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Innovative Ceramic Channels for Efficient Metal Casting

Foundries need ceramic channels to cast

molten light metals into the moulds. Traditionally

casting channels are made of oxidic
…

Health & Medicine

Severe flu increases risk of Parkinson's: UBC research

However, the opposite is true for people who contracted a typical case of red measles as children – they are 35 per cent less likely to develop Parkinson's, a…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Aqua Satellite sees Khanun's remnants dissipating over China

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Khanun on July 18, 19 and 20 and tracked the northeastern progression of the tropical cyclone after it made landfall. On…

Physics & Astronomy

Radiation Damage Surprises Microelectronics Research Insights

That is the surprising result of a new characterization method that uses a combination of lasers and acoustic waves to provide scientists with a capability…

Life & Chemistry

New Brain Protein Linked to Metabolism and Neurodegenerative Diseases

A protein essential for metabolism and recently associated with neurodegenerative diseases also occurs in several brain-specific forms. This discovery emerged…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA’s Hi-C Captures Solar Corona in Stunning 16MP Detail

The 16-megapixel images were captured by NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, which was launched on a sounding rocket on July 11th. The Hi-C…

Physics & Astronomy

Dark Energy’s Impact: Will the Universe End in a Big Rip?

Several possible scenarios are possible depending on the properties of dark energy; one is that the Universe will end in a so-called big rip. This interesting…

Life & Chemistry

New Method Links Genetic Variation to Crop Traits

The technique, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, links important agronomic traits in crop plants with active regions of the genome. Instead of…

Life & Chemistry

Caltech Team Reverse Engineers Jellyfish for New Insights

The mythological Medusa's gaze turned people into stone, and now, thanks to recent advances in bio-inspired engineering, a team led by researchers at the…

Health & Medicine

HPV Testing Could Ease Cervical Cancer Screening for HIV-Positive Women

A new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University suggests that HIV-positive women may be able to use new methods that…

Environmental Conservation

Aquaculture Innovation: 14 German Leaders Unite in AQUZENTE

Under the leadership of ttz Bremerhaven 14 players of the German aquaculture sector have joined forces in the network AQUZENTE. Technological innovations for…

Life & Chemistry

New genomic sequencing method enables 'smarter' anaysis of individual cells

Only by viewing a Seurat painting at close range can you appreciate the hidden complexities of pointillism – small, distinct dots of pure color applied in…

Studies and Analyses

Pre-Season Fitness: Impact on Injury Risk in Athletes

Fitness evaluation and pre-participation are standard practice in university sport. They screen the athletes for health problems and for high-risk behaviors…

Life & Chemistry

New Genetic Mutations Linked to Common Childhood Brain Tumors

“We tend to treat all medulloblastomas as one disease without taking into account how heterogeneous the tumors are at the molecular level,” said Yoon-Jae Cho,…

Earth Sciences

Ancient Meteorites Reveal Clues About Early Solar System

New research from a team including Carnegie's Doug Rumble and Liping Qin focuses on one particularly old type of meteorite called diogenites. These samples…

Life & Chemistry

Lighting up the plant hormone 'command system'

Similarly understanding a plant's temperature sensitivity could also help improve agriculture and feed more people. Two new papers from Carnegie's Zhiyong Wang…

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