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Study unravels health impact, interplay of diet soft drinks and overall diet

For the average person, the scientific evidence can seem confusing. A number of studies have implicated diet beverage consumption as a cause of cardiovascular…

Life & Chemistry

Gladstone Scientists Discover Key Protein in Type 2 Diabetes

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered a key protein that regulates insulin resistance—the diminished ability of cells to respond to the action…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals PTSD Risks for Emergency Dispatchers

Dispatchers who answer 911 and 999 emergency calls suffer emotional distress which can lead to symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a new study…

Life & Chemistry

Dolphins Form Unique Alliances in Shark Bay, Australia

Male dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, display the most complex group behavior of all mammals after us humans. Studies in the 1990s revealed that two to three…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Scientists clone 'survivor' elm trees

The breakthrough, published today in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, is the first known use of in vitro culture technology to clone buds of mature…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Regulators Identified in Avian and Swine Flu Viruses

The discovery, published this week in the Journal of Virology, could reveal new targets for broad-spectrum antivirals to combat current – and perhaps future –…

Awards Funding

Fraunhofer ILT’s Breakthrough in Additive Manufacturing for BLISKs

Sought-after are new developments, e.g., for sinking production costs and improving integration of innovative technologies. The team from the Fraunhofer…

Technology Offerings

Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries – Carbon coated TiO2 nanoparticles

The here presented technology provides a method for the preparation of a titanium dioxide-carbon composite and its application as active material in electrodes…

Technology Offerings

Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries – Carbon coated CoO nanoparticles

The herein presented invention provides a method for the preparation of a cobalt oxide-carbon composite and its application as active material in electrodes…

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

Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries – Carbon coated iron oxide and zinc ferrite nanoparticles

The presented technology offers methods for the synthesis and preparation of carbon coated metal oxide nanoparticles for application as anodic materials in…

Studies and Analyses

Substance Use and Internet Gambling: New Study Insights

A new study published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, led by Sylvia Kairouz of Concordia University, has compared people who gamble offline…

Life & Chemistry

Discovering Bycatch Treasures in Shrimp Fishing Nets

So far the shrimp fisherman Uwe Abken has had little interest in the bycatch in his nets. But recently the fisherman from the East Friesian town of…

Earth Sciences

West Antarctic Ice Shelves Face Dramatic Changes

The most extensive record yet of the evolution of the floating ice shelves in the eastern Amundsen Sea Embayment in West Antarctica shows that their margins,…

Health & Medicine

Excess Insulin Levels Unlikely To Cause Atherosclerosis

In humans, insulin resistance, a condition in which insulin becomes less effective at lowering blood sugar levels, coexists with hyperinsulinemia. Both are…

Life & Chemistry

Bururi Long-Fingered Frog Rediscovered After 62 Years

Herpetologists from the California Academy of Sciences and University of Texas at El Paso discovered a single specimen of the Bururi long-fingered frog…

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