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Materials Sciences

Exploring Versatile, Multifunctional Materials in Innovation

Beginning with an investigation into the properties of various types of indigenous woods, today this has grown into a research area with many branches – from…

Health & Medicine

Breast Cancer Tumors: Resistance to Common Chemotherapy Uncovered

Some breast cancer tumours may be resistant to a common chemotherapy treatment, suggests recent medical research at the University of Alberta.Principal…

Life & Chemistry

Nanoparticles and Magnetic Currents Target Cancer Cells in Mice

The findings, published recently in the journal Theranostics, mark the first time to the researchers' knowledge this cancer type has been treated using…

Trade Fair News

Nord-Pas-de-Calais shines with engineering excellence at Hannover fair

Attended by professionals from all over the world, the Hannover trade fair (known as Hannover Messe in German) is the international event of reference for…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Smart Wind Turbines That Adapt to Changing Winds

Most turbines are designed to produce maximum allowable power once winds reach a certain speed, called the rated speed. In winds above or below the rated…

Materials Sciences

ORNL Converts Polyethylene to Carbon Fiber: A New Process

In a paper published in Advanced Materials, a team led by Amit Naskar of the Materials Science and Technology Division outlined a method that allows not only…

Physics & Astronomy

Writing graphene circuitry with ion 'pens'

The team has developed a promising new technique for creating graphene patterns on top of silicon carbide (SiC). SiC comprises both silicon and carbon, but at…

Physics & Astronomy

New Cellular Automation Model Reveals Tumor-Host Interactions

To better understand the role complex tumor-host interactions play in tumor growth, Princeton University researchers developed a cellular automation model for…

Studies and Analyses

Ingesting Placenta: Can Afterbirth Offer Health Benefits?

A paper by neuroscientists at the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State College suggests that ingestion of components of afterbirth or placenta –…

Physics & Astronomy

Billions of Rocky Planets Found in Milky Way’s Habitable Zones

A recent announcement (eso1204 – http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1204/), showing that planets are ubiquitous in our galaxy used a different method that was…

Physics & Astronomy

Game Theory Sheds Light on Cancer Cell Dynamics

In the context of cancer, cooperator cells obey the general rules of communal survival, while cheater cells do not. The ultimate goal of this research was to…

Physics & Astronomy

Photoacoustics Technique Detects Minimal Cancer Cells Effectively

But one of the major limitations of these technologies is their inability to detect the presence of only a few cancer cells. Now, a research collaboration…

Information Technology

Computer System Identifies Liars

Results so far are promising: In a study of 40 videotaped conversations, an automated system that analyzed eye movements correctly identified whether interview…

Life & Chemistry

Hammerhead Shark Double Whammy

According to an April 2012 article in the scientific journal Marine Biology, the new look-alike hammerhead species has now been discovered more than 4,300…

Environmental Conservation

How to save Europe's most threatened butterflies

Each Member State has a responsibility to conserve these species. The new report will provide crucial information on how to achieve this goal and meet their…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Braille: New Method for DNA Identification Revealed

The work is reported in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.Using the approach they call “Direct Molecular Recognition,” the UCLA and NYU researchers…

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