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Furman Creates New Process for Campus Energy, Climate Action

The organization says that Furman's unique approach to planning has resulted in efforts that are integral to the school’s master sustainability plan and can…

Physics & Astronomy

Astrophysics: Colorado Bound — The Pierre Auger Project

Now the Observatory is hoping to build a new array in the northern hemisphere: a tremendous undertaking. To be based in Colorado, the array would consist of a…

Materials Sciences

Physicists Unlock the Mysteries of Crack Formation

For years, scientists have tried to understand the propagation of cracks and how they affect the materials in which they form, said Alain Karma, distinguished…

Life & Chemistry

Plasma Treatment: Eco-Friendly Textile Fiber Innovation

A more environmentally friendly process to treat textile fibers that are used in garments, carpets, curtains, and other applications has recently been reported…

Studies and Analyses

ICTuS 2 Study – Hypotherma (brain cooling) for Stroke

Cedars-Sinai, UC San Diego and UTHealth to Collaborate on Largest Trial to Date of Hypothermia for StrokeResearchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Innovative Fiber-Optic Connection System Enhances Installation Ease

The LC connector according to IEC 61754-20 features an innovative “push-pull” release mechanism for easy installation of FO cables in network components with…

Life & Chemistry

Virus Infections Linked to Gluten Intolerance Onset

A research project in the Academy of Finland's Research Programme on Nutrition, Food and Health (ELVIRA) has brought new knowledge on the hereditary nature of…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Exploring Echinacea’s Enigmatic Origins

Only a few Echinacea species are currently cultivated as botanical remedies, and plant breeders would like to know whether other types also possess…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Chitinases: Key Enzymes In Nature’s Recycling Process

The chitin-degrading enzymes known as chitinases are not just important to insects with chitin shells and to their predators, they also seem to be involved in…

Life & Chemistry

Asking “what would nature do?” leads to a way to break down a greenhouse gas

University of Michigan biological chemist Steve Ragsdale, along with research assistant Elizabeth Pierce and scientists led by Fraser Armstrong from the…

Life & Chemistry

Snake Venom Protein Haditoxin Captivates Science Community

The novel protein named haditoxin has been described in the prestigious Journal of Biological Chemistry (March 12, 2010). The editorial board of the journal…

Corporate News

Siemens Boosts Copper Processing at Minera Los Pelambres

The mills are intended to increase processing capacity for copper ores. Siemens already equipped two mills for Los Pelambres in 1999 and has been responsible…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Combining Burning and Grazing to Heal Native Rangeland

The application of summer patch burning to heal native rangeland may be best accomplished using rotational grazing, according to a Texas AgriLife Research…

Health & Medicine

Depression Doubles Dementia Risk in Diabetic Adults

Adults who have both diabetes and major depression are more than twice as likely to develop dementia, compared to adults with diabetes only, according to a…

Science Education

New Insights on Memory and Learning from Recent Research

Current research by Nate Kornell, an assistant professor of psychology at Williams College, and Robert A. Bjork of the University of California, Los Angeles…

Health & Medicine

Electromagnetic Pulses Offer Pain Relief for Osteoarthritis

In the double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled study, 34 patients used a portable battery-operated device that emits a low-intensity pulsating…

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