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Life & Chemistry

University of Minnesota Maps Electron Movement in Cells

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a molecular image of a system that moves electrons between proteins in cells. The achievement is a…

Earth Sciences

Hubert's remnants still raining on southern Madagascar

NASA's Aqua infrared satellite imagery from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument confirmed that some deep convection (rapidly rising air that…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Storm Tomas Triggers Alerts in South Pacific Islands

Forecasters at the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) have posted a tropical cyclone alert for the South Pacific islands of Wallis and Futuna on March 11 at…

Earth Sciences

South Atlantic Storm 90Q Moves Away from Brazil: Key Updates

The Naval Research Laboratory has provided information on the system, although they will not issue a formal tropical cyclone declaration because the Southern…

Physics & Astronomy

3 FASTSAT Instruments Pass NASA Testing Milestone

These instruments were conceived and built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and were integrated to the satellite and tested at NASA's…

Physics & Astronomy

Proposed mission would return sample from asteroid 'time capsule'

“This asteroid is a time capsule from before the birth of our solar system,” said Bill Cutlip of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., one of…

Environmental Conservation

Yellow Fever Impacts Monkey Populations in South America

A group of Argentine scientists, including health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society, have announced that yellow fever is the culprit in a…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Endothelial Stem Cell Function at NU

Researchers at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering are the first to fully characterize a special type of stem cell, endothelial…

Health & Medicine

Years of Smoking Associated with Lower Parkinson’s Risk, Not Number of Cigarettes Per Day

“These results could guide the development of studies on various tobacco components with animal models to help understand the relationship between smoking and…

Earth Sciences

Asian Scientists Transform Earthquake Research Techniques

As recent events in Haiti, Chile and Turkey have demonstrated, earthquakes can have devastating effect. Those living in the Asia-Pacific are well aware of…

Machine Engineering

Innovative Safety Relay Monitors Machine Speed and Standstill

This device, which belongs to the range of Sirius 3TK28 safety relays, can simultaneously monitor three parameterizable limit values for downtime, setup speed…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Compact 12V & 24V Power Supplies for Small Performance Needs

The new Sitop PSU100C units of the Sitop compact product line feature a slim-line, space-saving design with a wide-range input for single-phase AC and DC…

Technology Offerings

Controlling Ion Energy and Flux in RF Plasma Discharges

The energy of ions impacting surfaces during plasma processing is crucial in determining both

the properties of materials being deposited by plasmas and for…

Life & Chemistry

TU Delft Enhances Chemical Production From Wood Waste

They discovered that the bacterium Cupriavidus basilensis breaks down harmful by-products which are produced when sugars are released from wood. They also…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Plant Hormone Boosts Cotton Yields in Drought Conditions

Cytokinins promote cell division and growth in plants. In cotton, cytokinins stimulate the growth of the main plant stem and branches. Commercially produced…

Life & Chemistry

Extend Laptop Battery Life: Power, Safety, and Longevity Tips

A common problem with notebook computers is that the battery delivers power for far too short a time, which only gets shorter as it gets older. If you don’t…

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