The Siemens appearance at Achema 2009 centers on sustainability. The exhibits show how the process industry can benefit from Siemens products, systems and…
With the new movie ‘Star Trek’ opening in theaters across the nation, one thing movie goers will undoubtedly see is the Starship Enterprise racing across the…
An international team of geologists may have uncovered the answer to an age-old question – an ice-age-old question, that is. It appears that Earth's earliest…
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego – led by 2008 Nobel-Prize winner Roger Tsien, PhD – have shown that bacterial proteins called…
Our life is supported by various chemical substances such as medicines, detergents, chemical fibers, and plastics. However, many useful chemical substances…
“Today I would like to talk about black holes.” Kazuo Makishima, chief scientist at the Cosmic Radiation Laboratory in the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute,…
Arkansas – home of thousands of backyard gardens, farmer’s markets, and a summer festival that pays annual homage to the tomato – also is home to a team of…
A team of scientists and engineers from Stanford, the University of Florida and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the first to create one of two basic…
The new laser power meter, tested at a U.S. Air Force base last week, will be used to measure the light emitted by 10-kilowatt (kW) laser systems. Light…
The scientists, who presented their research Thursday at the European Congress on Obesity, found that the total weekly physical activity among children…
An innovative device that acts like a belt to reshape an enlarged, leaky heart valve is providing a minimally invasive treatment option for patients who are…
Computers that could switch on instantly without the time-consuming process of “booting” an operating system is just one of the possibilities, according to a…
Fire researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have just published two reports providing details of how wind affects fires in…
The first large-scale study of its kind, the research paper considers the effects of shade on 460 single-family homes in Sacramento during the summer of 2007…
Up until now, the use of electroencephalography (EEG) in the monitoring of cardiac patients has been limited due to interpretation difficulties. A study…
Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, poses a serious health threat for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in an upcoming…