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NASA Captures Cyclone Jasmine Near Tonga with MODIS Imaging

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…

Health & Medicine

Smart Device Transforms Orthopaedic Recovery With Real-Time Data

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…

Life & Chemistry

New Immunization Promises Hope Against MRSA Infections

Methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) infections are resistant to antibiotics and can cause a myriad of problems — bone erosion, or osteomyelitis, which…

Health & Medicine

Building Bone From Cartilage: A Breakthrough in Regeneration

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…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Finnish research organisation VTT combines mobile phone technology and microscopy

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the leading multi-technological applied research organisation in Northern Europe, has developed an optical accessory…

Life & Chemistry

Rivaling the World's smallest Reptiles: New tiny Chameleons discovered in Madagascar

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…

Technology Offerings

Boosting Lipid Concentration in Microalgae Through Genetic Manipulation

Microalgae store chemical energy as lipids including a large number of high-quality, polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Researchers from Goethe-University in…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Sphingolipid Modulators for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

The new modulators of sphingolipid signaling enable the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.Further Information: PDF INNOVECTIS Gesellschaft…

Technology Offerings

miRNA Microvesicles: New Hope for Cardiovascular Treatment

Scientists from Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main developed a therapeutic approach based on miRNA containing microvesicles allowing the prevention and treatment…

Technology Offerings

New Active Agent for Allergic & Atopic Dermatitis 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…

Technology Offerings

Frankfurt Scientists Unveil High-Current Induction Switch

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…

Life & Chemistry

Stress in Cells Triggers Hepatitis Virus Activation

Infections such as with human cytomegalovirus and a certain type of human polyomavirus frequently cause complications in transplant recipients. For these…

Health & Medicine

U of A medical researchers discover 'very promising' treatment for Huntington disease

Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered a promising new therapy for Huntington disease that restores lost motor skills and may delay…

Physics & Astronomy

UCLA Engineers Achieve Record Energy Conversion with Solar Cells

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…

Life & Chemistry

Georgia Tech’s New Software Analyzes Foodborne Pathogens Fast

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…

Life & Chemistry

Cell discovery strengthens quest for cancer treatments

Researchers have gained better understanding of the workings of two key proteins that control cell division. This process must be carried out accurately to…

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