When Aqua flew over Cyclone Jasmine on February 14, 2012 at 1241 UTC (7:41 a.m.), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument captured…
Imagine a smart sensor customized to provide vital, real-time information about a patient's recent orthopaedic surgery. Instead of relying on X-rays or…
Methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) infections are resistant to antibiotics and can cause a myriad of problems — bone erosion, or osteomyelitis, which…
A person has a tumor removed from her femur. A soldier is struck by an improvised explosive device and loses a portion of his tibia. A child undergoes…
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the leading multi-technological applied research organisation in Northern Europe, has developed an optical accessory…
The smallest of the four new species, Brookesia micra, reaches 24 mm in total length including tail and thus ranges among the smalles known reptile species in…
Microalgae store chemical energy as lipids including a large number of high-quality, polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Researchers from Goethe-University in…
The new modulators of sphingolipid signaling enable the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.Further Information: PDF INNOVECTIS Gesellschaft…
Scientists from Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main developed a therapeutic approach based on miRNA containing microvesicles allowing the prevention and treatment…
The present invention relates to the use of a new active agent for treating allergic and atoptic dermatitis, which furthermore effects a significant abatement…
The induction switch compoded by Frankfurt scientists allows for switching high current (kA range) for block voltages of 10 kV to 500 kV. This long-living…
Infections such as with human cytomegalovirus and a certain type of human polyomavirus frequently cause complications in transplant recipients. For these…
Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered a promising new therapy for Huntington disease that restores lost motor skills and may delay…
In the last few years, much work has been done to improve the efficiency with which these devices convert sunlight into power, including the development of new…
2011 brought two of the deadliest bacterial outbreaks the world has seen during the last 25 years. The two epidemics accounted for more than 4,200 cases of…
Researchers have gained better understanding of the workings of two key proteins that control cell division. This process must be carried out accurately to…