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World’s biggest computing grid launched

The United States is a vital partner in the development and operation of the WLCG. Fifteen universities and three U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Biofuel Promise: Insights from Purdue University Research

In an article published Friday (Oct. 3) in the journal Science, Purdue University agricultural economist Otto Doering and a team of 22 other scientists write…

Studies and Analyses

Obese Diners Prefer Convenience at Chinese Buffets: Study Insights

This may lead them to overeat, according to a recent study by Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab. Compared to normal weight diners, overweight individuals…

Studies and Analyses

Innovative Solutions Needed to Tackle Home Fuel Health Risks

If current levels of smoking and biomass and coal fuel use in homes continues, between 2003 and 2033 there will be an estimated 65 million deaths from chronic…

Life & Chemistry

Bee swarms follow high-speed 'streaker' bees to find a new nest

Curious to find out how swarms cooperate and are guided to their new homes, Tom Seeley, a neurobiologist from Cornell University, and engineers Kevin Schultz…

Environmental Conservation

Decline in Alaskan sea otters affects bald eagles' diet

Sea otters are known as a keystone species, filling such an important niche in ocean communities that without them, entire ecosystems can collapse. Scientists…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Unlocking Energy Efficiency: Insights Into Thermoelectric Materials

– The new knowledge explains exactly why some thermoelectric materials can have the desired low thermal conductivity without degrading the electrical…

Physics & Astronomy

IMEC Develops Optical Sensing Foils for Pressure Monitoring

With this technique, it becomes possible to make foils that sense changes in pressure. Such sensing, skin-like foils could be used for monitoring irregular or…

Information Technology

Boost Retail Security with Smart Items and Sensor Networks

This involves using wireless ad-hoc sensor networks to create logistical information systems that allow them to be tracked along the entire distribution chain….

Information Technology

Finnish Experts Lead Global Agile Software Standardization Committee

The committee will prepare recommendations on the application of agile methods in software acquisitions. Agile software development methods have revolutionised…

Health & Medicine

Study Reveals Pain Perception in Non-Communicative Coma Patients

The Coma Science Group of the Cyclotron Research Centre and Neurology Department of the ULg used PET scanning to measure minimally conscious and vegetative…

Environmental Conservation

Future looks bleak for one of world’s smallest seal species

Scientists from the University of Leeds together with international partners have documented the disastrous decline of the seal – a species found only in the…

Physics & Astronomy

Microwaves: Extracting Water from Moon and Mars for Future Missions

When astronauts land on the Moon in the not too distant future, it’s possible they will be visiting an outpost where they can pick up some fuel and a…

Life & Chemistry

Newly Discovered Cells Transform Fat Development in Mice

To understand where fat comes from, you have to start with a skinny mouse. By using such a creature, and observing the growth of fat after injections of…

Technology Offerings

IDA: Mini Intraoral Ultrasound Scanner for Accurate Tooth Measurement

The miniaturized intraoral ultrasound scanner enables the

precise measurement of the geometry of prepared teeth.
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Technology Offerings

CK2 Inhibitors – New CK2 Kinase Inhibitors for antineoplastic drugs and diagnostics

Beside cardiovascular diseases, malignant tumours take

the second place in cause of human death. Neoplastic
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