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Environmental Conservation

Transforming Wastewater: Unlocking Recyclable Resources

Wastewater is not simply waste. Besides a considerable amount of energy, the sludge produced during wastewater treatment contains also a number of vital…

Corporate News

Siemens Acquires VRcontext to Enhance 3D Industrial Software

With its Walkinside product family, VRcontext is one of the leading developers of 3D visualization and training software for displaying complex engineering…

Health & Medicine

Antibiotics May Replace Surgery for Appendicitis Treatment

In her thesis, Jeanette Hansson discusses two major clinical studies of adult patients with acute appendicitis. In the first study she compares surgery with…

Environmental Conservation

Preserving Large Females to Combat Atlantic Cod Overfishing

In overfished areas, there is often a shortage of large and old cod, and the fish become sexually mature at a younger age. Researchers have feared that this…

Life & Chemistry

Biodiversity Loss: Nature’s Fragile Balance and Climate Impact

High biodiversity acts as an insurance policy for nature and society alike as it increases the likelihood that at least some species will be sufficiently…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Chandra Shows Milky Way Is Surrounded by Halo of Hot Gas

If the size and mass of this gas halo is confirmed, it also could be an explanation for what is known as the “missing baryon” problem for the galaxy.Baryons…

Life & Chemistry

Discovery May Shed Light on Why Some HIV-Positive Patients Have More Virus

Their findings, detailed in a paper in this week’s advance online issue of the journal Nature, could also shed light on the mystery of why some people with HIV…

Life & Chemistry

Newly Discovered Molecule Could Deliver Drugs to Treat Diseases

For the first time, researchers have designed and created a membrane-bounded vesicle formed entirely of peptides — molecules made up of amino acids, the…

Materials Sciences

Novel Materials Become Multifunctional at Ultimate Quantum Limit

Jak Chakhalian, Jian Liu, Derek Meyers and Benjamin Gray of the University of Arkansas and John W. Freeland and Phillip Ryan of the Advanced Photon Source at…

Physics & Astronomy

Advancing Optical Frequency Signals with Surface Plasmon Polariton

Many researchers have tried to transmit optical signals through SPPs for application to photonic integrated circuits. However, optical frequency signal…

Social Sciences

Sociable Trash Box: Enhancing Interactions with Proxemics

These factors can be utilized as an interpersonal boundary-control mechanism which is totally dependent on encouraging or discouraging another person’s…

Studies and Analyses

Long-Term Study of Cigarette and Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Shows Knowledge Gap in Perceived Health Risks

The study, the first of its kind to assess trends in cigarette and waterpipe tobacco smoke based on long-term data, reveals few users perceive dangers of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Hotter Is Better: Energy Efficiency in Data Centers

As data centres continue to come under scrutiny for the amount of energy they use, researchers at University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) have a suggestion:…

Studies and Analyses

Urban Coyotes: New Study Reveals 100% Monogamy Insights

The finding sheds light on why the North American cousin of the dog and wolf, which is originally native to deserts and plains, is thriving today in urban…

Interdisciplinary Research

Geographic Software Enhances CSI: Mapping Features in Bones

In a recent issue of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, researchers describe how they used commercially available mapping software to identify…

Health & Medicine

Umeå researchers even closer to early detection of Parkinson’s disease

The project is an example of bridging the gap between basic and clinical research in care environments. The new findings are based on close cooperation between…

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