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Life & Chemistry

Researchers Discover Rare Leukemia-Causing Protein

These findings, slated for the July 26, 2012 print issue of Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology, could lead to cellular targets for a…

Life & Chemistry

New way to grow, isolate cancer cells may add weapon against disease

University of Illinois researchers, in collaboration with scientists at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, published their results in…

Power and Electrical Engineering

CONCERTO projects demonstrate the potential of solar energy

The projects of the EU initiative CONCERTO already illustrate how ideas presented at the trade fair can be put into practice. In the scope of the CONCERTO 58…

Life & Chemistry

DNA as Future Electronic Components

Our electronic devices are getting smaller and smaller while doing more and more. Using conventional materials, we will soon reach the practical limit. The…

Life & Chemistry

Rensselaer Scientists Unlock Some Key Secrets of Photosynthesis

New research led by chemists in the Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is seeking to detail the…

Physics & Astronomy

Earth is not Enough

This breakthrough enables new research to be pursued by the collaborators at the highest angular resolutions in astronomy, with simultaneous observations of…

Materials Sciences

Anti-aging elixir for solar cells

Sometimes it‘s just a couple of cents that decide the success or failure of a technology. As long as solar power, for instance, is still more expensive than…

Materials Sciences

Sailing with nerves of glass

The constant hunger to break new records has turned boat building into a high-tech business. The racing yachts that compete at international regattas today are…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Keeping electric vehicle batteries cool

Batteries provide the “fuel” that drives electric cars – in effect, the vehicles’ lifeblood. If batteries are to have a long service life, overheating must be…

Materials Sciences

Cleaning with sunlight

Summer is just around the corner and it’s time to dust off the garden tables and chairs. But garden furniture that has been left in the shade too long is often…

Medical Engineering

Non-slip tracheal implants

But this grid-like implant can slip out of position, closing off the windpipe altogether. Researchers are working on a special surface coating for the stents…

Materials Sciences

Feel-Good Glass: Brighten Your Home with Innovative Windows

Most people prefer to live in homes that are airy and flooded with light. Nobody likes to spend much time in a dark and dingy room. That’s no surprise, since…

Trade Fair News

DuPont and cable industry collaboration yields safer, more durable cables with Vamac® halogen-free flame resistant compounds

Close collaboration between DuPont and wire and cable makers to develop optimum formulations using Vamac® has resulted in a unique combination of properties…

Trade Fair News

DuPont™ Vamac® Ultra HT raises the temperature bar in AEM performance for turbo hose and air ducts

Vamac® Ultra HT achieves continuous heat resistance up to 180°C, with peaks to 200 °C, which, coupled with improved mechanical properties, identify it as an…

Life & Chemistry

BESC researchers tap into genetic reservoir of heat-loving bacteria

Scientists have long been on the hunt for cost-effective ways to break down complex plant material such as switchgrass in order to access sugars that are…

Health & Medicine

Mount Sinai Identifies Links Between Autism and Mental Health

Avi Reichenberg, PhD, previously a Visiting Professor and now a new faculty member at the Seaver Autism Center and the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai…

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