Lights

An aurora borealis (aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere) is precipitated by explosions on the surface of the sun, sometimes starting as solar flares,…

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