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Earth Sciences

Study Reveals Black Carbon’s Impact on Global Warming Predictions

A new Cornell study, published online in Nature Geoscience, quantified the amount of black carbon in Australian soils and found that there was far more than…

Health & Medicine

Dioxin Exposure Linked to Higher Cardiovascular Disease Risk

A December 2007 PubMed search of English-language epidemiologic studies and their citations regarding dioxin exposure and CVD mortality provided the basis for…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Unveils Secrets of Loner Starburst Galaxy NGC 1569

Now NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has helped astronomers solve the mystery of the loner starburst galaxy, called NGC 1569, by showing that it is one and a half…

Machine Engineering

Automated Profinet Commissioning Simplifies Device Setup

The new functionality allows users to predefine the cabling of the devices as a setpoint topology in the Topology Editor of Step 7. This means that it is no…

Machine Engineering

New Laser Scanners Enhance Safety for Transport Systems

Typical applications for the Simatic FS660 SR include low-speed driverless transport systems of up to two meters with a short braking path. In fixed…

Trade Fair News

Robots with Emotions on Display at the ICT'08 Event in Lyon

Dr Lola Cañamero, of the University of Hertfordshire’s School of Computer Science, is co-ordinating a European project which is developing robots that are…

Health & Medicine

How Bad Cholesterol Affects Peripheral Fat Breakdown

The study, which is a collaboration of two research groups at Karolinska Institutet, is published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE. It shows that LDL…

Physics & Astronomy

King Saud University Partners with MPQ for Innovative Research

This statement was made by Professor Ferenc Krausz, Managing Director of MPQ, and Professor Ali Al-Gamdi, Vice Rector of KSU, on the occasion of a small start…

Science Education

Boost Graduate Retention with Effective Lifelong Learning Strategies

The project uses a learning profiling system called the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) which identifies seven characteristics of a…

Life & Chemistry

New Skin Cancer Drug Nears Commercialization Breakthrough

The new drug that the Örebro researchers have developed is based on the use of photo-dynamic therapy in cancer treatment. In short, this is a drug that after…

Earth Sciences

ESA Inspires Future Earth Scientists Through Innovation

Although the Earth has undergone significant changes in the past, there is mounting evidence that the changes imposed, mostly by human activity, during the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

European Project Sets New Efficiency Record for Solar Power

The main barrier to large-scale deployment of PV systems is the high production cost of electricity, due to the significant capital investment costs. Research…

Environmental Conservation

Future of Green Packaging: New Research on Seal Technology

The half a million pound project is focused on improving the ‘form-fill and seal’ type of packaging used for foods such as rice, pasta and crisps. By designing…

Awards Funding

ThruVision Wins Grand Security Product Award for Innovative Screening

An innovative security screening system from ThruVision, that can detect hidden explosives, liquids, narcotics, weapons, plastics and ceramics from a distance,…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Beauty in Mathematical Intuition: Insights from Bergen

Rolf Reber, together with mathematician Morten Brun and psychologist Karoline Mitterndorfer, all from the University of Bergen, Norway, have reported first…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Chinese Politicians Explore Energy Innovations at JET

Madame LIU Yandong, a member of the State Council – the highest administrative body of the Chinese Government – is on a fact-finding tour of scientific…

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