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Environmental Conservation

Invasive Snake Species: Assessing Risks in the U.S.

The USGS report details the risks of nine non-native boa, anaconda and python species that are invasive or potentially invasive in the United States. Because…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers discover mechanism that helps humans see in bright and low light

The discovery could contribute to better understanding of human diseases that affect the retina, including age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ion Tiger Fuel Cell UAV Achieves 23-Hour Test Flight

The test flight took place on October 9th through 10th at Aberdeen Proving Ground. The Ion Tiger fuel cell development system team is led by NRL and includes…

Medical Engineering

Bioluminescence Imaging: A New Approach to Eye Cancer Detection

At the moment, doctors rely on biopsy analysis to determine the progression of eye cancer. However, researchers now believe that a new technology,…

Medical Engineering

Siemens Elevates Mammography with 3D Tomosynthesis Technology

Siemens Healthcare has now integrated 3D tomosynthesis into its Mammomat Inspiration digital mammography platform. This technology compiles three-dimensional…

Business and Finance

Siemens Expands Solar Thermal Power with Solel Acquisition

Siemens AG is to acquire the solar thermal power company Solel Solar Systems Ltd. To date, the majority stake has been held by Ecofin Ltd., a London-based…

Studies and Analyses

Microchips Result in High Rate of Return of Shelter Animals to Owners

According to the research, the return-to-owner rate for cats was 20 times higher and for dogs 2 ½ times higher for microchipped pets than were the rates of…

Studies and Analyses

People Who Work After Retiring Enjoy Better Health

The study's authors refer to this transition between career and complete retirement as “bridge employment,” which can be a part-time job, self-employment or a…

Studies and Analyses

Study Finds Differing Long-term Effects of Hand-held Cellphone Bans on Driver Hand-held Cellphone Use

Phoning while driving and texting behind the wheel are in the news. This is the highway safety issue of the moment, the subject of cartoons and, on a more…

Information Technology

Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse Web Portal to be Developed

Project partners IEEE and the EnerNex Corporation will assist with content, which includes demonstration projects, use cases, standards, legislation, policy…

Materials Sciences

Lamborghini Advancing the Research in Structural Materials

Among other innovations, the outer body panels and other structural components of the SuperVeloce are constructed with lightweight carbon-fiber composites,…

Environmental Conservation

Nitrogen Mysteries in Urban Grasslands

There are over 150,000 km2 of urban grasslands in the U.S. and many receive high rates of fertilizer, creating concerns about nutrient runoff to streams,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Engineers Ornament Graphene with 24-Carat Gold 'Snowflakes,' Improving Its Electrical Properties

Vikas Berry is a K-State assistant professor of chemical engineering who works with graphene, a carbon material only a single atom thick and discovered just…

Life & Chemistry

Unexpected Hydrides Become Stable Metals at Pressure Near One Quarter Required to Metalize Pure Hydrogen Alone

The paper, entitled “A little bit of lithium does a lot for hydrogen,” presents the first prediction of stable LiHn hydrides (LiH2, LiH6, LiH8). These…

Life & Chemistry

Bioengineering Could Improve Prosthetic Hand Use for Wounded Soldiers

Researchers will present their updated findings Wednesday at the 95th annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. The research project, which…

Social Sciences

Spain Embraces Divorce: A Shift in Social Acceptance

Likewise, 79 per cent of the Spanish people think that, when a couple is not able to solve their marital problems, divorce is the best solution, which places…

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