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Materials Sciences

WSL Launches Europe’s First Rockfall Protection Testing Lab

On October 19, it conducted the first type tests in its new capacity. At the facility near Walenstadt, the WSL type-tested to European standard a protection…

Health & Medicine

Copper Breakthrough: How Chaperone Proteins Enhance Function

Information on proteins is critical for understanding how cells function in health and disease. But while regular proteins are easy to extract and study, it is…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Naturally Raised Beef: A Growing Trend in the Industry

Naturally raised beef is produced without hormones or antibiotics, whereas traditional systems take advantage of technologies the industry offers such as…

Earth Sciences

Geophysicists claim conventional understanding of Earth's deep water cycle needs revision

A popular view among geophysicists is that large amounts of water are carried from the oceans to the deep mantle in “subduction zones,” which are boundaries…

Life & Chemistry

NIH-Backed Study Sequences Lyme Disease Bacteria Genomes

The achievement should lead to a better understanding of how genetic variations among strains may result in different courses of illness in people with Lyme…

Studies and Analyses

Vitamin B12 May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

“Our findings show the need for further research on the role of vitamin B12 as a marker for identifying people who are at increased risk of Alzheimer’s…

Physics & Astronomy

New Sensor Detects Shoe Bombs With Advanced Chemical Analysis

SuslickTriacetone triperoxide (TATP) is a high-powered explosive that in recent years has been used in several bombing attempts. TATP is easy to prepare from…

Life & Chemistry

Japanese Researchers Advance Liver Transplantation With iPS Cells

One team found that the technical breakthrough in creating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) from mouse somatic cells (nonsex cells) in vitro had…

Life & Chemistry

Four new psoriasis 'hotspots' identified by U-M geneticists

Scientists at the University of Michigan Heath System and their collaborators have found four new DNA “hotspots” that may one day help guide new treatments for…

Information Technology

'Virtual satellite dish' thanks to lots of simple processors working together

The advanced calculations needed for these future applications are made possible by a microchip with relatively simple processors that can interact and…

Life & Chemistry

Over 200 New Snail Species Described in Groundbreaking Study

“Never have so many species from a single genus, nor even from a single family, been described in one single study”, Anselmo Peñas, lead author of the…

Life & Chemistry

New DNA Sensor Design by LIA Group Detects Genetic Sequences

The LIA group has submitted a patent application for the design of this logical DNA sensor. These sensors are able to represent logical implications (or…

Architecture & Construction

Success Criteria for Project Owners

Very much of the activity at companies and public enterprises is organized as projects. Project management has become an established field.We have learned much…

Studies and Analyses

Visceral Adiposity Index Linked to Hepatitis C Viral Load

Researchers at the University of Palermo in Italy provide the evidence that a higher visceral adiposity index score¡ªa new index of adipose dysfunction¡ªhas a…

Communications Media

OnLand Launch: Streamlining Business Meetings Online

The unveiling of OnLand – the day after the UK Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review – will vividly demonstrate the potential, with twin events taking…

Physics & Astronomy

Graphene Breakthrough Enhances Bluetooth Headset Performance

Researchers at the UC Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have built and successfully tested an amplifier made from graphene that could lead to more…

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