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Studies and Analyses

Vitamin D’s Impact on Atherosclerosis: Insights by Race

The study is the first to show a positive relationship between calcified plaque in large arteries, a measure of atherosclerosis or “hardening of the arteries,”…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Microscopic Photos Expose Bacteria Attacking Grape Plants

Like a band of detectives surveying the movement of a criminal, researchers using photographic technology have caught at least one culprit in the act.In this…

Physics & Astronomy

Creating the ultimate nuclear theory to help solve resource and energy problems

Takashi NakatsukasaAssociate Chief ScientistTheoretical Nuclear Physics LaboratoryRIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based ScienceTakashi Nakatsukasa,…

Physics & Astronomy

X-rays in a new light

Visible light and X-rays are different types of radiation. Visible light, for example, doesn’t penetrate the human body, whereas X-rays are absorbed weakly and…

Life & Chemistry

All natural ingredients

The various metabolic pathways in a given plant generate a staggering array of molecules that enable growth and survival under diverse conditions—and in some…

Power and Electrical Engineering

PartTec to Market SNS-Developed Neutron Detector System

The Shifting Scintillator Neutron Detector system was developed for DOE’s Spallation Neutron Source and High Flux Isotope Reactor complex, the world’s most…

Studies and Analyses

Vitamin D and Calcium Interplay Explored

Currently, calcium intake recommendations are not tied to vitamin D status, which may explain why markedly different recommended calcium intakes exist among…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Sewage Sludge Builds Organic Matter in Depleted Soils

Sewage sludge can be a source of plant nutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and soil organic matter. This aspect is more relevant in tropical regions,…

Physics & Astronomy

Gone With the Galactic Wind: 10 Years of Chandra

But direct observation by the Chandra orbiting telescope have changed all that and led to “the first characterization of the spatial, thermal, chemical and…

Physics & Astronomy

Scientist Explains Whistler Turbulence in Space

These include geomagnetic storm, hazardous cosmic particles, space weather etc. Understanding the behavior of solar wind is therefore very critical. In situ…

Machine Engineering

Profinet Communication: Enhanced Features for Versatile Systems

These features facilitate easier system configuration, for example in failsafe applications, leaner and more versatile topology architectures with multiple…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Save Energy with Profienergy During Production Breaks

The power module specifically switches off individual inputs and outputs of the Simatic ET 200S High Feature I/O system and disconnects their connected loads…

Machine Engineering

Intrinsically Safe Industrial PCs for Hazardous Area Monitoring

The panel PC is particularly suitable for operator control and monitoring, measuring and testing as well as data collection and communication. Simatic HMI Thin…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Chinese-German Partnership Advances Land Use Research Collaboration

A scientific platform for research collaboration brings together researchers from the Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and the…

Life & Chemistry

Notch Molecule’s Surprising Role in Organism Development

Scientists headed by ICREA researcher Marco Milán, at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), reveal a surprising new function of Notch…

Medical Engineering

CEIT-IK4 designs a tool for operations on people with severe or profound auditory loss

This is the first micromanipulator specifically for operations involving cochlear and middle ear implants, of which about a hundred are carried out in this…

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