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Automotive Engineering

Tomorrow's Electric Vehicle – Fraunhofer IESE collaborates with Audi

One of the projects funded in this context is the network project “ePerformance”, which was initiated by Audi and will be funded by the government with a total…

Life & Chemistry

MGH Study Uncovers Key Steps in Childhood Leukemia Development

A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-based research team has identified how a chromosomal abnormality known to be associated with acute lymphoblastic…

Physics & Astronomy

Primitive Asteroids: Origins Beyond the Sun’s Reach Revealed

The team used numerical simulations to show that some comet-like objects residing in a disk outside the original orbit of the planets were scattered across the…

Life & Chemistry

New Insect Discovered in Balearic Islands by UGR Researchers

The researchers, including a team from the University of Granada (UGR), used biochemical and molecular techniques for a decade to detail the taxonomical and…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Reveals CO2 Capture Innovation in a Bowl

J. A. Tossell notes in the new study that another scientist discovered the molecule while doing research unrelated to global climate change. Carbon dioxide was…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Tackle Drug-Resistant Swine Flu Viruses in Japan

Amid reports that swine flu viruses are developing the ability to shrug off existing antiviral drugs, scientists in Japan are reporting a first-of-its kind…

Life & Chemistry

Environmental Factors Shape Blood Progenitor Cell Lineage Choices

With this method the researchers were able to prove for the first time that not only cell-intrinsic mechanisms, but also external environmental factors such as…

Physics & Astronomy

Unlocking the Mystery: How the Moon Got Its Stripes

Dr Dave Stegman, a Centenary Research Fellow in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne, led the study and says that part of the intrigue…

Environmental Conservation

Fossilized Dung Balls Uncover Secrets of Ancient Ecosystems

The dung-beetle has fallen on hard times. Once worshipped by the Ancient Egyptians its status has now slipped to that of unsung and forgotten hero, the butt of…

Life & Chemistry

New Genetic Insights on Asperger Syndrome and Empathy

The research was led by Dr Bhismadev Chakrabarti and Professor Simon Baron-Cohen from the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge. 68 genes were chosen either…

Studies and Analyses

Alzheimer's risk: Would you want to know?

These findings help address a longstanding debate about whether learning such information might cause lasting psychological harm, at least among those with a…

Life & Chemistry

'Sloppier copier' surprisingly efficient

The “sloppier copier” discovered by USC biologists is also the best sixth man in the DNA repair game, an article in the journal Nature shows.The enzyme known…

Life & Chemistry

DACH1 Protein: A Key Player in ER+ Breast Cancer Tumor Suppression

DACH1, a cell fate determination factor protein, prevents cancer cell proliferation by repressing the function of estrogen receptorsƒnin breast cancer, the…

Life & Chemistry

Decoding Parasitic Flatworm Genomes: Key Insights Unveiled

Two international research teams have determined the complete genetic sequences of two species of parasitic flatworms that cause schistosomiasis, a…

Medical Engineering

HIV Treatment Strategy Reduces Hepatitis B Co-Infection Risks

Researchers also found that patients who had higher levels of a common liver enzyme upon beginning treatment for HIV-HBV co-infection were at an increased risk…

Earth Sciences

Early Arctic Sea-Ice Formation Observed Sooner Than Expected

Significant sea ice formation occurred in the Arctic earlier than previously thought is the conclusion of a study published this week in Nature.”The results…

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