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Earth Sciences

Alaska’s Glaciers: Retreating Trends and Surprising Advances

Although more than 99 percent of Alaska's large glaciers are retreating, a handful, surprisingly, are advancing.The Glaciers of Alaska, authored by USGS…

Life & Chemistry

MSU Scientists Discover Heat-Resistant Gene in Plants

The MSU researchers found that the gene bZIP28 helps regulate heat stress response in Arabidopsis thaliana, a member of the mustard family used as a model…

Corporate News

Siemens to Provide Automation for Poland’s Largest WWTP Upgrade and Expansion Project

Warsaw is one of the largest and most densely populated urban areas in Poland. The Czajka plant serves most of the city and surrounding area. Its expansion…

Life & Chemistry

Hodgkin Lymphoma – New Characteristics Discovered

Björn Lamprecht and Dr. Stephan Mathas (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, MDC, Berlin-Buch and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany) have…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Transforming Industry with Advanced Superconductors

For this reason, this field of research has always generated enormous interest, and considerable resources are utilised on techniques that can transform these…

Environmental Conservation

New Program Reports Air Quality in Major Spanish Cities

Air is one of the leading Spanish projects participating in the scheme through the Environmental Software and Modelling Group based at the Universidad…

Physics & Astronomy

Born from the Wind – Unique Multi-wavelength Portrait of Star Birth

The picture combines infrared, visible and X-ray light from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, ESO's New Technology Telescope (NTT) and the European Space…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Sustainable Electricity Supply: Costs Challenge Dutch Goals

The Dutch government’s ambitious environmental objectives for the electricity sector are only possible at a high price. This is one of the conclusions of…

Social Sciences

Young Adults Gaining Independence: The Precarious Journey

The number of young people aged between 16 and 29 living on their own earnings alone has almost doubled since 1997, standing at 26.3% in 2006. In addition, the…

Environmental Conservation

First Footage of Deepest-Living Fishes at 7,700 Meters

‘We got some absolutely amazing footage from 7700 metres. More fish than we or anyone in the world would ever have thought possible at these depths,’ says…

Information Technology

Innovative search for world’s biggest physics laboratory

The Research Center in Karlsruhe is one of the biggest research institutions for natural and engineering scientists in Europe. Every day thousands of…

Physics & Astronomy

Ozone Hole in 2008 Bigger Than Previous Year

Ozone is a protective atmospheric layer found in about 25 kilometres altitude that acts as a sunlight filter shielding life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Hydrogen Fuel Approach Promises Sustainable Energy Solutions

Fuel cells are the foundation of this technology which, if it becomes industrially viable, would represent the beginning of an energy revolution that would…

Health & Medicine

New Neurons Boost Memory: Insights from Recent Research

Recent research has shown that hippocampal neurogenesis is crucial for memory formation. These studies, however, have not yet clarified how the newborn neurons…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Linked to Ejaculation Speed in Men: Key Study Findings

The participants in the study by Waldinger and Janssen were 89 Dutch men who suffer from the primary form of premature ejaculation, in other words, men who…

Awards Funding

Portable Roptalmu Robot: Finalist at 2008 Strategic Manufacturing Awards

The machine created by the technological centre – based in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa – and known as Roptalmu, is a lightweight and portable robot the…

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