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Power and Electrical Engineering

Photonics: A light choice

Solar cells are a key technology in the drive toward cleaner energy production. Unfortunately, solar technology is not yet economically competitive and the…

Materials Sciences

Nanomaterials: Peapod power

Lithium-ion batteries are used to power a wide range of electronic devices, including computers, cameras, digital audio players and calculators. Tremendous…

Transportation and Logistics

Economics: Triumph in the sky

The cargo industry has undergone a major transformation over the past 20 years, with air freight now preferred for a wide range of products. In 2006, the air…

Earth Sciences

Weather Extremes Rise in Northern Australia: Coral Insights

“This reconstruction provides a new insight into rainfall in northeast Queensland,” says Janice Lough, climate scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine…

Studies and Analyses

How Brief Diversions Enhance Focus, Study Reveals

The study zeroes in on a phenomenon known to anyone who’s ever had trouble doing the same task for a long time: After a while, you begin to lose your focus and…

Technology Offerings

C3bot Peptides: New Hope for Neuronal Injury Treatment

Peptide fragments of the C3 exoenzyme of Clostridium botulinum have been found to have neuritogenic effects on neurons as well as regenerative properties in an…

Technology Offerings

New Pill Package – Applicator for Ointments

The invention offers two new packaging methods for pills and ointments. Advantage of the packagings is the one-hand operation and the sterile application of…

Technology Offerings

Innovative MRI-Signaling Bone Cement Composition Unveiled

Bone cements based on polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) are mostly used for the anchorage of artificial joints, as bone substitutes at backbone diseases or after…

Corporate News

Siemens to supply Manufacturing Execution System and planning solution to ArcelorMittal Galați plant

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies concluded a contract with ArcelorMittal to install an integrated Manufacturing Execution System (MES), including production…

Corporate News

Siemens Boosts China’s Mass Transit with New Propulsion Systems

The Siemens Mobility Division has received three orders from China for the supply of propulsion systems. A total of 93 new trains are to be equipped with…

Corporate News

Siemens Builds Three High-Bay Warehouses for AUMA Riester

In order to bring warehouse capacity into line with increased production, the company contracted Siemens Industry Solutions to build three new high-bay…

Studies and Analyses

Larger Cities Fuel Rising Wage Gap Between Rich and Poor

Part of the answer lies in the unique economies of our larger cities, finds a study by Ronni Pavan of the University of Rochester and Nathaniel Baum-Snow of…

Earth Sciences

Ancient Exoskeleton Remnants Discovered in Paleozoic Fossils

Previously the oldest molecular signature of chitin-protein complex was discovered in 25 million year old Cenozoic fossils and remnants of structural protein…

Studies and Analyses

Economic Impact of Dengue Virus in the Americas Revealed

Dengue illness, the most common mosquito-borne viral disease in the world, has expanded from its Southeast Asian origins and is resurgent in countries such as…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Aluminum Poised to Replace Copper in Vehicle Power Systems

Electric power and electronics are playing an ever-increasing role in all kinds of vehicles. Currently copper is the conductive material of choice. But in…

Studies and Analyses

How Words Shape Mathematical Concepts in Deaf Communities

A study based on research on deaf people in Nicaragua who never learned formal sign language showed that people who communicate using self-developed gestures,…

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