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Materials Sciences

Theory May Help Design Tomorrow's Sustainable Polymer

The work, which researchers believe may lead to a new class of materials, is described in a paper appearing in the Dec. 18 issue of the Journal of Physical…

Studies and Analyses

Exercise’s Impact on Appetite Hormones: A Closer Look

Taken together, the research shows that aerobic exercise is better at suppressing appetite than non-aerobic exercise and provides a possible explanation for…

Earth Sciences

Earth’s Average Temperature Rises 0.4°C Over 30 Years

Globally, Earth's atmosphere warmed an average of about 0.4 C (or about 0.72 degrees Fahrenheit) in 30 years, according to data collected by sensors aboard…

Automotive Engineering

Germany and Volkswagen Drive Electric Cars for Daily Use

The project was initiated by the German government and Volkswagen and is being carried out jointly with partners from industry and universities. It is being…

Health & Medicine

New Technique Helps Amputees Feel Prosthetic Hands as Their Own

The illusion of having a rubber hand was achieved by the scientists by touching the stump of the amputated arm out of sight of the subject while simultaneously…

Power and Electrical Engineering

European Commission: 60% Surge in Solar Panel Production

This scientific study combines analysis of up-to-date international manufacturing and market implementation data throughout 2007 with subsequent strategic and…

Transportation and Logistics

Optimizing Barge Rotation: Innovation at Port of Rotterdam

Douma has developed a new method for the optimum planning of the rotation of a barge in the port: the barge loads or unloads containers at various terminals in…

Life & Chemistry

Heart regenerates after Infarction – First trials with mice

Now, researchers and cardiologists from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Charité (Germany) have been able to show that…

Physics & Astronomy

Space-DRUMS: A New Era in Space Station Experiments

Space-DRUMS is based on the DRUMS device (Dynamically Responding Ultrasonic Matrix System), originally developed by Professor Jacques Yves Guigné, Chief…

Awards Funding

Meet the 2009 Leibniz Prize Winners: Eleven New Discoveries

The recipients of this year’s Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize have been officially announced. At its meeting in Bonn today, the Joint Committee of the Deutsche…

Awards Funding

Innovative Designs for Future Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles

Dr Rashid Ali, at the University’s School of Aerospace, Automotive and Design Engineering and co-ordinator of The European Student Competition of Unmanned…

Awards Funding

Seven life scientists get research boost to set up in Europe / EMBO Installation Grants provide three years of funding & support

EMBO Installation Grants are awarded annually and aim to strengthen science in selected member states of the EMBC, the EMBO intergovernmental funding body. The…

Studies and Analyses

Discover Virgin Olive Oil’s Anti-Inflammatory Benefits

To this end, they have studied the consumption in diets with different fatty composition, based on extra virgin olive oil, nuts and butter, observing that…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Springtime Nitrogen Emissions Spike in Dairy Pastures

Research Scientist Kirsi H. Saarijärvi of MTT Agrifood Research Finland charted the nitrogen emissions caused by intensive grazing in her doctoral…

Environmental Conservation

Balancing Biodiversity and Fisheries: A Global Challenge

Human impacts on the environment have reduced populations of wild species to dangerously low levels. Nowhere is this more apparent than in worldwide fisheries,…

Medical Engineering

Implantable Monitor Aids Diastolic Heart Failure Management

Led by Michael R. Zile, M.D., of Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, the researchers analyzed data on DHF patients enrolled in a larger…

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