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Physics & Astronomy

Laser-Created Lens Unlocks Movies of Molecular Processes

Finding a way to observe and record the behavior of matter at the molecular level has long been one of the holy grails among physicists. That ability could…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Professor's Invention Lands First-Place Award, Could Save Million of Gallons of Fuel Every Day

Dr. Charles Perry’s newest patent, which is pending, potentially could save America 120 million gallons of fuel daily.The invention has several names – wheel…

Earth Sciences

University of Miami Team Secures $3.4M Grant for Agulhas Current Study

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it is funding a study with the goal of building a multi-decadal time series of Agulhas Current volume…

Information Technology

New Wireless System Enhances Hospital Equipment Tracking

Fraunhofer IIS has now developed a wireless system for locating medical equipment and blood products as well as for condition monitoring. The project, which is…

Studies and Analyses

Researchers of VTT, the University of Turku and the University of Heidelberg discover new information on spreading of cancer

The study has been published in Science Signaling on 30th June 2009. In cooperation with the University of Heidelberg, they have also found a factor…

Life & Chemistry

Birds’ Unique Nostrils: Insights from Monogamous Species

Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology now report that it also occurs in a strictly monogamous species of bird, suggesting…

Environmental Conservation

Global Seagrass Habitat Loss: A Growing Environmental Crisis

An international team of scientists warns that accelerating losses of seagrasses across the globe threaten the immediate health and long-term sustainability of…

Life & Chemistry

Natural-Born Divers: Tracing Marine Mammal Evolution

When the ancestors of present marine mammals initiated their return to the oceans, their physiology had to adapt radically to the new medium. Dr. Michael…

Life & Chemistry

Stanford’s New Method Streamlines Isotope Sorting Process

Whether it's the summer grass that tickles your feet or the red Bordeaux smacking on your palette, nearly every part of the world around you carries special…

Machine Engineering

Laser beam repairs engine components – major market potential for aircraft construction and mechanical engineering

Ensuring flight safety is regarded as the number one priority in civil aviation. One of the key strategies to achieve this is by maintaining reliable engine…

Studies and Analyses

How Climate Change Is Shifting Tourist Flows Northward

This is the subject of a new, European research project at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.The tourist industry is heavily affected by weather and…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Ghrelin Could Aid Alcohol Dependence Treatment

When ghrelin's actions in the brain are blocked, alcohol's effects on the reward system are reduced. It is an important discovery that could lead to new…

Materials Sciences

Discover the Benefits of Synthetic Fibers in Business Clothing

Modern synthetic fibres, whose properties can be designed by targeted processes, offer numerous advantages as compared to natural fibres, which also apply to…

Technology Offerings

Onco-Targets – Making loss of SFRP tumour suppressor function druggable

The invention discloses molecules, which are activated,

when function of Secreted Fizzled Related Protein 1

(SFRP1) is lost. SFRP1 is known to have…

Technology Offerings

Fluorine MRI – Direct fluorine imaging for detection of inflammatory processes

The invention discloses non toxic perfluorocarbons

encapsuled in nanoemulsions which are ingested by

circulating monocytes/macrophages. As a result…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New crops needed for new climate

The research, to be presented by Dr Ros Gleadow on 29 June 2009 at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting in Glasgow, has shown that the…

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