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Environmental Conservation

Closed Landfill: Hazards Due to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Heavy Metals

Nor Amani Filzah Mohd Kamil of University of Tun Hussein Onn and Professor Dr Suhaimi Abdul Talib of University of Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia…

Automotive Engineering

Toyota Adopts Renewably Sourced DuPont™ Sorona® EP Polymer For New Hybrid ’Prius α’ Vehicle

Toyota’s new hybrid vehicle, “Prius α” (Prius alpha), features automotive interior parts made of DuPont™ Sorona® EP polymer, a high-performance, renewably…

Life & Chemistry

Seven New Mice Species Discovered by FSU Biologist

After living incognito for millions of years in a remote area of a forested mountain range in the Philippines, seven newfound species of mice owe their recent…

Physics & Astronomy

NIST prototype 'optics table on a chip' places microwave photon in 2 colors at once

This curious “superposition,” a hallmark of the quantum world, is a chip-scale, microwave version of a common optics experiment in which a device called a…

Environmental Conservation

California’s Groundwater Management: Local Solutions Emerge

Critics say that this decentralized system leaves the state vulnerable to overdraft, which occurs when water is pumped out faster than replacement water is…

Materials Sciences

Graphene Challenges: Wrinkles and Contaminants Revealed

Their new paper** demonstrates how both wrinkles in the graphene sheet and/or chance contaminants from processing—possibly hiding in those folds—disrupt and…

Materials Sciences

Clay Nanofillers Boost Fire Retardant Performance in Polymers

That's because the collaborators have demonstrated that the more widely and uniformly dispersed nanoscale plates of clay are in a polymer, the more fire…

Studies and Analyses

New Strategy May Prevent Infertility and Birth Defects

A strategy that has been shown to reduce age-related health problems in several animal studies may also combat a major cause of age-associated infertility and…

Studies and Analyses

Driving Commercialization: How Organizational Climate Fuels Innovation

Research universities with an organizational climate that actively supports commercialization and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers…

Life & Chemistry

Drug 'shield' helps target antibiotic resistant bacteria

Dr Elaine Ferguson from Cardiff University's School of Dentistry has utilised a new technique which attaches tiny nano-sized biodegradable polymers to the…

Life & Chemistry

Gold Nanoparticles: New Hope for Cancer Treatment

The team of researchers, led by Physics lecturer Dr Antonios Kanaras, showed that a small dose of gold nanoparticles can activate or inhibit genes that are…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Harnessing Ambient Electromagnetic Energy for Small Devices

Researchers have discovered a way to capture and harness energy transmitted by such sources as radio and television transmitters, cell phone networks and…

Life & Chemistry

Natural Antibody Paves Way for Universal Flu Vaccine

Annually changing flu vaccines with their hit-and-miss effectiveness may soon give way to a single, near-universal flu vaccine, according to a new report from…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Bodily Motion Through Visual Cues

This process is called biological motion perception, and humans are so good at it that even a few dots on a screen representing the major joints of a body are…

Machine Engineering

Ultrasonic Sensors Enhance Fresh Flower Packing Efficiency

Fresh cut flowers that are shipped internationally in large quantities, must be fresh, but still efficiently processed and packaged very gently. In a…

Life & Chemistry

'Unnatural' chemical allows Salk researchers to watch protein action in brain cells

Researchers at the Salk Institute have been able to genetically incorporate “unnatural” amino acids, such as those emitting green fluorescence, into neural…

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