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Power and Electrical Engineering

New Camera Makes Seeing the “Invisible” Possible

The research team, led by Dr. Reza Zoughi, the Schlumberger Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at Missouri S&T, has developed a patented…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Identified That Serves as a Switch in a Key Pathway of Programmed Cell Death

Work led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators provides fresh insight into mechanisms controlling programmed cell death pathways and offers…

Life & Chemistry

Monarch Butterflies Could Number 200 Million This Year

Craig Wilson, a senior research associate in the Center for Mathematics and Science Education and a long-time butterfly enthusiast, says the numbers of…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Convert Algae to Butanol; Fuel Can be Used in Automobiles

“We can make cars go,” said Jamie Hestekin, assistant professor and leader of the project. “Our conversion process is efficient and inexpensive. Butanol has…

Physics & Astronomy

Researchers Discover Superfluid at the Core of a Neutron Star

The findings, entitled, Rapid Cooling of the Neutron Star in Cassiopeia A Triggered by Neutron Superfluidity in Dense Matter, are reported in Physical Review…

Life & Chemistry

Signaling Path in Brain May Prevent That ‘I’m Full’ Message

“Leptin resistance is a significant factor, yet the mechanisms that underlie the problem remain unclear,” said Dr. Joel Elmquist, professor of internal…

Environmental Conservation

Invasive Species Widespread, but Not More than at Home Range

Stan Harpole, assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology at Iowa State University, is founding organizer of a team of more than 70…

Earth Sciences

Models Calculate Deforestation's Impact on Kilimanjaro

The first piece of that research, which looked only at the month of July, found that deforestation is changing weather patterns around the mountain but not (at…

Trade Fair News

Siemens Unveils Mobile X-Ray System with Wireless Detector

The detector sends image data via W-LAN to an integrated imaging unit and particularly facilitates examinations of patients that are critically ill and have…

Information Technology

Fast Laser Transmits 10 Gb/s Data Through Optical Fibers

Today's commercial lasers can send up to 10 Gb of data per second (Gbit/s) through optical fibers. This applies to both conventional lasers and to surface…

Environmental Conservation

Brazilian Beef’s Hidden Environmental Impact Uncovered

“If this aspect is not taken into consideration, there is a risk of the wrong signals being sent to policy makers and consumers, and we become guilty of…

Life & Chemistry

Unveiling Salmonella’s Secrets with Advanced Cryo-Electron Microscopy

A group of Vienna-based scientists headed by Thomas Marlovits employed recently developed methods of cryo-electron microscopy and have been able to clarify the…

Life & Chemistry

“David and Goliath” viruses shed light on the origin of jumping genes

The study, by UBC marine microbiologist Curtis Suttle and PhD student Matthias Fischer, is published online today in Science Express. It describes the marine…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Chicken Litter: An Organic Alternative to Synthetic Fertilizers

Recent movements aimed at managing environmental impacts of agriculture have spurred interest in the development and use of organic and natural fertilizers for…

Health & Medicine

Old Mitochondria Linked to Neuropathy in Feet and Hands

The burning, tingling pain of neuropathy may affect feet and hands before other body parts because the powerhouses of nerve cells that supply the extremities…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Enhancing Mint Production Through Wastewater Innovation

When essential oils are extracted from plants through the process of steam distillation, wastewater is produced and subsequently released into rivers and…

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