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Power and Electrical Engineering

Turning Waste Heat Into Power: Innovative Solutions Explained

What do a car engine, a power plant, a factory and a solar panel have in common? They all generate heat – a lot of which is wasted. University of Arizona…

Technology Offerings

NMDA Antagonists – New selective compounds to the NR2B subunit with high affinity

The NMDA receptor, an ion channel consisting of four

protein subunits, is involved in the pathophysiology of
…

Technology Offerings

Sigmagos – Sigma1 receptor agonists as new therapeutic agents for neuro-degenerative diseases

Sigma receptors have been in the focus of drug discovery

for several years, being classified into two subtypes,
…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Genetically Modified Corn Insecticides Found in Nearby Streams

In a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cary Institute aquatic ecologist Dr. Emma Rosi-Marshall and colleagues…

Life & Chemistry

Rewiring Damaged Brains: Innovations in Neuroengineering

Pedram Mohseni, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Case Western Reserve University, and Randolph J. Nudo, a professor of molecular…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

GMO Research: Best Practices for Maize Coexistence

In particular, the Best Practice Document, prepared by the European Coexistence Bureau (ECoB) and published by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre…

Studies and Analyses

Homeless Youths at Risk: York U Study on Crime Victimization

The report, Surviving Crime and Violence: Street Youth and Victimization in Toronto, highlights the degree to which it is street youth themselves − often…

Studies and Analyses

Effective Brainstorming Rules Drive Business Success

“Previous research has laid out best practices that are conducive to brainstorming, or group decision making, and we wanted to see whether using those…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Rapid Test for Anti-Inflammatory Saves Indian Vultures

In the meantime three species are facing extinction. In 2004 scientists in the United States identified the cause: the drug Diclofenac. The use of this…

Physics & Astronomy

Quarks 'swing' to the tones of random numbers

Quarks are found in each proton and are bound together by forces which cause all other known forces of nature to fade. To understand the effects of these…

Health & Medicine

New Sound Device Connects Cough and Reflux Insights

“This is the first study to investigate the temporal relationship between cough and reflux events using a validated sound recording device to register the…

Physics & Astronomy

Largest X-Ray Telescope in Space: IXO Overview

It is to become the largest X-ray telescope ever: The International X-Ray Observatory (IXO), which has been planned in a cooperation between NASA, ESA and…

Life & Chemistry

Novel mechanism discovered for communication between proteins that cause ‘cell suicide’

Our bodies daily eliminate in a controlled manner more than 100 million defective cells, by means of a procedure known as ‘cell suicide’ or apoptosis. This is…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring MicroRNAs: Unlocking Genetic Innovation Potential

About ten years ago, the discovery of microRNAs — tiny cellular molecules that regulate our genetic code — unlocked a world of scientific possibilities,…

Environmental Conservation

Elevated Nitrogen and Phosphorus Still Widespread in Much of the Nation’s Streams and Groundwater

“This USGS report provides the most comprehensive national-scale assessment to date of nitrogen and phosphorus in our streams and groundwater,” said Marcia…

Environmental Conservation

Tile Drainage Linked to Nitrate Loss in North America

But a recent study shows that the most heavily tile-drained areas of North America are also the largest contributing source of nitrate to the Gulf of Mexico,…

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