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Physics & Astronomy

Like fish on waves: electrons go surfing – RUB scientists report in “Nature”

Physicists at the RUB, working in collaboration with researchers from Grenoble and Tokyo, have succeeded in taking a decisive step towards the development of…

Life & Chemistry

Do women’s voices really allow men to detect ovulation?

The voice can reveal a lot about a person – their gender, their age, how they are feeling – and recent studies have even suggested that women’s voices might…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Digital Panoramas: Unlocking Rangeland Research Insights

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) hydraulic engineer Mary Nichols uses a digital camera to create a single high-resolution landscape panorama that users can…

Event News

Berlin Conference Explores Urban Goods Transport Solutions

Urban commercial and goods transport overlap. Summarized they account for up to 40% of the traffic in urban areas. For everyone concerned with urban policy,…

Life & Chemistry

Molluscan Phylogeny Study Uncovers Snails and Mussels’ Origins

An international team of researchers headed by Kevin Kocot and Professor Ken Halanych, USA, with the participation of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz…

Materials Sciences

Microwave ovens a key to energy production from wasted heat

And it’s based on a device found everywhere from kitchens to dorm rooms: a microwave oven.Chemists at Oregon State University have discovered that simple…

Power and Electrical Engineering

3-D Microscope Reveals Secrets of Prehistoric Oceans

U of A engineering professor Dileepan Joseph and two graduate students produced a 3-D imaging system called Virtual Reflected-Light Microscopy. The technology…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Reveals Spine Surgery Complications Risk Factors

In the last 20 years, due to diagnostic and surgical advances, more and more patients have become appropriate candidates for spine surgery, and the number of…

Physics & Astronomy

Catching Molecular Motion: New Analytic Approach Unveiled

University of Oregon researchers have devised a mathematically rich analytic approach to account for often-missing thermodynamic and molecular parameters in…

Earth Sciences

Improved Air Quality Trends in Finnish Lapland Observed

Trends in the concentrations of nearly sixty atmospheric pollutants have been studied using the data collected in Finland at the Pallas-Sodankylä Observatory…

Life & Chemistry

The "disinhibited" brain: New findings on CRPS – RUB physicians report in "Neurology"

A multidisciplinary Bochum-based research group, led by Prof. Dr. Martin Tegenthoff (Bergmannsheil Neurology Department) and Prof. Dr. Christoph Maier…

Life & Chemistry

Springs of Life in the Dead Sea – Scientists discover dense and diverse microbial communities

Their presence has been speculated for decades as concentric ripples on the water surface are visible near the shore, but only with divers it was possible to…

Medical Engineering

New fluoroscopy system Luminos Agile from Siemens …

Luminos Agile is Siemens’ first under-table X-ray system with a flexible height-adjustable table. Patients with mobility issues will now find it easier to…

Life & Chemistry

Captive Breeding: A New Era for Saltwater Aquariums

Marine biologists at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute are developing means to efficiently breed saltwater aquarium fish, seahorses,…

Health & Medicine

Benefits of radionuclide therapy for neuroendocrine tumors

According to new Dutch research featured in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, a peptide receptor radiolabeled therapy (PRRT),…

Studies and Analyses

Rude Employee Behavior: Hidden Threat to Business Success

Insensitive, disrespectful or rude behavior by employees is rampant in US workplaces, yet consumers fail to report the offending workers and instead take their…

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