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Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Webb Telescope unique structural 'heart' passes extreme tests

The ISIM, or the Integrated Science Instrument Module Flight Structure, will serve as the structural “heart” of the James Webb Space Telescope. The ISIM is a…

Studies and Analyses

Why Employee Wellness Plans Must Include Everyone

But in four years, the workplace wellness plan at Allegiance Health in Jackson, Mich. had fueled some of the biggest improvements in employee health that those…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Tiny Generators Convert Waste Heat Into Usable Power

Now a joint team of Ukrainian and American scientists has demanded more work and less poetry from the second law of thermodynamics, proposing a novel…

Life & Chemistry

New Device Identifies Aggressive Breast Cancers Using HER2

Aggressive breast cancers with poor prognosis typically have abnormal levels of the protein HER2 (the tyrosine kinase human epidermal growth factor receptor…

Materials Sciences

Buckyball Breakthrough Enhances Photovoltaic Cell Efficiency

One approach uses a light-absorbing polymer along with a derivative of a sixty-carbon fullerene molecule, commonly known as a buckyball. For maximum…

Studies and Analyses

New VARI Research Boosts Drought-Resistant Plant Solutions

New findings from Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists could lead to environmentally-friendly sprays that help plants survive drought and other…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Accord Loopholes May Lead to 4.2-Degree Rise

Just ahead of the next United Nations Climate Change Conference, which starts on 4 October in Tianjin, China, a new report published today, Wednesday, 29…

Studies and Analyses

Father's incarceration associated with elevated risks of marijuana and other illegal drug use

The number of persons incarcerated in the United States has sharply risen over the past several decades, from about 250,000 in 1975 to 2,250,000 in 2006. So…

Health & Medicine

Empowering Patients: Doctors’ Role in Health Decision-Making

Zikmund-Fisher, now an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health specializing in health communication, chose to gamble. After…

Business and Finance

Whitman Partners with New York State for New ‘Africa Business Center’ to Promote International Trade

By leveraging the academic and institutional knowledge at the University and combining it with the assets deployed around the world by ESD, the center promotes…

Business and Finance

Study Finds National Debt ‘Tipping Point’ That Slows Economic Growth

“If a country’s public debt reaches 77 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), bad things start to happen,” says Dr. Mehmet Caner, professor of economics…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Rethinking Renewables: A New Approach to Energy Storage for Wind and Solar

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are leading a new $2 million study to help overcome a key bottleneck slowing the proliferation of large-scale…

Health & Medicine

Computer Model Shows U.S. Vulnerable to MDR-TB Epidemic

Computer simulations show that as TB prevalence falls, the risk for more extensive MDR-TB increases. In addition, the simulation also showed that higher…

Life & Chemistry

Democracy in Action: Dancing Honeybees Practice What We Preach

In his new book, “Honeybee Democracy,” Thomas Seeley, professor of neurobiology and behavior, describes the elaborate decision-making process that honeybees…

Studies and Analyses

Sparkling Drinks Spark Pain Circuits

The carbon dioxide in fizzy drinks sets off the same pain sensors in the nasal cavity as mustard and horseradish, though at a lower intensity, according to new…

Information Technology

New Arctic Climate Reanalysis Prototype Enhances Polar Modeling

From his laboratory at The Ohio State University’s Byrd Polar Research Center (BPRC), the senior research scientist this week unveiled a low-resolution…

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