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Power and Electrical Engineering

NIST Advances Measurement Tech to Boost Solar Device Innovation

Innovative devices that convert sunlight to electric power more efficiently and cost effectively than the current generation of solar cell technology are the…

Health & Medicine

Alcohol Amplifies Drug Effects: Key Findings from ACS Study

Their report in ACS' journal Molecular Pharmaceutics describes laboratory experiments in which alcohol made several medications up to three times more…

Life & Chemistry

The first robot that mimics the water striders' jumping abilities

Scientists reported development of the agile microrobot, which could use its jumping ability to avoid obstacles on reconnaissance or other missions, in ACS…

Health & Medicine

New Diagnostic Tests for Personalized Medicine Advances

Celia Henry Arnaud, C&EN senior editor, points out that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved several precedent-setting cancer drugs that provide…

Health & Medicine

Uncovering Health Problems through New Research into Wastewater Reuse

But some contaminants in the water are being identified as health problems– especially pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs). New research reveals better…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Dig Through the Gene Bank to Uncover the Roots of the Evolutionary Tree

Paleontological, biochemical, and genomic studies have produced conflicting versions of the evolutionary tree. Now a team of researchers, led by a professor at…

Physics & Astronomy

X-Ray Laser Unveils 3D Images of Fragile Molecules

By outrunning a laser’s path of destruction, an international research team has created 3D images of fragile but biologically important molecules inside…

Materials Sciences

Bone tissue engineering: Attaching proteins for better regeneration

Current treatments for bone defects and bone tissue regeneration have significant limitations. Now a new method that immobilises a fusion protein in a hybrid…

Health & Medicine

Unlocking Balance: Insights into Vestibular Health Innovations

If you have ever looked over the edge of a cliff and felt dizzy, you understand the challenges faced by people who suffer from symptoms of vestibular…

Health & Medicine

New research confirms efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression

In one of the first studies to look at transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in real-world clinical practice settings, researchers at Butler Hospital, along…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Innovative Photovoltaics: Solar Cells from Any Semiconductor

A technology that would enable low-cost, high efficiency solar cells to be made from virtually any semiconductor material has been developed by researchers…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA X-ray concept inspired from a roll of Scotch® tape

Markevitch and a team of X-ray optics experts at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have begun investigating the feasibility of fashioning a…

Technology Offerings

Programmable Aperture Enhances Analysis of Eye Conditions

The invention allows ophthalmologists to better quantify scattered light in the anterior eye segment and to grade lens opacities in cataract patients. Owing to…

Life & Chemistry

Mediterranean Earthworm Thrives in Ireland Amid Climate Change

The findings by University College Dublin scientists published in the journal Biology Letters on 25 July 2012 suggest that rising soil temperatures due to…

Life & Chemistry

Chemical Breakthrough Restores Vision in Blind Mice

A team of University of California, Berkeley, scientists in collaboration with researchers at the University of Munich and University of Washington in Seattle…

Studies and Analyses

New Class of Synthetic Vaccines Explored by Scientists

In a study published in the journal Nano Letters, Biodesign immunologist Yung Chang joined forces with her colleagues, including DNA nanotechnology innovator…

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