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NASA Unveils Advanced Search and Rescue Technologies

The Search and Rescue Mission Office at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., in collaboration with several government agencies, has developed…

Health & Medicine

LSUHSC Research Reveals Sugar Drinks Impact Blood Pressure

“We found no association for diet beverage consumption or caffeine intake and blood pressure,” notes Dr. Chen, “suggesting that sugar may actually be the…

Studies and Analyses

Directly Measuring Body Temperatures of Extinct Species

The study, appearing in this week’s online early edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, describes how scientists could use carbon and…

Environmental Conservation

Understanding Pollution Dispersion in Antarctic Ozone Dynamics

The flow of particles, although seemingly random, can be characterized more effectively, according to work done by Virginia Tech's Shane Ross of the…

Health & Medicine

Gene pattern may identify kidney transplant recipients who don't need life-long anti-rejection drugs

This finding may help identify other transplant recipients who could safely reduce or end use of immunosuppressive therapy. In 2008, more than 80,000 people in…

Studies and Analyses

Streamlined Imaging Orders Cut Unnecessary Patient Exams

Many medical institutions request and schedule outpatient diagnostic imaging exams through use of web-based radiology order entry systems. Some systems offer…

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Optimization of biogasprodction with regard to process and to costs is proposed by using integrated heating and stirring device

An integrated heating and stirring device (iHSD) for use in a digester is proposed. A turbulent incident flow at heating parts of this integrated device…

Materials Sciences

Sharkskin-Inspired Coatings for Planes, Ships, and Wind Energy

The inspiration – and model – for the paint‘s structure comes from nature: The scales of fast-swimming sharks have evolved in a manner that significantly…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Discovery Boosts Cost-Effective Cellulosic Ethanol Production

Biofuels researchers and industrials have generated improved mutant microorganisms previously, but authors of a paper in the on-line Proceedings of the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Mini-Projectors: Compact Solutions for Powerful Presentations

Almost no public presentation today is made without projectors. As the years pass, these devices keep getting smaller – and handier. A market with immense…

Materials Sciences

Unlocking Silicon Carbide: Powering Future Electronics

Silicon carbide (4H-SiC) is the ideal semiconductor material for power electronics. For instance, efficient power converters for electric vehicles or…

Health & Medicine

Mount Sinai Finds First Drug with Autism Treatment Potential

Previous research has shown that a gene mutation in the brain called SHANK3 can cause absent or severely delayed language abilities, intellectual disability,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Solar Power Manufacturing: A Smart Move for Governments

Queen's University Mechanical Engineering Professor Joshua Pearce conducted the study – to be published in the August edition of the academic journal Energy…

Information Technology

Breaking the Logjam: Improving Data Download from Outer Space

Experiments conducted by Sandia National Laboratories at the International Space Station preliminarily indicate that the problem could be remedied by orbiting…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Methods Developed to Detect, Measure Potato Phytonutrients

Together with colleagues, they've devised new analytical procedures for rapidly detecting and measuring phytonutrient concentrations in the tubers. Phytonutrients are plant compounds that are of particular interest for their potential to help diminish the risk of cardiovascular disease, respiratory problems and certain cancers, note Roy Navarre and Chuck Brown, geneticists with the ARS Vegetable and Forage Crop Research Unit in Prosser….

Studies and Analyses

New Surgical Option for Pediatric Rare Abdominal Cancer

The study, reported in the May 20 issue of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, looked retrospectively at 24 pediatric patients diagnosed with a rare and…

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