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Studies and Analyses

A Zap of Cold Plasma Reduces Harmful Bacteria on Raw Chicken

Although recent high-profile outbreaks of foodborne illness have involved contaminated fresh produce, the most common source of harmful bacteria in food is…

Studies and Analyses

Where Is Memory Stored?

The University of Haifa is hosting an international conference of leading brain researchers from around the world next week, where the participants will be…

Physics & Astronomy

BU Astrophysicist Leads Team That Discovers “Sloshing” Gas in Galaxy Cluster

Boston—Boston University astrophysicist Elizabeth Blanton led a team of researchers in the discovery of vast clouds of hot gas “sloshing” in Abell 2052, a…

Life & Chemistry

New Technology Shows Molecules and Cells in Action

The behavior of cells and molecules can prove even more elusive. Limitations in biomedical imaging technologies have hampered attempts to understand cellular…

Transportation and Logistics

Siemens Unveils First Desiro RUS Train for Sochi Region

Russian Railways (RZD) visited their first Desiro RUS regional multiple-unit train at the Siemens factory in Krefeld and released it for shipment: Delivery by…

Life & Chemistry

Bacterial Plasmids — the Freeloading and the Heavy-Lifters — Balance the High Price of Disease

The research confirms that the ability of bacteria to cause disease comes at a significant cost that is only counterbalanced by the benefits they experience…

Life & Chemistry

Rearranging the Cell’s Skeleton

Cell biologists at Johns Hopkins have identified key steps in how certain molecules alter a cell’s skeletal shape and drive the cell’s movement. Results of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Developing Power-Over-Fiber Communications Cable: When Total Isolation Is a Good Thing

It’s common to isolate communications between systems or devices by using fiber optic cables, said Steve Sanderson of Sandia’s mobility analysis and technical…

Trade Fair News

VEGEPOLYS takes Fleuron d'Anjou's Melkior to Fruit Logistica 2012

Open to all breeders of fruit and vegetables in Europe, the 2012 competition has rewarded Fleuron d'Anjou with the Gold Prize for its Melkior organically…

Physics & Astronomy

Manipulating the texture of magnetism

Knowing how to control the combined magnetic properties of interacting electrons will provide the basis to develop an important tool for advancing spintronics:…

Life & Chemistry

Economizing chemistry, atom by atom

In chemistry, downsizing can have positive attributes. Reducing the number of steps and reagents in synthetic reactions, for example, enables chemists to boost…

Life & Chemistry

Holding back immunity

When the body’s own cells turn into ticking time bombs, as in cases of viral infection or cancerous transformation, a mechanism known as ‘cross-presentation’…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Biosolar Breakthrough Promises Cheap, Easy Green Electricity

Bruce collaborated with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Switzerland to develop a process that…

Materials Sciences

Microscopy Reveals ‘Atomic Antenna’ Behavior in Graphene

With unique properties and potential applications in areas from electronics to biodevices, graphene, which consists of a single sheet of carbon atoms, has been…

Life & Chemistry

Global Research Initiative Sheds Light on Insect Evolution

It will unravel the secrets of the evolutionary history of insects using a molecular data set of unparalleled dimensions and quality. Started in September…

Life & Chemistry

Precision Folds: Innovating Nanoscale Structures with DNA

DNA is not merely a carrier of genetic information; DNA is a useful building material for nanoscale structures. In a way similar to origami, the Japanese art…

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