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Physics & Astronomy

Physicists Find Patterns in New State of Matter

In a paper published in the March 29 issue of the journal Nature, the scientists describe the emergence of “spontaneous coherence,” “spin textures” and “phase…

Life & Chemistry

A New Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene

Sean Tavtigian, Ph.D., a Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) investigator and associate professor in the Department of Oncological Sciences at the University of…

Physics & Astronomy

A Star Explodes and Turns Inside Out

Using very long observations of Cassiopeia A (or Cas A), a team of scientists has mapped the distribution elements in the supernova remnant in unprecedented…

Life & Chemistry

Crocodiles Trump T.Rex as Heavyweight Bite-Force Champions

Paul M. Gignac, Ph.D., Instructor of Research, Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and colleagues at Florida State…

Life & Chemistry

Bavaria Invests in Solar Energy Research Innovations

With the supplementary budget of 2011, the Free State of Bavaria gets involved in the research on innovative concepts for the conversion of solar energy into…

Trade Fair News

French Pavilion at the heart of Internet World 2012

The French Pavilion (Stand E1090, at Earl's Court 2, in Central London) will offer a unique environment in which company representatives can discover new…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Enjoying Radio While Driving Electric: A German Favorite

Listening to the radio is a favorite German pastime. Every day, more than 60 million people turn their radios on, especially while driving, and studies show…

Architecture & Construction

Ensuring Built Structure Security: Lessons from the Gotthard Fire

On October 24, 2001 a devastating fire broke out in the St. Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland, costing eleven people their lives. The main traffic route…

Materials Sciences

Detecting Defects in Ship Propellers: Improving Safety Standards

During the casting process, pores and miniscule cracks can form that in the worst case may cause a blade to break. Now these massive components can be…

Architecture & Construction

Transforming Urban Spaces: 3D Planning Tool for Cities

Fine dust, aircraft noise and the buzz of highways have a negative impact on a city‘s inhabitants. Urban planners have to take a lot of information into…

Materials Sciences

Enhancing Metal Durability: Innovations in Ceramics Shooting

In corrosive, high-temperature environments, metals quickly lose their elasticity. Beyond certain temperatures the material fails and its properties are…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Breakthrough Cordless Pacemakers: Redefining Heart Care

For more than 50 years, pacemakers have set the rhythm for many hearts. The engineering of microelectronic implants has since advanced by leaps and bounds:…

Health & Medicine

Scientists Discover Way to Combat Rare Childhood Disease

Rutgers scientists think they have found a way to prevent and possibly reverse the most debilitating symptoms of a rare, progressive childhood degenerative…

Studies and Analyses

Mayo Clinic Reports Alarming Rise in Skin Cancer Among Young Adults

Even as the rates of some cancers are falling, Mayo Clinic is seeing an alarming trend: the dramatic rise of skin cancer, especially among people under 40….

Health & Medicine

Measles Vaccines Safe: No Link to Febrile Seizures in Kids

Funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the study of 86,750 children follows an earlier study published in Pediatrics that showed one particular…

Life & Chemistry

'Druggable' protein complex identified as a therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukemia

Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. – Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have identified a candidate drug target for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a…

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