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Machine Engineering

Wireless Control Innovation: Mobile Panel 277F IWLAN Unveiled

For safety-oriented applications, the Mobile Panel 277F IWLAN communicates via a “Rapid Roaming” process in order to ensure interruption-free transmission of…

Life & Chemistry

Expanded Genetic Code: Unlocking New Possibilities in Innovation

The genetic code includes information for only 20 amino acids (AAs). If this repertoire could be expanded, it would, for example, be possible to program…

Life & Chemistry

Stable Boron-Oxygen Triple Bonds Achieved by Würzburg Chemists

Why is this renowned scientific magazine so enthusiastic about the work of the Würzburg chemists? This is because stable triple bonds have already been…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Pad Design Features Spring Elements for Comfort

The invention, with priority January 21st, 2004, relates to a generic described pad, which has spring elements

or springs evenly distributed all over the…

Life & Chemistry

New Research on Rapamycin: Hope for Heart Disease and Cancer

The antibiotic, rapamycin, is used on drug-eluting stents implanted during angioplasty because it is effective in preventing restenosis (re-narrowing or…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Unlocking Solar Energy Potential in Southeastern Ontario

These studies, led by Queen's mechanical engineering professor Joshua Pearce, are the first to explore the region's solar energy potential. Professor Pearce…

Studies and Analyses

Materialistic people liked less by peers than 'experiential' people

Van Boven has spent a decade studying the social costs and benefits of pursuing happiness through the acquisition of life experiences such as traveling and…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Discover Gene Target for Obesity-Related Diseases

Two research studies funded by grants from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) examined the role of a gene…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Genetic Diseases from Primary Cilia Formation

A team of scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a network of genes that initiate and manage cilia formation….

Health & Medicine

Early Interventions Essential to Combat Childhood Obesity

Janet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH, UCSF assistant professor of pediatrics, and Melvin Heyman, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics and chief of pediatric gastroenterology,…

Studies and Analyses

Fetal Epigenetics: Changes in Placentas Revealed by Study

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that epigenetic marks on human placentas change from the first trimester of pregnancy to the third, a…

Studies and Analyses

Exclusive Licensing Deals: A Tool for Strategic Collaboration

Deepak Somaya says the findings reveal that granting rights to a sole partner is a tool to curb risk and leverage cooperation, not to corner the market when…

Physics & Astronomy

Moonlight Reflection: Dusty Reflectors Dim Lunar Glow

“Near full moon, the strength of the returning light decreases by a factor of ten,” said first author Tom Murphy, associate professor of physics at the…

Information Technology

Magnetic Sensors Identify Vehicles for Hassle-Free Parking

They have developed easy-to-install magnetic field sensors. Unoccupied parking lot locations can be presented on a display. This monitor system has been…

Health & Medicine

Targeted Therapy MDV3100 Shows Promise for Advanced Prostate Cancer

According to the findings of the Phase 1-2 study, MDV3100 not only shrank patients' tumors, but also reduced serum levels of the tumor marker prostate-specific…

Physics & Astronomy

New Method Sheds Light on Proton-Neutron Binding in Nuclei

A researcher at North Carolina State University has helped to develop a new method for describing the binding of protons and neutrons within nuclei. This…

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