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Physics & Astronomy

A Galaxy From The Universe’s Nursery

An international team of researchers that includes astrophysicists of Heidelberg University has discovered a galaxy straight from the nursery of the universe….

Power and Electrical Engineering

Innovative Materials for Efficient Hydrogen Storage Solutions

New car engines that run on hydrogen produce only water as exhaust and are three to four times more efficient than ordinary internal combustion engines. Just…

Technology Offerings

Modulated Radar Signals Enhance Short-Range Vehicle Safety

All signal components (both the carrier signals and the frequency-modulated signal components) can be evaluated and therefore can resolve ambiguities. Avoid…

Seminars Workshops

3rd Aachen Steel Polishing Workshop: Insights & Innovations

Industry and research focusing on polishing technologiesThe aim of the workshop is to discuss current issues with the participants and determine the…

Physics & Astronomy

Quasars: Mileposts marking the universe's expansion

The technique, combined with the expected discovery of millions more far-away quasars over the next decade, could yield an unprecedented look back to a time…

Physics & Astronomy

Protecting Humans on Mars: Insights from Curiosity Rover

For six weeks the rover „Curiosity” is now working on Mars. NASA also plans to send humans to Mars within the next 20 years. On the flight and during the stay…

Health & Medicine

Early Menopause Doubles Heart Disease and Stroke Risk

Women who go into early menopause are twice as likely to suffer from coronary heart disease and stroke, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests.The association…

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria Linked to Increased Pancreatic Cancer Risk

A new study finds significant associations between antibodies for multiple oral bacteria and the risk of pancreatic cancer, adding support for the emerging…

Life & Chemistry

Sleep Deprivation’s Impact on Bone Health and Metabolism

They discovered abnormalities in serum markers of bone metabolism in sleep-deprived rats, which led them to conduct direct measurements of bone parameters;…

Environmental Conservation

Record High Sea Surface Temperatures on Northeast Shelf

During the first six months of 2012, sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem were the highest ever recorded, according to the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

World’s first test site with multiple floating vertical axis wind turbines

The INFLOW (INdustrialization setup of a FLoating Offshore Wind turbine) demo project, directed by French engineering company Technip, will see the deployment…

Health & Medicine

Stop diabetes with insulin tablets

There are indications that this could be the case. In the international TrialNet study*, which follows relatives of individuals with type 1 diabetes,…

Life & Chemistry

RUB researchers clarify catalysis mechanism of cell growth protein Ras

Proteins accelerate certain chemical reactions in cells by several orders of magnitude. The molecular mechanism by which the Ras protein accelerates the…

Environmental Conservation

Surprising demographic shifts in endangered monkey population challenge conservation expectations

These Brazilian primates are critically endangered, but in the past 30 years a population on a private reserve has grown from just 60 individuals to some 300,…

Studies and Analyses

Study in PNAS Puts UofSC Topper Site in Middle of Comet Controversy

That’s a question that has been hotly debated by scientists since 2007, with the University of South Carolina’s Topper archaeological site right in the middle…

Earth Sciences

UA Climate Scientists put Predictions to the Test

Climate-prediction models show skills in forecasting climate trends over time spans of greater than 30 years and at the geographical scale of continents, but…

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