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Earth Sciences

Exploring Rainbow Physics Through Computer Simulations

The scientists recreated a wide variety of rainbows – primary rainbows, secondary rainbows, redbows that form at sunset and cloudbows that form on foggy days –…

Earth Sciences

Path to Oxygen in Earth's Atmosphere: Long Series of Starts and Stops

The appearance of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere probably did not occur as a single event, but as a long series of starts and stops, according to…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New '3-D' transistors promising future chips, lighter laptops

The approach could enable engineers to build faster, more compact and efficient integrated circuits and lighter laptops that generate less heat than today's….

Life & Chemistry

Fruit Fly Protein Insights: New Paths to Pain Relief and Disease Control

Studies of a protein that fruit flies use to sense heat and chemicals may someday provide solutions to human pain and the control of disease-spreading…

Awards Funding

Humboldt Research Award for Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover – Host Institution is the MDC

Professor Ciechanover is a physician and biologist and conducts research at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. AvH in Germany awards this…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into SBP8a Configurations of Anthrax Bacteriophage

A new study has shown previously unseen details of an anthrax bacteriophage — a virus that infects anthrax bacteria — revealing for the first time how it…

Life & Chemistry

Penn Researchers Uncover Bitter Taste Gene Evolution

Now a team of Penn researchers has helped uncover the evolutionary history of one of the genes responsible for this trait. Beyond showing the ancient origins…

Health & Medicine

Video Game Players Propel Genetic Research Forward

Thousands of video game players have helped significantly advance our understanding of the genetic basis of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, diabetes and cancer…

Life & Chemistry

Supercomputer Sheds Light on Drug-Processing Protein Model

Jerome Baudry and Yinglong Miao, who are jointly affiliated with ORNL and the University of Tennessee, have performed simulations to observe the motions of…

Physics & Astronomy

Solar Storms Could 'Sandblast' the Moon

In addition to removing a surprisingly large amount of material from the lunar surface, this could be a major method of atmospheric loss for planets like Mars…

Earth Sciences

NASA's TRMM Satellite Sees the Power in Tropical Storm Alenga

On December 4, 2011 at 1210 UTC (7:10 a.m. EST) the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite had a look at the first tropical storm forming in the…

Medical Engineering

Echocardiography: A New Era in Infarct Size Measurement

Additionally, STE can be applied even in patients with contraindications for MRI, such as metallic devices, claustrophobia, and severe renal failure that…

Life & Chemistry

New Protocols Enhance MicroRNA Detection for Diagnosis

They can be collected from routinely collected fluids such as blood, saliva, and urine. However, a number of factors can interfere with the accuracy of miRNA…

Studies and Analyses

Middle-Class Students Seek Help More Often, Study Finds

The findings are reported in the December issue of the American Sociological Review in a paper entitled, “'I Need Help!' Social Class and Children's…

Studies and Analyses

Eco-Labels Tested: Ranking Sustainable Seafood Options

A new report released today by the University of Victoria ranks eco-labels intended to distinguish seafood produced with less damage to the environment. It is…

Event News

Laser Technology for Innovators at the International Congress for Laser Technology AKL’12 in Aachen

The complete program is already online at www.lasercongress.org.At the 9th AKL organized by the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, some 70 laser…

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