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Machine Engineering

Siemens TIA Portal: Transforming Integrated Industrial Software

Siemens Industry Automation Division CEO Anton S. Huber took the opportunity to emphasize the central and growing importance of software for Siemens and for…

Machine Engineering

Fail-Safe I/O Modules for Ex Zone 1/21 Safety Standards

The new modules 8F-DI Ex Namur, 4F-DO Ex 40mA/17.4V and 4F-AI Ex Hart meet the high safety requirements in accordance with the relevant standards such as IEC…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Multiple Sclerosis: Acrolein’s Role and Treatment

The toxin acrolein was elevated by about 60 percent in the spinal cord tissues of mice with a disease similar to multiple sclerosis, said Riyi Shi, a medical…

Information Technology

Interactive Tabletop Displays: Transforming Web Experiences

Tabletop touch-operated displays are becoming popular with professionals in various fields, said Niklas Elmqvist, an assistant professor of electrical and…

Studies and Analyses

Vancouver’s Transportation Success During 2010 Winter Games

The Host City Olympic Transportation Plan Downtown Monitoring Study looked at how people got around during the February 12-28 Winter Games, and compared the…

Materials Sciences

ORNL Scientists Unlock Secrets of Vanadium Dioxide Materials

Scientists have known that vanadium dioxide exhibits several competing phases when it acts as an insulator at lower temperatures. However, the exact nature of…

Materials Sciences

Methane-Powered Laptops: Innovations in Sustainable Tech

With advances in nanostructured devices, lower operating temperatures, and the use of an abundant fuel source and cheaper materials, a group of researchers led…

Health & Medicine

Architecture’s Impact on Your Cognitive Map and Wayfinding

Differences among people that include spatial skills, experience, and preferred strategies for wayfinding are part of what determines whether people get lost…

Earth Sciences

Cloud atlas: Texas A&M scientist maps the meaning of mid-level clouds

Mid-level clouds are so understudied, Nasiri says, that scientists have yet to develop a common nomenclature for them. “We do not have a unified definition, so…

Machine Engineering

Streamlined Engineering for All Simatic Controllers

For Simatic Step 7 V11, based on the Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal), the new central engineering framework, the programming editors S7-SCL,…

Machine Engineering

Enhancing Operator Control with Simatic WinCC V11

Simatic WinCC V11 is based on the new central engineering framework Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) and is closely coordinated with the other…

Life & Chemistry

Diabetes Drug could work against Alzheimer’s

Metformin, a drug used in type 2-diabetes might have the potential to also act against Alzheimer’s disease. This has been shown in a study from scientists of…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Pyridinylidene Hydrazones Target Alzheimer’s Disease

It was surprisingly found that the pyridinylidene hydrazone derivatives inhibit AChE and BuChE as well as Aβ fibril formation significantly. They can destroy…

Corporate News

Siemens to Provide 21 New Underground Trains for Munich

Munich City Utilities (SWM) have placed an order with Siemens Mobility for 21 new C2 type underground trains worth about 185 million euros. At the same time,…

Life & Chemistry

University of the Basque Country research team investigates species of bat that traps fish for food

The director of the team, Mr Joxerra Aihartza, took the first steps when he began drawing up a complete atlas of the distribution of bat species in the…

Medical Engineering

New Spinal Implant Aids Paraplegics in Exercising Limbs

It is the first time that researchers have developed a device of this kind that is small enough to be implanted into the spinal canal and incorporates the…

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