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Notre Dame Research Unveils Key Brain Network Connections

The researchers published an article in the journal Cerebral Cortex showing that the brain is characterized by a highly consistent, weighted network among the…

Studies and Analyses

Cancer Research Data Archiving: A Growing Challenge

A new study finds that — even in a field with clear standards and online databases — the rate of public data archiving in cancer research is increasing only…

Machine Engineering

Siemens Supplies Advanced Electrical Equipment for Lafarge Cement

Lafarge Zementwerke GmbH has awarded Siemens an order to supply state-of-the-art electrical equipment for the new substation of its cement plant in…

Life & Chemistry

Ocean Acidification Threatens Mussel Populations Significantly

Since the birth of the industrial revolution, ocean pH has dropped by 0.1 units. That might not sound like much until you realise that a 0.1 unit fall is a 30%…

Studies and Analyses

Seizure Frequency in Women: Anovulatory Cycle Study Insights

A recent multi-center study determined that women with generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) had a greater number of seizures during anovulatory…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Advancements in 50 nm Multi-Walled Carbon Nanocoils

However, in spite of the tremendous efforts to produce contrary, the vast majority of CNCs are amorphous, exhibiting larger fiber and coil diameters than…

Interdisciplinary Research

Graphene Innovations: Efficient Chemical Synthesis Explained

The chemical synthesis of graphene is considered as an efficient means of mass producing graphene-based compounds. Typically, the chemical process of producing…

Life & Chemistry

Ocean Acidification Threatens California Mussels’ Survival

California mussels (Mytilus californianus) live in beds along the western coast of the United States from Alaska to California. More than 300 other species…

Information Technology

Powerful Algorithm Enhances Ontology Alignment Efficiency

Thus this disorder has led to demands ‘ontology alignment’ to literally align two or more seemingly similar, but quite different ontologies for unified…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Bioactuator Breakthrough: Vorticella Actuation in Microfluidics

Contraction and extension of the stalk are induced by Ca2+ (calcium ions) and chelators such as EDTA and EGTA. As the stalk does not require an external power…

Life & Chemistry

Mole Evolution: Discover How Moles Got Their Twelve Fingers

Moles also have additional fingers. In their case, however, the irregularity compared to the five-finger formula of land vertebrates is the norm. An…

Earth Sciences

West Coast Erosion Trends: Insights from 2009-10 Winter

Getting a better understanding of how the 2009-10 conditions tore away and reshaped shorelines will help coastal experts better predict future changes that may…

Life & Chemistry

Ozone Catcher: Innovative Tech Reduces Air Pollution

Ozone is formed when nitrogen oxide from exhausts is irradiated with UV light and releases an oxygen atom, which reacts with an oxygen molecule (O2) to form an…

Health & Medicine

Trastuzumab Boosts Survival in HER2-Positive Cancer Patients

“We’ve known that people who have had MS for a long time are at a greater risk of low bone density and broken bones, but we didn’t know whether this was…

Life & Chemistry

Switching From Corn to Grass: Boosting Ethanol and Cutting Emissions

The study used a computer model of plant growth and soil chemistry to compare the ecological effects of growing corn (Zea mays L.); miscanthus (Miscanthus x…

Studies and Analyses

Keeping up Your Overall Health May Keep Dementia Away

“Our study suggests that rather than just paying attention to already known risk factors for dementia, such as diabetes or heart disease, keeping up with your…

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