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EML Advances Language Tech in EU’s TransLectures Project

The Heidelberg speech technology company EML European Media Laboratory GmbH participates in the new EU funded research project “TransLectures”. The aim of the…

CeBIT 2012

Enhancing Online Shops with Interactive 3D Objects at Cebit

Until now, web developers have been dealing with a multiplicity of different programs, in order to illustrate articles on the Internet in such a complex way. The new HTML extension XML3D, which offers the capability to describe computer scenes in spatial detail directly within the website’s code, simplifies that. An online shop can be extended with XML3D in just a few clicks, as researchers of the Saarland University’s Intel Visual Computing Institute demonstrate at stand F34 in hall 9 at the computer fair Cebit….

Earth Sciences

NASA’s LROC Uncovers New Geological Activity on the Moon

A team of researchers analyzing high-resolution images obtained by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) show small, narrow trenches typically much…

Studies and Analyses

Children’s Gender Nonconformity Linked to Abuse Risk

“In our study, women aged 40 to 49 whose breast cancer was detected by mammography were easier to treat and had less recurring disease and mortality, because…

Health & Medicine

Cognitive Rehab Boosts Brain Function in MS Patients

“These results prompt the use of specific computer-based rehabilitation programs to treat deficits in selected neuropsychological domains in patients with…

Studies and Analyses

News coverage of alcohol's harm may sway support for liquor-control laws

It's estimated that drinking is involved in almost one third of deaths from accidents and violent crime. But the news reports on those deaths often make no…

Life & Chemistry

Evolution of staph 'superbug' traced between humans and food animals

Paul Keim, Regents’ professor and director of NAU’s Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, and Lance Price, NAU faculty member and director of the Center…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Cutting-edge science creating solutions for African agriculture

Dealing with hunger and famine ¨C let alone broader food security issues ¨C is paramount and needs a global effort. Overcoming these challenges in the longer…

Innovative Products

Nanolane revolutionises conventional microscopes with Sarfus Mapping Lite

French-based Nanolane has recently created easy-to-use Sarfus Mapping Lite, a plug-in piece of apparatus, the main components of which are a set of Surf…

Earth Sciences

Russian heat wave had both manmade and natural causes

Searching for a culprit for the soaring temperatures, research teams have identified either natural or manmade causes. But a new study concludes the…

Environmental Conservation

Staghorn Coral Transplanted by Nova Southeastern University Researchers to Broward County Reef

In a delicate operation at sea, healthy staghorn coral were transplanted Friday to a threatened reef off the Broward County coast by researchers at Nova…

Environmental Conservation

Models Underestimate Future Temperature Variability; Food Security at Risk

Current climate models do not adequately reflect feedbacks from the relationship between the atmosphere and soil, which causes them to underestimate the…

Life & Chemistry

Better Control for DNA-Based Computations

The idea of using DNA molecules – the material genes are made of – to perform computations is not new; scientists have been working on it for over a decade….

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Hubble Spots a Relic from a Shredded Galaxy

Astronomers believe the black hole may once have been at the core of a now-disintegrated unseen dwarf galaxy. The discovery of the black hole and the possible…

Life & Chemistry

Meet Plants' and Algae's Common Ancestor

A University of Arkansas biologist has created a sketch of what the first common ancestor of plants and algae may have looked like. The image appears as part…

Materials Sciences

New sensor construction

A special sensor construction for strain measurement was developed in a research project at Günter-Köhler-Institut für Fügetechnik und Werkstoffprüfung GmbH…

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