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Environmental Conservation

Initial Fibertect Field Test a Success

Seshadri Ramkumar, an associate professor of nonwoven technologies, said the Texas Tech-created nonwoven cotton absorbent wipe with activated carbon core makes…

Information Technology

Hasso Plattner Institute Launches Global Computer Research Lab

The opening ceremony for the research lab was integrated into the 5th international symposium on “Future Trends in Service-Oriented Computing”, held by the HPI…

Studies and Analyses

Minimizing Multiple Sclerosis Attacks in War Zones

Multiple sclerosis patients who directly confronted the stress of the Second Lebanon War suffered fewer attacks than those who chose to cope with the situation…

Life & Chemistry

New progress from a ‘joint’ venture

The debilitating knee, hip, wrist or back pain associated with osteoarthritis (OA) is commonplace within diverse populations around the world and represents a…

Life & Chemistry

M cells hold the key to gut immunity

Hiroshi OhnoTeam LeaderLaboratory for Epithelial ImmunobiologyRIKEN Research Center for Allergy and ImmunologyEach of us has more than 100 trillion bacteria…

Physics & Astronomy

Molecular blockade

Nanoscale devices confine electrons and enable manipulation of electron spin—an inherent property akin to the direction in which the particle is rotating. An…

Studies and Analyses

Young Children Master Negotiation Skills Through Play

The thesis examines what children negotiate over, how they negotiate and the strategies they use. The results show that young children are skilled negotiators.Torgeir Alvestad has looked into how young children learn, through play, which negotiation strategies are appropriate and which aren’t. …

Social Sciences

Work Travel’s Impact on Gender Roles in Modern Careers

Many people’s everyday lives have become more fragmented and individualised. Add to this that many jobs have become independent of time and place and the fact…

Health & Medicine

New Method to Assess Appendicitis Severity Unveiled

“We don’t know what causes appendicitis. There is evidence that the cause may be multi-factorial, since some patients gets a perforated appendix while the…

Studies and Analyses

Both fixed and varying gender patterns in children's everyday activities

Various order and discipline functions are a clear part of everyday activities in preschool and primary education, and sometimes involve children being given…

Science Education

Enhancing Quality in E-Learning: Key Innovations Unveiled

E-learning – primarily education delivered via the Internet – implies that the teaching is not limited to one (beyond the time, space and process dimensions)….

Awards Funding

Apply Now for Ph.D. Fellowships in Global Biogeochemistry

The Research School offers a three-year graduate program in global biogeochemistry and related Earth system sciences with a special teaching program consisting…

Seminars Workshops

Environmental Migration: Addressing Conflict Risks Workshop

In long-term scenarios on potential security risks emanating from climate change, large-scale population movements figure prominently among the assumed…

Environmental Conservation

EcoDogs Sniffing Out Endangered Species

The question is, how do you put dogs on the trail of unusual, elusive critters that few humans have seen? The dogs aren’t looking for animals per se, but are…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Targeting Research to Address Climate Change Challenges to Agriculture

Meeting the challenge of climate change will require targeted investments in crop science research. To identify the role that crop science research will play…

Physics & Astronomy

Geometry Affects Drift and Diffusion Across Entropic Barriers

In a uniform cylinder, both the mobility and the diffusion coefficient of the particle are independent of the driving force. This is not true, however, when…

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