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Environmental Conservation

Rapid Method for Measuring Product Carbon Footprints

Researchers have developed new software that can rapidly calculate the carbon footprints of thousands of products simultaneously, a process that up to now has…

Materials Sciences

3D Printing Microstructures: Fast Advances in Nanoengineering

Near term, the technology could lead to better systems for growing and studying cells, including stem cells, in the laboratory. Long-term, the goal is to be…

Life & Chemistry

Giant Viruses Redefine Our Understanding of Life’s Tree

The new findings appear in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology.The researchers used a relatively new method to peer into the distant past. Rather than…

Life & Chemistry

Marine Life Adapts as Arctic Ice Melts: Survival Strategies

With sea ice in the Arctic melting to record lows in summer months, marine animals living there face dramatic changes to their environment. Yet some…

Studies and Analyses

Exploring Doubts: A Scientific Look at Marriage Decisions

Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one.—VoltaireIn the first scientific study to test whether doubts about getting married are…

Life & Chemistry

Neuronal Circuit Dysfunction in Autism Found Reversible

Peter Scheiffele and Kaspar Vogt, Professors at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, have identified a specific dysfunction in neuronal circuits that is…

Studies and Analyses

Rural Americans Face Higher Obesity Rates Than Urban Peers

A new study finds that Americans living in rural areas are more likely to be obese than city dwellers. Published in the National Rural Health Association's…

Health & Medicine

Cystic Fibrosis: SES Impacts Lung Transplant Access

“While earlier studies have indicated that SES does not affect access to care for cystic fibrosis, ours is the first study to examine the relationship between…

Event News

Stem Cell Researchers Gather in Leipzig for Annual Meeting

The Abstract Deadline has been extended until 24 September.The annual meeting brings together participants with industrial, academic and clinical backgrounds,…

Studies and Analyses

How Huntington’s Mutation Enhances Learning Speed

People who bear the genetic mutation for Huntington’s disease learn faster than healthy people. The more pronounced the mutation was, the more quickly they…

Life & Chemistry

Teamwork in the Tropics: Pollinators and Frugivores Unite

It is in good company, since other seed-dispersing birds and pollinating insects in the tropics are also – contrary to prior doctrine – less specialised on…

Event News

The crème de la crème of security experts to meet at the University of Passau

The conference will be chaired by Professor Joachim Posegga (General Chair) of the Institute of IT Security and Security Law at the University of Passau, and…

Technology Offerings

Innovative IgY Approach to Target Celiac Disease Peptides

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Celiac disease is a worldwide autoimmune disorder characterized by gluten intolerance, and is associated with a number of…

Event News

Munich Cleantech Conference 2023: Energy Transition Insights

More than 1,000 participants have participated in the successful conference series, with discussions featuring over 120 experts from research institution -…

Environmental Conservation

Powerful Tool to Fight Wildlife Crime Unveiled

A free high-tech tool to combat the wildlife poaching crisis was offered to grassroots rangers by a consortium of conservation organizations at the World…

Physics & Astronomy

European Particle Physics Refreshes Long-Term Strategy

This symposium comes at a turning point for the field, following hot on the heels of the announcement in July by CERN experiments ATLAS and CMS of the…

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