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Life & Chemistry

Bees Learn to Recognize Human Faces Through Feature Configurations

But Martin Giurfa from the Université de Toulouse, France, suspected that that the bees weren't learning to recognise people. 'Because the insects were…

Technology Offerings

NMDA Antagonists – New selective compounds to the NR2B subunit with high affinity

he NMDA receptor, an ion channel consisting of several protein subunits, is involved in the pathophysiology of chronic neurodegenerative diseases, depression,…

Technology Offerings

Special sensors for characterization of multiphase flows

For the determination of flow parameters in multiphase

mixtures several novel invasiv and noninvasive

measurement systems and procedures
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Two-Colour Fluorescence Marker Boosts Neurodegenerative Research

Worldwide it is estimated that there are 29 million cases of Alzheimer Disease (AD) and about 4 million of Parkinson's Disease (PD). The world market for AD…

Technology Offerings

Two-Colour Fluorescence Marker Enhances Live Cell Imaging

Live Cell Imaging technologies provide the first detailed look at the dynamic structures and interactions of cellular organelles within living cells that may…

Environmental Conservation

Seabed biodiversity of the Straits of Magellan and Drake Passage

“The biodiversity data are from my very first oceanographic cruise with the Chilean Navy in the Magellanic region in 1997, as an early undergraduate,” said Dr…

Medical Engineering

Breakthrough heart scanner will allow earlier diagnosis

The portable magnetometer* is being developed at the University of Leeds, with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)…

Studies and Analyses

Right-handed and left-handed people do not see the same bright side of things

These are the conclusions derived from various studies compiled by professor Julio Santiago de Torres, from the Department of Experimental Psychology and…

Life & Chemistry

Stem cell breakthrough: Bone marrow cells are the answer

Using cells from mice, scientists from Iowa and Iran have discovered a new strategy for making embryonic stem cell transplants less likely to be rejected by a…

Health & Medicine

Potential new target for drugs to treat iron deficiency and overload discovered

Medical College of Georgia researchers noted in the online edition of Blood that the protein neogenin, a receptor that aids in neural development, is also part…

Life & Chemistry

Fewer honey bee colonies and beekeepers throughout Europe

The number of bee colonies in Central Europe has decreased over recent decades. In fact, the number of beekeepers has been declining in the whole of Europe…

Health & Medicine

MSU researcher advocates new way to treat autism

For years, the behavioral and developmental camps have argued over which theory is more effective in teaching communication and other skills to preschool-aged…

Life & Chemistry

Microbes Produce Fuels Directly from Biomass

“The fact that our microbes can produce a diesel fuel directly from biomass with no additional chemical modifications is exciting and important,” says Jay…

Business and Finance

European Micro- and Nanotechnology Industry Rules off 2009 and Moves on

The impact of the ongoing economic crisis on the microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials industries is expected to be less noticeable in 2010…

Health & Medicine

Hygienic Laboratory first to confirm salmonella in nationwide outbreak

Testing conducted by the Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa confirmed on Monday, Jan. 25, that this strain of salmonella is linked to the outbreak…

Earth Sciences

NASA satellite sees Tropical Depression 10P Strengthening in south Pacific

When Aqua passed over Tropical Depression 10P (TD 10P) on January 27 at 12:17 UTC (7:17 a.m. ET) it was located near 15.1 South and 169.7 W, had maximum…

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