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Life & Chemistry

Twin Nanoparticles Effectively Target Breast Cancer Cells

The trick becomes how to deliver cancer-fighting drugs directly to the tumor cells. Brown University chemists think they have an answer: They have created a…

Earth Sciences

How Rising Sea Levels Will Impact Global Communities by 2100

Research presented today at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change in Copenhagen shows that the upper range of sea level rise by 2100 could be…

Studies and Analyses

Folic Acid Supplements Linked to Higher Prostate Cancer Risk

A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found that men who took a daily folic acid supplement of 1 mg daily had more than…

Corporate News

Siemens Unveils Cost-Effective Innovations at Hanover Fair 2009

“It is especially in times of changing economic conditions that industrial companies expect systematic solutions that help cut costs while also securing their…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Renewables Set to Meet 40% of Global Electricity by 2050

This research was presented at a press conference by Peter Lund of the Helsinki University of Technology's Advanced Energy Systems in Espoo, Finland, ahead of…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Tools from FOOTPRINT Reduce Pesticide Impact

The tools and a very large database, which are the result of the FOOTPRINT project, will be presented at the FOOTPRINT conference, which will take place at…

Physics & Astronomy

Smart Heating and Cooling Innovations with Nanofluids

In the past, the attention of scientists and engineers has been mostly focused on the dissipation of great amounts of heat, the rationale behind that being …

Health & Medicine

Heart Attack Trends: Improved Prevention, Stable Hospitalization

The study found that over the past 40 years rates of AMI diagnosed by ECG decreased by 50%, whereas rates of AMI diagnosed exclusively by infarction biomarkers…

Earth Sciences

New Volcano Monitoring Method Enhances Eruption Predictions

The measurement results will be used to make it easier to predict volcano eruptions, and they can also be used to improve today's climate models. One of the…

Studies and Analyses

Smoking Cessation Before Surgery Cuts Complications in Half

They also experienced half as many complications after surgery as the patients who did not receive help to give up smoking, with 21 per cent experiencing…

Materials Sciences

New Applications for Carbon Nanomaterials in Hydrogen Storage

Experimental and theoretical efforts were combined in a synergistic approach and the results, published this week in the ASAP section of the journal Nano…

Corporate News

Seamless HMI & Micro-Controller Integration with Simatic Step 7

The new Simatic Step 7 Basic engineering system configures both the controller and the HMI (human-machine interface) Basic Panels. This ensures especially…

Corporate News

Compact Motor Starters with IO-Link Connectivity for Diagnostics

Several compact starters can be mounted side-by-side. They send not only operating data but also diagnostic data to the control via the IO-Link protocol. This…

Life & Chemistry

New Pathway Discovered to Regulate Inflammation Protein

Researchers at the University of Illinois have identified a novel pathway that controls the activity of a key protein involved in inflammation. Their findings…

Event News

World Glaucoma Day: Raising Awareness for Vision Health

Glaucoma is one of the most common causes of vision loss in North America. It affects 250,000 Canadians – but only half of them know that they have it. There…

Health & Medicine

Study suggests blood test for Alzheimer’s possible

Researchers from the University of Georgia, the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta and the Medical College of Georgia compared antibody levels in…

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