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Physics & Astronomy

NASA’s Kepler Mission Changing How Astronomers Study Distant Stars

“It’s really amazing,” said Kawaler, an Iowa State professor of physics and astronomy. “It’s as amazing as I feared. I didn’t appreciate how hard it is to…

Information Technology

Getting the Big Picture Quickly with Speedy Software

University of Utah computer scientists developed software that quickly edits “extreme resolution imagery” – huge photographs containing billions to hundreds of…

Technology Offerings

Accurate Load and Capacity Estimation for Communication Networks

This invention allows carrying out precise estimation of load and capacity of a communication network domain.

This is done by load based marking of data…

Physics & Astronomy

Water Could Hold Answer to Graphene Nanoelectronics

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute developed a new method for using water to tune the band gap of the nanomaterial graphene, opening the door to…

Life & Chemistry

Study Identifies Key Molecules In Multiple Myeloma

The findings might offer a new strategy for treating this disease and other blood cancers, according to researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive…

Studies and Analyses

Tornado Warnings Ignored: Insights from MSU Research

Unfortunately, Drost, a doctoral student at Michigan State University, knows that many times those warnings are ignored, according to his research. “Only 63…

Business and Finance

Angel Investors Flee Seed and Start-Up Stage in First Half of 2010

According to the analysis, “The Angel Investor Market in Q1Q2 2010: Where Have All the Seed Investors Gone?”, total investments in the first half of 2010 were…

Environmental Conservation

Tropical Frog Shouts Climate Change from the Mountaintops

The frog species, known as the mountain coqui to the hikers they serenade at night and Eleutherodactylus to researchers, has for decades battled a lethal…

Physics & Astronomy

New Isotopes of Superheavy Elements Discovered at Berkeley Lab

A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has detected six isotopes, never seen before, of the superheavy…

Life & Chemistry

Haptoglobin: Early Biomarker for Virus-Induced Diabetes in Rats

In addition to genetic susceptibility, it is generally accepted that environmental factors play important roles in triggering disease, with virus infection…

Health & Medicine

Ensuring Safe Smoked Salmon: Insights from USDA Research

The studies are led by food technologist Andy (Cheng-An) Hwang with the USDA Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Eastern Regional Research Center in…

Medical Engineering

Portable Breast Scanner Enhances Quick Cancer Detection

Using radio frequency or microwave technology for breast cancer detection has been proven by researchers in the US, Canada and UK. However, up to now, it can…

Life & Chemistry

Nanotechnology Enhances Early Arthritis Diagnosis and Treatment

To foster research in this area, the European Commission is funding the collaborative project “Development of Novel Nanotechnology Based Diagnosed Systems for…

Life & Chemistry

Scented Consumer Products Shown to Emit Many Unlisted Chemicals

A study led by the University of Washington discovered that 25 commonly used scented products emit an average of 17 chemicals each. Of the 133 different…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Data Used to Look 10,000 Years into the Future

The stars are so tightly crammed together that astronomers had to wait for the powerful vision of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to peer deep into the core of…

Life & Chemistry

EMBO Honors 63 Researchers for Life Sciences Innovation

“EMBO Members are the basis for the organization’s international reputation and our most valuable asset,” said Maria Leptin, EMBO Director. “We welcome this…

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