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Channeling into cell control

A research team from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Wako has visualized and accurately modeled the molecular changes that open and close the internal…

Life & Chemistry

Unraveling the Chinese cabbage genome

Clues into the evolutionary diversification of brassicas have emerged from the draft Chinese cabbage genome sequence1. Brassica crops include many…

Medical Engineering

T-rays technology could help develop Star Trek-style hand-held medical scanners

In a study published recently in Nature Photonics, researchers from the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), a research institute of the…

Life & Chemistry

Fic Proteins: Key Regulators of Lethal Enzyme Activity

The research groups headed by Prof. Christoph Dehio and Prof. Tilman Schirmer could demonstrate that through the alteration of one single amino acid this…

Materials Sciences

Funding Greenlights Franco-German Project on Non-Conducting Surfaces

Since early January 2012, Angelika Kühnle, Professor of Physical Chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and André Gourdon, Director of the Materials…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Bright Plastics: OLED Panels Achieve Record Efficiency

However, whereas LEDs create points of light from a tiny luminescent chip, OLEDs generate illuminated surfaces using so-called OLED panels. Initial OLED…

Medical Engineering

CT and Ultrasound Fusion: Enhancing Radiology Insights

This feature provides radiologists additional clinical and spatial information in the analysis of complex pathology and/or when performing interventional…

Life & Chemistry

Discover Tiny Heroes Thriving in Baltic and Black Seas

Oxygen is also a vital element under water. In the world's oceans, however, the development of oxygen-minimum zones is an increasing trend. Among the most…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Chemistry Behind Exploding Stars: New Insights

Fundamental chemical processes in predecessors of our solar system are now a bit better understood: An international team led by Peter Hoppe, researcher at the…

Corporate News

ThyssenKrupp AG: Key Innovations from 13th Annual Meeting

Portfolio optimization running according to plan – solid earnings contributions of Technologies units continuing in Q1 2011/2012 ThyssenKrupp is making good…

Earth Sciences

NASA Reports 2011 as Ninth-Warmest Year Ever Recorded

NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, which monitors global surface temperatures on an ongoing basis, released an updated analysis…

Physics & Astronomy

Catching a Comet: NASA’s Stunning Solar Observations

“Comets are usually too dim to be seen in the glare of the sun's light,” says Dean Pesnell at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., who is the…

Trade Fair News

DuPont Showcases High-Performance Polymers at Pharmapack 2023

The range of high performance polymers available from DuPont for use in medical devices, including the new DuPont™ Delrin® SC699 acetal resin forms the focal…

Earth Sciences

In Hot Water: Ice Age Findings Forecast Problems

The study, which was co-authored by Eric Galbraith, of McGill's Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, looked at marine sediment and found that that the…

Life & Chemistry

Fruit Flies Watch the Sky to Stay on Course

“If you go out in a field, lie on your back and look up at the sky, that’s pretty much what an insect sees,” said Michael Dickinson, a University of Washington…

Life & Chemistry

Focus on Glaucoma Origins Continues Path Toward Potential Cure

New findings at Georgia Tech, published in January during Glaucoma Awareness Month, explore one of the many molecular origins of glaucoma and advance research…

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