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Earth Sciences

New Study Shows Early North Americans Lived with Extinct Giant Beasts

The study published online today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology addresses the century-long debate among scientists about whether human and mammal…

Environmental Conservation

Africa's Rift Valley Saved by Parks

Book documents changes in climate, habitat, wildlife, and conservation in globally important region spanning five countriesThe Ecological Impact of Long-Term…

Health & Medicine

Sloppy Shipping of Human Retina Leads Researchers to Discover New Treatment Path for Eye Disease

Working at IU's Biocomplexity Institute, postdoctoral researcher Abbas Shirinifard had hit a brick wall trying to develop detailed computer simulations of the…

Health & Medicine

Robot Reveals the Inner Workings of Brain Cells

However, achieving this entry is such a painstaking task that it is considered an art form; it is so difficult to learn that only a small number of labs in the…

Physics & Astronomy

Martian Rover 'Opportunity' Finds Evidence of Water Flows at Ancient Impact Crater Endeavour

“The rover discovered evidence for low temperature liquid water and environments that would be conducive for life,” said Scott M. McLennan, Professor of…

Life & Chemistry

Yeast Insights: Understanding Cell Division in Human Evolution

The adult human body consists of trillions of cells. Cell proliferation is accomplished by means of cell division in which an existing cell serves as the exact…

Technology Offerings

Dual intercalation secondary battery – Using intercalation of ions into both electrodes simultaneously

The here presented technology offers electrochemical energy storage cells, in which positive and negative ions can be intercalated into both anode and cathode…

Technology Offerings

Smart Replication Boosts Big Data Handling Efficiency

Scientists from Saarland University have developed substantial enhancements of Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and Hadoop MapReduce which dramatically…

Physics & Astronomy

Fast, Low-Power All-Optical Switch Revolutionizes Photonics Integration

An optical switch developed at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) spurs the prospective integration of photonics and electronics. What, isn't electronics good…

Corporate News

Johannes Kepler University, Linz/Austria: IPMT Uses Three Instron Electrodynamic Testing Systems to …

Undergraduate and post-graduate students at the Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing (ipmt) at Johannes Kepler University (JKU) in Linz in Austria can…

Life & Chemistry

New Thermally Stable Solar Cell Materials Enhance Efficiency

European researchers have developed a simple thermodynamic method to predict whether a substance can resist the high temperatures normally involved in the…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Unique Propagation Strategies in Plant Innovation

These differ in part considerably from the propagation strategies of endemic plant species. Dr. Ingolf Kühn and Dr. Sonja Knapp of the Helmholtz Centre for…

Environmental Conservation

Gas Development Linked to Wildlife Habitat Loss

Five-year behavioral study shows large-scale industrializationof landscape is driving pronghorn from wintering groundsWCS has provided recommendations to…

Health & Medicine

Scientists Gain New Understanding of Alzheimer's Trigger

The finding, reported in the May 2 online edition of the journal Nature, could lead to more effective treatments for Alzheimer's. Already, Probiodrug AG, based…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Handful of Heavyweight Trees Per Acre Are Forest Champs

This means just a few towering white fir, sugar pine and incense cedars per acre at the Yosemite site are disproportionately responsible for photosynthesis,…

Trade Fair News

Siemens Showcases Glass Innovations at Mir Stekla 2023

This international exhibition for glass products, manufacturing, processing, construction materials and applications opens its doors from June 13 – 16, 2012. Siemens will be present in Pavilion 1, booth D23, with a range of solutions from batch preparation through glass manufacture and further processing to finished glass machining….

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