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New Standard Proposed for Supercomputing

The rating system, Graph500, tests supercomputers for their skill in analyzing large, graph-based structures that link the huge numbers of data points present…

Life & Chemistry

Structure of a Protein Related to Heart and Nervous System Health Revealed

University of Michigan researchers have solved the structure of a protein that is integral to processes responsible for maintaining a healthy heart and nervous…

Life & Chemistry

Important Brain Area Organized by Color and Orientation

“In vision, objects are defined by both their shape and their surface properties, such as color and brightness. For example, to identify a red apple, your…

Physics & Astronomy

Getting Bubbles Out Of Fuel Pumps

For more than 250 years, researchers have known that under certain conditions vapor bubbles can form in fluids moving swiftly over a surface. These bubbles…

Physics & Astronomy

Artificial Black Holes Made with Metamaterials

While our direct knowledge of black holes in the universe is limited to what we can observe from thousands or millions of light years away, a team of Chinese…

Physics & Astronomy

'Chaogates' Hold Promise for the Semiconductor Industry

Simply put, they used chaotic patterns to encode and manipulate inputs to produce a desired output. They selected desired patterns from the infinite variety…

Physics & Astronomy

Developing Energy Storage Technologies Among Crucial Steps Toward Increasing Renewable Electricity on Nation’s Grid

U.S. policymakers must focus more closely on developing new energy storage technologies as they consider a national renewable electricity standard, according…

Life & Chemistry

One-Touch Makeup: Transforming Cells with Innovative Techniques

The cells in the different parts of this video are always the same, but, like actors using make-up to highlight different facial features, they have…

Life & Chemistry

The Lifeblood of Leaves: Vein Networks Control Plant Patterns

New University of Arizona research indicates that leaf vein patterns correlate with functions such as carbon intake and water use – knowledge that could help…

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Siemens Showcases Sustainable Innovations at Medica 2010

Innovative medical systems and high-tech building infrastructure reduce energy costs and help to improve patient care. Patients benefit, for example, from…

Studies and Analyses

New ways to detect and treat Alzheimer's disease

New studies identify brain changes in people with Alzheimer's disease. The results give researchers a greater understanding of the disease and may help at-risk…

Architecture & Construction

Minneapolis Disaster Sparks New Bridge Research Innovations

When testing is complete and the technology implemented, the system might allow a technician working for a day to produce a better analysis of a bridge’s…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Gender Differences in Sleep Interruptions

That is the finding of a University of Michigan study providing the first known nationally representative data documenting substantial gender differences in…

Business and Finance

New England economic outlook precarious; government fiscal woes threaten region's recovery

Gittell will release his fall 2010 economic forecast at the New England Economic Partnership economic outlook conference, “Deficits as Far as the Eye Can See:…

Technology Offerings

CK2 Inhibitors – New CK2 Kinase Inhibitors for antineoplastic drugs and diagnostics

Beside cardiovascular diseases, malignant tumours take

the second place in cause of human death. Neoplastic
…

Life & Chemistry

Plants’ Biochemistry Reveals Insect Defense Mechanisms

The chemical compounds can be a defense or can be an aromatic call for help to attract enemies of the attacking insect. Researchers from Virginia Tech,…

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