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New HEVC Standard Boosts Film Encoding Efficiency

Reputable manufacturers of televisions, computers and mobile telephones, working jointly with Fraunhofer researchers, are developing a new standard for data…

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Smart Mini-Camera Delivers Instant Metadata Insights

This is why researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS created an intelligent camera that instantly delivers additional metadata, such…

Earth Sciences

Cold European Winters Linked to Solar Activity Insights

Yet records of average, seasonal temperatures do not date back far enough to confirm any patterns. Now, armed with a unique proxy, an international team of…

Life & Chemistry

Learning 1 of cancer's tricks

Behaving something like ravenous monsters, tumors need plentiful supplies of cellular building blocks such as amino acids and nucleotides in order to keep…

Life & Chemistry

Chimp vs. Human DNA: Key Differences Revealed in Research

In research published in September’s American Journal of Human Genetics, Yi looked at brain samples of each species. She found that differences in certain DNA…

Earth Sciences

NASA Observes Newborn Tropical Storm Joyce in Atlantic

When NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured an image of Tropical Depression 10 (TD10) on Aug. 23 at 7:45 a.m. EDT it appeared to have a well-rounded circulation….

Studies and Analyses

Guiding Choices for Pancreatic Cancer Patients Facing Death

This raises a tough question: should patients who know they are going to die soon spend a substantial amount of what little time they have left undergoing…

Transportation and Logistics

World’s longest bus premieres in Dresden

The premiere of »the world’s longest bus« attracted many visitors and press. Earlier in the afternoon, politicians and researchers visited the vehicle,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Insights into Wood Formation Enhance Plant Biology

In research published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of Aug. 20, the team found that one member of a family of proteins…

Life & Chemistry

Study Uncovers Melanoma Stem Cells That Resist Chemotherapy

These stem cells resist chemotherapy and many researchers posit their role in relapse. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the…

Life & Chemistry

Nanoparticles Enhance Brain Blood Flow for Emergency Care

A nanoparticle developed at Rice University and tested in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) may bring great benefits to the emergency…

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DuPont at Chillventa 2012: New Technologies to Reduce Refrigerants’ Environmental Impact

At Chillventa 2012 from October 9 to 11 in Nuremberg/Germany, DuPont Refrigerants (Hall 4, Booth 410) will be showcasing new refrigerant solutions that will…

Environmental Conservation

Ocean Floor Survey Reveals Abundant Juvenile Scallops

Unofficially dubbed the “Seahorse” because of its curved and spiny profile, the instrument is the latest and most sophisticated version of a survey system…

Environmental Conservation

For juvenile moose, momma's boys and girls fare best

Based on ten years of fieldwork in the Tetons of Wyoming, WCS Conservation Biologist, University of Montana Professor and study author Dr. Joel Berger looked…

Earth Sciences

Antarctic Ice Sheet Quakes Reveal Insights on Ice Movement

“No one has ever seen anything with such regularity,” said Lucas K. Zoet, recent Penn State Ph. D. recipient, now a postdoctoral fellow at Iowa State…

Life & Chemistry

Bigger Creatures Live Longer: The Science Behind Their Journey

What this law proposes is that anything that flows — a river, bloodstream or highway network — will evolve toward the same basic configuration out of a need…

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