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Power and Electrical Engineering

ECO Computer: Multicore Tech Powered by Solar Battery

MULTICORE – FROM CELL PHONES TO SUPER COMPUTERSA processor (the computer’s “brain”, a circuit that runs programs) is embedded in all the IT devices used in…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ecovia’s OPTI+ slashes fuel consumption on land and at sea

OPTI+4 is designed for use in the maritime and fluvial sectors (i.e. professional fishing, freight and passenger shipping), where the fuel consumption of…

Materials Sciences

New Materials Boost OLED Innovation: Merck and DELO Partnership

Merck KGaA and DELO Industrial Adhesives announced today that they have formed a strategic partnership in the field of organic light-emitting diode (OLED)…

Corporate News

Linde Achieves Prime Investment Status for Sustainability

In its Corporate Responsibility Rating report, oekom research assesses the sustainability activities of around 1,000 listed companies worldwide. With an…

Information Technology

Transforming Classrooms: Games That Inspire Creative Learning

What’s more, the special computer games developed by the eMapps.com project could help build communities of creative, networking children across Europe,…

Health & Medicine

Promising Corneal Transplant Technique for Children’s Eye Health

The issue includes two case reports on the successful use of “Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty” (DSAEK) in children with corneal disease….

Studies and Analyses

Genetic Variation Linked to Antidepressant Response: New Study Insights

It is a complex field, however, revealed by the lack of consistent and replicable findings across multiple studies, but some encouraging results are beginning…

Life & Chemistry

Incorrect Protein Cleavage Linked to Schizophrenia Discovery

But now, VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered that a disturbed cleavage of the Nrg-1 protein lies at the basis of…

Physics & Astronomy

IMEC Cuts Costs in Double Patterning Lithography Techniques

32nm lines and spaces were printed with a double exposure/single etch process, effectively freezing the resist after the first exposure. This simplified…

Life & Chemistry

Nanoscale Fullerites: New Method for Device Applications

The method used involves mixing two liquids together, one of which contains C60, at low temperature. Lozenge shaped crystals can be quickly obtained with…

Information Technology

Boosting Processing Power: Meeting Research Needs Efficiently

Personal computers may be getting faster, but the increasing amount of processing power is still not able to keep pace with what researchers need. The…

Information Technology

Advancing Wireless Communications: The Future Beyond 3G

European researchers at the EU-funded SPICE project are putting the final touches to a total solution that advances wireless telecommunications services beyond…

Environmental Conservation

Detecting Fraud in Cultured Pearls: A New Approach

Even gemmologists, i.e. experts in precious stones and pearls, cannot distinguish between pearls from Japan and China with the naked eye. However, Japanese…

Science Education

2007: A Landmark Year for German Research Innovations

The year 2007 was a successful one for the German scientific community. The research landscape was stimulated by both the second round of the Excellence…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Solar Cooling: Innovative Absorption Chiller for AC Needs

A research team has designed and built an absorption chiller capable of using solar and residual heat as an energy source to drive the cooling system. The…

Environmental Conservation

Showering Habits in Spain, France, UK, and Germany Revealed

Royal Society of Chemistry says it’s wrong to shower for more than two minutes.Water-wasting and uncaring about gels, shampoos and soap going down the…

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