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Physics & Astronomy

Color it ready — Webb Telescope instrument now at Goddard

To help identify these colors and objects the James Webb Space Telescope will be using a spectrograph called NIRSpec. Recently, the engineering test unit for…

Studies and Analyses

Grocery Shoppers Overspend Despite Cost-Tracking Efforts

But the harder they try, the worse they do — overspending by as much as 19 percent, according to a new study, which was conducted by a Cornell professor and…

Earth Sciences

TRMM measures Cyclone Paul's rainfall from space

Paul originated from a low pressure circulation embedded within the monsoon trough over the Arufura Sea between the northern coast of Australia and New Guinea….

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring the Carina Nebula by Touch

Max Mutchler, a research and instrument scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., and Noreen Grice, president of You Can Do…

Studies and Analyses

Women in Academic Medicine: Pay Gaps and Advancement Roles

In their report in the April issue of Academic Medicine, the research team also finds differences in the roles female faculty members take as they advance in…

Life & Chemistry

New Brain Nerve Cells Boost Stress Resilience in Mice

In a study of mice, the researchers determined that weeks after experiencing a stressful event, animals that were more susceptible to stress exhibited enhanced…

Awards Funding

Ernst-Otto Czempiel Award 2010: Honoring Innovative Scholars

Book versions of Ph.D. theses and books by authors of the age of 45 or older at the date of publication are excluded.The Peace Research Institute Frankfurt…

Technology Offerings

Innovative CpPN Complexes: New Insights on Metal Interactions

The invention at hand provides cyclopentadienylphosphazene complexes (CpPN complexes) of the metals of the third and the fourth group and of the lanthanoids…

Technology Offerings

Enhancing Mobile Data: Inter-Domain Handover Mechanisms

The invention relates to the field of mobile data connections, in which a mobile node, e.g. a notebook is connected to a fixed node like a wireless router.Further Information: …

Technology Offerings

New Actuator Design Using Electroactive Polymer Technology

The present invention is a novel principle for the use of electroactive polymers (EAPs). It is realised by a tubular device that contains the polymer. An…

Studies and Analyses

E20 Fuel Lowers Emissions in Automobiles, Study Shows

A new study by the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the use of E20 fuel, which blends 20 percent…

Studies and Analyses

Radiation Therapy After Mastectomy: A Underused Approach

While radiation therapy is common after breast conserving surgery, it's much less frequent after mastectomy, even among women for whom it would have clear…

Life & Chemistry

From the clinics to the bench and back — phenytoin as a mood stabilizer?

Recent clinical studies in patients with bipolar disorder have suggested that, as for other anticonvulsant drugs commonly used in the treatment of bipolar…

Interdisciplinary Research

Robot Sub Snookie Gains Sensory System Inspired by Blind Fish

Clever as a blind fish, the underwater robot “Snookie” can orient itself in murky waters with an artificial sensory organ inspired by the so-called…

Studies and Analyses

Exotic Plant Invades Southern Spain’s Coastal Dunes

In order to be able to predict the invasive success of this plant and identify coastal areas at greatest risk, the scientists evaluated its capacity to invade…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Middle Managers: Insights on Decision-Making Dynamics

Knowing these organizational rules will help us understand biological systems and our social interactions, argues Mark Gerstein, A L Williams professor of…

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