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Scientists Uncover Exciting Lead into Premature Ageing and Heart Disease

This research was done by A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) in collaboration with their partners at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Chandra Sees Remarkable Outburst From Old Black Hole

The discovery, made by astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, provides new insight into the nature of a mysterious class of black holes that can…

Life & Chemistry

Key Protein’s Newly Discovered Form and Function May Provide Novel Cancer Treatment Target

Research led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators suggests that safeguarding cell survival and maintaining a balanced immune system is just…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Develop Rapid Test Strips for Bacterial Contamination in Swimming Water

Now, researchers at McMaster University have developed a rapid testing method using a simple paper strip that can detect E. coli in recreational water within…

Trade Fair News

Instant Food Quality Testing: Know Before You Buy

Is that pear ripe? Or will you be annoyed when you get home and discover that the one you bought is neither sweet nor juicy? And what about that meat? Does it…

Trade Fair News

Exploring Energy Potential in High-Speed Freight Trains

The freight train races through the landscape at high speed, the train cars clattering along the tracks. The cars are rudely shaken, back and forth. The…

Information Technology

Flying 3D Eye-Bots: A New Era in Aerial Robotics

Like a well-rehearsed formation team, a flock of flying robots rises slowly into the air with a loud buzzing noise. A good two dozen in number, they perform an…

Health & Medicine

Advanced Hip Implant Promises Long-Term Durability

Each year, doctors implant some 200,000 artificial hip joints. Often the artificial hips need to be replaced just ten years later. In the future, a new implant…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Optimizing Solar Power Plant Planning for Renewable Growth

The share of renewable energies in the overall energy mix is rising rapidly worldwide. With three-fi gure growth rates, photovoltaics (PV) play a major role….

Trade Fair News

Enhance Sharing with a Mini-Projector for Smartphones

It‘s convenient to be able to show people vacation snapshots on a smartphone. Butpicture details are often hard to make out – the display is simply too small….

Health & Medicine

Fish Oil Capsules: A Surprising Boost for Kidney Health

Over the past decade, there has been a steady stream of information promoting the health benefits of fish oil capsules. According to Dr. Louise Moist, a…

Studies and Analyses

Sports and Energy Drinks: Impact on Dental Health Explored

A recent study published in the May/June 2012 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the Academy of General Dentistry, found that an…

Medical Engineering

New Surgical Technique for Inoperable Abdominal Tumors

A case report published in the journal American Journal of Transplantation presents a novel surgical technique that enables surgeons to remove tumors that are…

Life & Chemistry

Smart Gas Sensors Enhance Airborne Chemical Detection

These devices do all this by identifying and measuring airborne chemicals, and a new, more sensitive, smart model is under development at the University of…

Earth Sciences

UCSB Geographers Advance Drought Predictions in Africa

Food aid and other humanitarian efforts could be put together sooner and executed better, say UC Santa Barbara geographers Chris Funk, Greg Husak, and Joel…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers find potential 'dark side' to diets high in beta-carotene

This antioxidant is a naturally occurring pigment that gives color to foods such as carrots, sweet potatoes and certain greens. It also converts to vitamin A,…

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