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Life & Chemistry

Project MICREAgents: Smart Microscopic Reagents for Electronics

First place in an EU competitive call on “Unconventional Computing” was awarded to a collaborative proposal coordinated by Prof. John McCaskill from the RUB…

Physics & Astronomy

Magnetic Vortex Unlocks Spintronic Speed Potential

The evolution of digital electronics is a story of miniaturization – each generation of circuitry requires less space and energy to perform the same tasks. But…

Earth Sciences

Shuttle Exhaust Tracking Unveils Insights on Atmospheric Winds

As the plume of vapor spread and floated on air currents high in Earth's atmosphere, it crossed through the observation paths of seven separate sets of…

Environmental Conservation

Male Snails Babysit: A Surprising Parental Role Uncovered

The surprising new finding by researchers at the University of California, Davis, puts S. macrospira in a small club of reproductive outliers characterized by…

Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Tropical Storm Bolaven Landfall in North Korea

On Aug. 27, NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite monitored the rainfall rates within Tropical Storm Bolaven. At the time TRMM passed…

Earth Sciences

Cooler Waters Help Diminish Isaac's Punch › Larger image

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina's maximum wind speeds increased dramatically as the storm passed over a warm ocean circulation feature called the Loop Current that…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Electrically Conductive Adhesive with Carbon Nanotubes

<b>TU159/05.04.2011</b><br><br>

The invention relates to an electrically conductive adhesive consisting of a conductive phase of carbon nanotubes distributed…

Earth Sciences

Scientist Sees Arctic Ice Loss Firsthand

A University of Delaware marine scientist can confirm some of that ice loss firsthand. In a short video he filmed, Andreas Muenchow, aboard the Canadian…

Trade Fair News

Instron at Fakuma 2012: Measurement and Testing Systems for Research, Development and Quality Assurance

Testing systems being showcased range from systems for the measurement of flow properties, through impact testers, to solutions for static and dynamic…

Environmental Conservation

Cooled Coal Emissions: Cleaner Air and Lower Costs Explained

The computations for such a system, prepared on an electronic spreadsheet, appeared in Physical Review E, a journal of the American Physical Society.In a…

Environmental Conservation

Darwin Discovered to Be Right: Eastern Pacific Barrier is Virtually Impassable by Coral Species

Darwin hypothesized in 1880 that most species could not disperse across the marine barrier, and Baums's study is the first comprehensive test of that…

Life & Chemistry

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low Amid Climate Change Concerns

The extent of Arctic sea ice on Aug. 26, as measured by the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager on the U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program spacecraft and…

Earth Sciences

NASA Watching Issac&#039;s Approach to U.S. Gulf Coast

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Tropical Storm Isaac on Aug. 27 at…

Life & Chemistry

Plants Prepare for Winter: Discover Their Survival Secrets

In the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Michael Thomashow, University Distinguished Professor of molecular genetics,…

Life & Chemistry

Panda Preferences Shape Scent-Marking Tree Choices

One means of this communication occurs through scent marking. A recent study by San Diego Zoo Global researchers, collaborating with researchers at the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Microwave Ovens May Help Produce Lower Cost Solar Energy Technology

Engineers at Oregon State University have for the first time developed a way to use microwave heating in the synthesis of copper zinc tin sulfide, a promising…

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