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Physics & Astronomy

Data storage: Carbon–ferroelectric memory

A fundamental component of a field-effect transistor (FET) is the gate dielectric, which determines the number of charge carriers—electrons or electron…

Environmental Conservation

75% of World’s Coral Reefs Currently Under Threat

The report shows that local pressures— such as overfishing, coastal development, and pollution— pose the most immediate and direct risks, threatening more than…

Machine Engineering

New Components for Controlling and Monitoring Plants via Remote Access

The two new modules TIM 3V-IE DNP3 and TIM 4R-IE DNP3 enable controllers of the Simatic S7-300 and S7 400 series to be controlled and monitored over different…

Information Technology

Enhanced system availability and efficient service through remote access to industrial PCs

For password-protected remote access the software uses Intel AMT (Active Management Technology) functions, which act independently of the operating system and…

Environmental Conservation

Producing clean water in an emergency

Disasters such as floods, tsunamis, and earthquakes often result in the spread of diseases like gastroenteritis, giardiasis and even cholera because of an…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA'S Chandra Finds Superfluid in Neutron Star's Core

Neutron stars contain the densest known matter that is directly observable. One teaspoon of neutron star material weighs six billion tons. The pressure in the…

Life & Chemistry

Metallic molecules to nanotubes: Spread out!

A lab at Rice University has stepped forward with an efficient method to disperse nanotubes in a way that preserves their unique properties — and adds more. The new technique allows inorganic metal complexes with different functionalities to remain in close contact with single-walled carbon nanotubes while keeping them separated in a solution. …

Earth Sciences

68 Percent of New England and Mid-Atlantic beaches Eroding

Scientists studied more than 650 miles of the New England and Mid-Atlantic coasts and found the average rate of coastal change – taking into account beaches…

Environmental Conservation

New bird to science emphasizes the critical need to conserve the remaining dry forests of Madagascar

The new bird was named Mentocrex beankaensis, with the genus Mentocrex being endemic to Madagascar and the new species beankaensis being coined after the type…

Studies and Analyses

Steroids to treat asthma: How safe are they?

Children experiencing an asthma attack who are treated with a short burst of oral steroids may have a transient depression of immune response according to a…

Life & Chemistry

UT researchers crack code to harmful brown tides

A team involving University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers has conducted the first-ever genetic sequencing of a harmful algal bloom (HAB) species,…

Medical Engineering

Bedside ultrasound becomes a reality

The “Current Concepts” article by Yale School of Medicine clinicians Christopher L. Moore, M.D., and Joshua A. Copel, M.D., outlines how ultrasound use has…

Studies and Analyses

Analysis shows which people most likely found incompetent to stand trial

People found incompetent to stand trial are more likely to be unemployed, have been previously diagnosed with a psychotic disorder or have had psychiatric…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Postpones Launch of Glory Mission

During the final 15 minutes before Wednesday's scheduled launch of 5:09 a.m. EST, the vehicle interface control console, a ground interface with Orbital…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum simulator becomes accessible to the world

In an international first, Austrian quantum physicists have realized a toolbox of elementary building blocks for an open-system quantum simulator, where a…

Physics & Astronomy

Atomic antennae transmit quantum information across a microchip

They have experimentally demonstrated quantum antennae, which enable the exchange of quantum information between two separate memory cells located on a…

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