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Materials Sciences

New Spintronics Breakthrough: A Smart Alternative to Semiconductors

An alternative to traditional microelectronics, so-called “spintronics” could store more data in less space, process data faster, and consume less power.In the…

Earth Sciences

Greenland Glacier Calves Huge Ice Island

“In the early morning hours of August 5, 2010, an ice island four times the size of Manhattan was born in northern Greenland,” said Andreas Muenchow, associate…

Environmental Conservation

The Salp: Nature’s Near-Perfect Little Engine Just Got Better

Well, such an energy-efficient, self-propelling mechanism already exists in nature. The salp, a smallish, barrel-shaped organism that resembles a kind of…

Life & Chemistry

New Advances in Malaria Treatment: Artemisinin Therapy Insights

In combination therapies against malaria, artemisinins are currently the most effective drugs used. Although the subject of intense research for many years,…

Machine Engineering

Sitrans LR250: New Radar Level Transmitter with Fieldbus

Sitrans LR250 comes complete with Enhanced EDD (Electronic Device Description) and is equipped with a Quick Start Wizard for fast commissioning. For…

Life & Chemistry

Fluorescent Living Cells: Unlocking Molecular Processes

What happens between the molecules in a cell? How can the various processes be rendered visible? The team led by Professor Markus Sauer has been looking into…

Technology Offerings

Biogas Production from Waste Water: A Sustainable Solution

The present invention focuses on a procedure to produce biogas from waste water. Liquids containing organic compounds, such as water polluted with glycerine,…

Technology Offerings

Transparent Glass Foams: Innovating UV-Absorbing Materials

The invention is a novel process for manufacturing highly optically transparent glass foams with an absorption edge in the UV range. The foams are manufactured…

Technology Offerings

E2FR – A “Steganographic” Wideband Speech Codec

In the E2FR (“Enhanced Enhanced Fullrate”) decoder, the hidden information is used as an input for a bandwidth extension algorithm which provides an extended…

Studies and Analyses

Surgery Outperforms Radiation and Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer

The differences among therapies were more prominent at higher levels of cancer risk, and suggest, the researchers say, that in many cases surgery should play a…

Environmental Conservation

Man-Made Wetlands: 15 Years of Carbon Sink Success

Researchers at Ohio State have been comparing the behavior of two experimental marshes on the campus, one that was planted in 1994 with wetland vegetation and…

Studies and Analyses

Tattooing Increases Hepatitis C Risk, UBC Study Reveals

Youth, prison inmates and individuals with multiple tattoos that cover large parts of their bodies are at higher risk of contracting hepatitis C and other…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Yeast Variant Approved to Combat Scab Disease

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Ohio State University (OSU) scientists isolated an improved variant of the yeast Cryptococcus flavescens about two…

Environmental Conservation

NOAA Divers Capture Invasive Lionfish in Virgin Islands Park

The lionfish was first spotted July 15, 2010 and captured the following day within 10 meters of the original sighting. A team of divers and scientists from…

Life & Chemistry

New Mechanism Regulates Marijuana-Like Substance in Brain

A newly discovered molecular mechanism helps control the amount and effectiveness of a substance that mimics an active ingredient in marijuana, but that is…

Earth Sciences

Giant Ice Island Emerges in Greenland: What You Need to Know

“In the early morning hours of August 5, 2010, an ice island four times the size of Manhattan was born in northern Greenland,” said Andreas Muenchow, associate…

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