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Machine Engineering

Innovation from iwis at Motion, Drive & Automation

iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co.KG (Hall 25, Stand B26) will launch its new FLEXON® hinged-slat chains and MatTop chains made of DuPont™ Delrin® acetal resin at…

Health & Medicine

Cholesterol Crystals Linked to Cardiovascular Attacks by MSU Researcher

The findings by a team led by George Abela, chief of the cardiology division in MSU’s College of Human Medicine, could dramatically shift the way doctors and…

Life & Chemistry

Impact of Fish Stocking on Aquatic Insects: New Study Insights

Their findings appear in a current online issue of the journal Freshwater Biology where they describe experiments that examined some effects of fisheries…

Life & Chemistry

Scripps Scientists Uncover Structure of Chemotherapy-Resistant Protein

The protein, called P-glycoprotein or P-gp for short, is one of the main reasons cancer cells are resistant to chemotherapy drugs. Understanding its structure…

Life & Chemistry

Tiny but toxic: MBL researchers discover a mechanism of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

The particles are minute clumps of amyloid beta, which has long been known to accumulate and form plaques in the brain of Alzheimer's patients. “These small…

Health & Medicine

Lead Exposure Linked to Cognitive Decline in Older Women

Study findings suggest that cumulative exposure to lead at levels likely to be experienced in community settings may have adverse consequences for women’s…

Studies and Analyses

Cat Diet Study Reveals Breakthrough in Nervous System Repair

In a study published today (March 30, 2009) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers from the University of…

Health & Medicine

Cut Brain Mapping Time from Years to Months with Advance

Mapping the billions of connections in the brain is a grand challenge in neuroscience. The current method for mapping interconnected brain cells involves the…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Changes Linked to Stunted Lung Development in Children

Study authors, led by George Leikauf, Ph.D., professor of occupational and environmental health at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public…

Studies and Analyses

Zopiclone Users: Impairment Insights for Traffic Safety Limits

This could be important background knowledge in the discussion about establishing legal limits in traffic for sedatives or sleep-inducing medicines as we have…

Physics & Astronomy

UK Astronomers Study Asteroid Before Earth Impact

This is the very first time that an asteroid that hit the Earth has been studied before entering our atmosphere, allowing the scientists to predict whether it…

Life & Chemistry

Tick Saliva Protein Shows Promise for Myasthenia Gravis Treatment

“This disease can leave patients weak and on breathing machines, and conventional treatments can be toxic,” said Henry Kaminski, M.D., chair of the department…

Transportation and Logistics

Green Wave in Muenster: Siemens’ Adaptive Signal Control Boosts Traffic Flow

Representative of these solutions will be the “green wave for Muenster”, where road users benefit from a succession of green lights more frequently thanks to…

Corporate News

Siemens Energy to Build Shuweihat II Power and Desalination Plant

Siemens Energy has secured an order from Abu Dhabi for construction of the Shuweihat II combined cycle power plant with integrated seawater desalination…

Health & Medicine

COPD Insights: New Research Unveils Swallowing Challenges

In the first issue for April of the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Roxann Diez Gross, Ph.D., and…

Medical Engineering

New MRI Technique Visualizes Disease Metabolism In Action

Their new method, reported in the March 27 issue of the research journal Science, makes more of the body's chemistry visible by MRI, said Warren Warren, James…

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