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Life & Chemistry

Spring fishing season arrives… and with it, amphibian diseases

Waterdogs, they're called, these larvae of tiger salamanders used as live bait for freshwater fishing.With tiger salamander larvae, anglers hope to catch…

Earth Sciences

Deep-Sea Microbes: Insights from Gulf Mud Volcanoes

Scientists have completed the first study of microbes that live within the plumbing of deep-sea mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Mexico, where conditions may…

Life & Chemistry

Duckweed: A Green Solution for Hog Waste and Ethanol Production

Their research shows that growing duckweed on hog wastewater can produce five to six times more starch per acre than corn, according to researcher Dr. Jay…

Physics & Astronomy

Earthshine reflects Earth’s oceans and continents from the dark side of the Moon

The paper is published in this week’s edition of the international journal Astrobiology.Sally Langford from the University of Melbourne’s School of Physics who…

Life & Chemistry

Rhythmic genomics — the yeast metronome and the walk of life

Ribosomal RNA sequence changes have been ticking away like clockwork for over 3 billion years, maybe even pre-dating the origin of the DNA world itself….

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Unveil Groundbreaking Pentagonal Ice Discovery

Researchers, in collaboration with University College London and the Fritz-Haber Institut in Berlin, created the first moments of water condensing on matter –…

Physics & Astronomy

New Nanosensors: Advanced Security and Medical Applications

The new 'nanosensors', which are based on a fundamental science discovery in UK, Belgian and US research groups, could be tailor-made to instantly detect the…

Physics & Astronomy

I'm forever imploding bubbles

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed the first sensor capable of measuring localized ultrasonic cavitation – the implosion of bubbles in a…

Physics & Astronomy

New Experimental Breakthrough in Few-Body Physics

Now, a team of scientists of the Institute for Experimental Physics of the University of Innsbruck, Austria, has proven these states experimentally in an…

Life & Chemistry

PolyU Advances Cancer Drug Development with Biotechnology Innovations

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has achieved further breakthrough in developing cancer drugs through making use of advanced biotechnology. This…

Life & Chemistry

Endangered Philippine orchids to find ‘home’ in the wild again

The Philippines is home to more than 800 species of orchids, many of which are being collected and traded worldwide. However, unabated collection of this…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

UPLB Assessment: Controlled Endoparasites Boost Goat Productivity

For many small ruminant farmers, technologies that will help alleviate their plight are welcome.In the Philippines and other South-East Asian nations, small…

Earth Sciences

Volcanoes and Jet Engines: Unveiling Sound Similarities

The similarity between volcanic sounds too low for people to hear and the audible rumble made by turbulent air in a jet's propulsion system suggests there are…

Machine Engineering

Tree harvesting – with giant steps through the forest

Currently, when trees are cut down on an industrial scale (what the expert calls “tree harvesting”), heavy wheeled or tracked vehicles are employed which were…

Technology Offerings

Inducing Insulin Production Using Placental Stem Cells

For the induction of insulin synthesis, placental stem cells are used since the placenta

possesses several pluripotent cells which can be isolated in large…

Technology Offerings

M-Spirelli – Twisted membrane spacer for low fouling and increased masstransport/pressure loss ratio

Membrane processes suffer from concentration

polarization and fouling. Further, mass transport is often

hindered by fouling, caused by cake formation on…

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