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Ensuring Compatibility in Computing: The SIMS Approach

Early in 2006, an EU-funded research group called SIMS, for Semantic Interfaces for Mobile Services, took on the challenge of how to envision, design and…

Health & Medicine

New Rugby Virus Strain Discovered Among Sumo Wrestlers

Researchers have studied the spread of the disease among sumo wrestlers in Japan and have discovered that a new strain of the virus could be even more…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Quantum Innovations with Spoke Wheels Technology

The novel system developed in the MPG Junior Research Group “Laboratory of Photonics” led by Dr. Tobias Kippenberg could resolve this problem (Nature…

Life & Chemistry

Mother of a Goose! – Giant ocean-going geese with bony-teeth once roamed across SE England

It may be a few weeks until the British pantomine season kicks-off, but this new fossil from the Isle of Sheppey is giving 'Mother Goose' an entirely new…

Life & Chemistry

Max Planck Institute Completes Thousand Genomes Sequencing

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tuebingen, Germany, reported the completion of the first genomes of wild strains of the…

Life & Chemistry

BASF Unveils New Catalyst for Efficient Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

The high prices of naphtha (crude petroleum) as a feedstock for steam crackers are prompting the chemical industry to reevaluate alternative approaches to…

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Innovative Insights from the 2009 Electrohydrodynamics Symposium

Pleased to announce the International Symposiums on Electrohydrodynamics, jointly organised by the Faculty of Engineering (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak),…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring 4D Imaging: A New Perspective on 3D Worlds

An international team of scientists from RIKEN at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and elsewhere in the USA, Japan and the UK are testing the Standard…

Studies and Analyses

Unlocking 3D Protein Structures with Crystal Innovations

The chances of obtaining crystals of sufficient quality and quantity to allow determination of three-dimensional protein structures using synchrotron radiation…

Physics & Astronomy

Metamaterials Disrupt Electron Behavior: New Insights from RIKEN

A team at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Wako has predicted that man-made structures called metamaterials could produce instabilities in electron…

Studies and Analyses

Structural ‘snapshots’ of a protein implicated in Alzheimer’s disease

A recent study describes the structure of the active form of BACE1, which is an enzyme implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. BACE1 cleaves amyloid precursor…

Information Technology

Computer Aided Sign Language: Advancing Gesture Recognition

A project at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak is focusing on developing hand gesture modeling techniques for sign language recognition and presentation. It aims for…

Information Technology

Zeroing in on Wi-Fi 'dead zones'

Rooting out Wi-Fi “dead zones” in large wireless networks that cover whole neighborhoods or cities is an expensive proposition. Pre-deployment testing is so…

Health & Medicine

Mayo Clinic’s Discovery Eases Diabetic Gastric Issues

The researchers showed in animal models that a red blood cell derivative increases production of a key molecule, normalizing the digestive process. The…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic damage in minibacteria in aphids and ants repaired by faulty copying

Now, in an article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS, Uppsala researchers are presenting experimental findings that show…

Environmental Conservation

Ecological Experiment Simulates 2100 Rainfall Patterns

The experiment will simulate predicted future rainfall patterns in a semi-natural grassland at Imperial’s Silwood Park campus in Berkshire, and scientists will…

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