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Power and Electrical Engineering

Solar Reactor Enters Europe for Groundbreaking Testing

Dr. Robert Palumbo, Jenny professor of emerging technology and one of the world’s leading solar energy researchers, and three of his undergraduate students…

Studies and Analyses

Sensation Seeking, Addiction, and Smoking Cessation Explored

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have received an $820,000 “Team Science Program Grant” from the Florida Department of Health and the James and…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Oxygen Ions Boost Fuel Cell Efficiency at Low Temperatures

The finding announced this month in Nature Materials may be key to solving fuel cell reliability issues and lead to reduced operating costs in high-performance…

Physics & Astronomy

ORNL Unveils Super-Sensitive Explosives Detection Method

The method is a variation of photoacoustic spectroscopy but overcomes a number of problems associated with this technique originally demonstrated by Alexander…

Life & Chemistry

Canine Tooth Strength: Insights Into Early Human Behavior

Measuring and testing the teeth of living primates could provide a window into the behavior of the earliest human ancestors, based on their fossilized remains….

Earth Sciences

Geologists Uncover Signs of Deep Ocean Volcanic Eruptions

A research team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has uncovered evidence of explosive volcanic eruptions deep beneath the ice-covered…

Environmental Conservation

Bioremediation Breakthrough for Crude Oil Sludge Cleanup

Awg Ahmad Sallehin Awg Hussaini, Kasing Apun,Mohd Hasnain Md Hussain, Micky VincentFaculty of Resource Science and TechnologyOne of the major challenges faced…

Physics & Astronomy

Phoenix Unveils Rich Chemistry Data for Scientific Advances

“We are awash in chemistry data,” said Michael Hecht of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, lead scientist for the Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity…

Life & Chemistry

Alzheimer's disease as a case of brake failure?

Rutgers researcher Karl Herrup and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University have discovered that a protein that suppresses cell division in brain cells…

Studies and Analyses

Bird Watchers Harness Space Tech in New MSU Study

Park ornithologist at the time, he would drive to a designated spot and identify the birds there. Then he'd drive another half mile, repeat the process and…

Health & Medicine

Neural Implant Learns Directly from the Brain’s Signals

Instead of simply interpreting brain signals and routing them to a robotic hand or leg, this type of brain-machine interface would adapt to a person's behavior…

Studies and Analyses

Extreme weather events can unleash a 'perfect storm' of infectious diseases

An international research team, including University of Minnesota researcher Craig Packer, has found the first clear example of how climate extremes, such as…

Studies and Analyses

Cosmetic Surgery Procedures Surpass 55 Million in 2015

More than 55 million cosmetic surgery procedures will be performed in 2015, predicts a recent study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official…

Automotive Engineering

Cooperative System Could Eliminate Car Alarm Noise

“The basis of this system is trust,” says Sencun Zhu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering. “You need to trust the entity that distributes…

Studies and Analyses

Floridians Fear Global Warming’s Impact on Their State

A new survey of Floridians finds that most are convinced that global warming is happening now and that more should be done by key leaders to help Florida deal…

Life & Chemistry

New Colon Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Reducing Spread

Reporting online Tuesday, June 24, 2008 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Scott Waldman, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of Pharmacology and…

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