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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Develop New Method for Mass-Producing Graphene

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a simple new method for producing large quantities of the promising nanomaterial graphene. The…

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Talented Award: Bauhaus.SOLAR Award – Deadline: 30th June 2010

Der Bauhaus.SOLAR Award for young talent is being sponsored by SolarInput e.V., Solarvalley Mitteldeutschland e.V., the German Solar Industry Association and…

Trade Fair News

French audio-visual expertise to star at IBC in September

The French Pavilion, which will be located in Halls 2, 8 and 11 of the IBC trade show, in Amsterdam (in the Netherlands), will present 33 exhibitors in radio,…

Physics & Astronomy

Subatomic Particle Discovery Could Transform Geology Insights

The finding, made by the Borexino Collaboration at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics, was reported in a paper…

Health & Medicine

More than skin deep, tanning product of sun's rays

“The variation of ultraviolet radiation, especially in the middle and high latitudes is great,” said Nina Jablonski, professor of anthropology and chair of…

Studies and Analyses

Chemicals from Wastewater Treatment Alter Fish Gender

Although the levels of the chemicals that the fish swam in were very low even before the upgrade, the chemicals are endocrine disrupters. They mimic estrogen…

Life & Chemistry

UCI researchers develop world’s first plastic antibodies

UC Irvine researchers have developed the first “plastic antibodies” successfully employed in live organisms – stopping the spread of bee venom through the…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites view Tropical Storms Blas and Celia

On June 19 at 17:30 UTC (1:30 p.m. EDT) the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image…

Health & Medicine

BPA Levels Linked to Hormone Imbalance in Women with PCOS

The study found that BPA, a known hormone disrupter, is elevated and associated with higher levels of male hormones in the blood of women with PCOS compared…

Health & Medicine

Exploring Innovative Tanning Products Harnessing UV Rays

“This is the first evidence that oral micronized progesterone, which is molecularly identical to the natural hormone, is effective for women with symptomatic…

Information Technology

Marines Adopting Autonomous Vehicles from Virginia Tech Students

Fourteen nations, 34 ships, five submarines, more than 100 aircraft, and 20,000 personnel will participate in the biennial RIMPAC exercise June 23 through Aug….

Health & Medicine

BPA Exposure in Early Life Linked to Adult Testis Changes

“We are seeing changes in the testis function of rats after exposure to BPA levels that are lower than what the Food and Drug Administration and Environmental…

Studies and Analyses

Comparing Nose and Throat Microbiota: A New Study Unveiled

“The nose and throat are important sites of pathogen colonization, yet the microbiota of both are relatively unexplored by culture-independent approaches,”…

Life & Chemistry

Ejaculation in Maize Flowers: Understanding Plant Reproduction

The sperm cells of flowering plants are found in pollen grains that are carried on the wind or by insects to other flowers. There they germinate: they form…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Sequence Human Body Louse Genome for Insights

The study, which also sequenced the genome of a microbe that lives inside the body louse, appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Thanks to…

Life & Chemistry

New Framework Needed for Research on Human Tissue Specimens

In a new law review article, “Why Not Take All of Me? Reflections on The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and the Status of Participants in Research Using…

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