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Machine Engineering

Transforming Precision: Ultrasound Technology in Cutting

To cut them, they are cooled down from their original core temperature (95-98°C) to 30-35°C, accepting in so doing the subsequently increased risk of…

Materials Sciences

Flexible Electronics: New Advances in Stretchable Circuitry

Imprinting electronic circuitry on backplanes that are both flexible and stretchable promises to revolutionize a number of industries and make “smart devices”…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Small Reactors: Key to US Energy Future and Innovation

“Clearly, a robust commercial SMR industry is highly advantageous to many sectors in the United States,” concluded the study, led by Robert Rosner, institute…

Environmental Conservation

As Climate Change Sets In, Plants and Bees Keep Pace

An analysis of bee collection data over the past 130 years shows that spring arrives about 10 days earlier than in the 1880s, and bees and flowering plants…

Life & Chemistry

Model Developed for Future Obesity Drug Testing

Led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, the mouse study may be ideal, they say, for testing new obesity controlling drugs and…

Awards Funding

Arthritis-Measuring Device Wins International Awards

Fei Yam, a PhD student from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PPSF) produced a unique innovation – the most sensitive measuring device for measuring a…

Studies and Analyses

Sound interface with two microphones

Sound interface is usually comprised of speaker (sound) localization, the sounds separation with the environmental sound, noise cancellation and sound…

Communications Media

Multimodal interaction: Humanizing the human-computer interface

Kouichi Katsurada is an associate professor at Toyohashi Tech’s Graduate School of Engineering with a mission to ‘humanize’ the computer interface. Katsurada’s…

Health & Medicine

Sensing technology: Motherboard monitoring inspired by the immune system

The simplest way to diagnose abnormalities in these systems is to monitor the output of each component but this is not always effective. Now Haruki Shida,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Piezoelectric actuators: Why cubic?

Here, Tomoaki Mashimo and Shigeki Toyama analyzed the vibrational behavior of cubic stators based on an energy method, which distinguishes components of…

Health & Medicine

Why do we feel jet-lag?

Human biochemical processes are controlled by internal body clocks with an approximately 24 h period—circadian rhythms. In mammals, the suprachiasmatic nucleus…

Studies and Analyses

Biochemical signature predicts progression to Alzheimer’s disease

A study led by Research Professor Matej Orešiè from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland suggests that Alzheimer’s disease is preceded by a molecular…

Health & Medicine

Opioid abuse linked to mood and anxiety disorders

Individuals suffering from mood and anxiety disorders such as bipolar, panic disorder and major depressive disorder may be more likely to abuse opioids,…

Earth Sciences

Melting Glaciers Unveil Ancient Forests Beneath Ice

Remains of trees that have been hidden for thousands of years have been uncovered. They indicate that 13,000 years ago there were trees where there are now…

Communications Media

Helmholtz Association Boosts Open-Access Publishing Support

To facilitate straightforward funding of scientific publications in open-access journals, the Helmholtz Association is now supporting the Compact for…

Health & Medicine

High levels of tau protein linked to poor recovery after brain injury

“We are particularly interested in finding ways to predict prognosis after traumatic brain injury,” says senior author David L. Brody, MD, PhD, assistant…

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