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Physics & Astronomy

Discover Bendable Flexi Display Technology by Sony & Max Planck

Screen display technology is taking a significant step forward as researchers from Sony and the Max Planck Institute demonstrate the possibility of bendable…

Social Sciences

Strict Societies Linked to Violent Drinking Cultures

The report, “Alcohol and Violence: Exploring Patterns and Responses,” examines the association between alcohol and violence through the disciplines of…

Life & Chemistry

New Fish Species Revealed by Unique Mating Color Displays

In many species, the male’s fortunes in the mating stakes are decided by a conspicuous breeding dress. A study of brightly coloured fish has now demonstrated…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Discover Higher Star Birth Rates Than Expected

The “birth rate” for stars is certainly not easy to determine. Distances in the universe are far too great for astronomers to be able to count all the newly…

Information Technology

Improving Hazard Warnings for Safer Coastal Sleep

“One of the biggest lessons we learned from the tsunami was how lacking Sri Lanka was in terms of an emergency warning system. The most tragic aspect of the…

Business and Finance

Transforming Urban Communities: Solutions to Poverty Challenges

Millions of people around the world live in informal urban communities where a lack of resources leads to degradation of the environment. Deteriorating…

Health & Medicine

How Colonial Urbanization Fueled HIV Spread in Africa

New research indicates that the most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading among humans between 1884 and 1924, suggesting that growing urbanization in…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Gut Microbes’ Impact on Type 1 Diabetes Progression

The project is motivated by VTT's discovery of early metabolic signatures predictive of later progression to autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes. These metabolic…

Science Education

Broad Institute Secures $15M Grant for Epigenomics Research

The five-year, ~$15M grant, part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, designates the institute as one of four Reference Epigenome Mapping Centers…

Science Education

Penn State Secures $13.2M for Nanoscale Science Center

“The goal of the Center is to design and create new materials with unprecedented properties and functions, starting with nanometer-scale building blocks,” says…

Studies and Analyses

Antioxidants Study Raises Consumer Caution on Lifespan Claims

First the good news: a study by scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research shows four common antioxidants extended lifespan in the nematode worm C….

Health & Medicine

Brain Signals Persist in Dreamless Sleep: New Research Insights

The results, appearing online this week in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, are an important step forward for efforts to outline what…

Life & Chemistry

Cells That Avoid Suicide: A New Angle on Cancer Treatment

Details of how the process works someday may provide new ways to treat cancer.The new study of fruit flies is the first to show in animals that losing just one…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Green Coffee Practices Mitigate Climate Change Effects

Over the last three decades, many Latin American coffee farmers have abandoned traditional shade-growing techniques, in which the plants are grown beneath a…

Technology Offerings

Fault Detection Innovations for Solar Cell Production Efficiency

This invention permits to detect faults in solar cells during the production process. It includes a fastening device and uses a measurement tool for optical…

Technology Offerings

Cost-Effective Production of Metal Oxide Films at Ambient Pressure

High-quality functional metal oxide films and metal oxide nanostructures are produced surprisingly at ambient pressure using a budget-priced Metalorganic…

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