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Life & Chemistry

Mayfly-Mimicking Sensor Could be High Tech 'Canary in the Coal Mine'

Mechanical engineers Ken Kiger and Elias Balaras, of the A. James Clark School of Engineering, and entomologist Jeffrey Shultz, College of Chemical and Life…

Physics & Astronomy

New X-Ray Source Could Become World’s Brightest Innovation

“The free electron laser oscillator (X-FELO) we are proposing can create x-rays up to one hundred million times brighter than currently operating machines,”…

Life & Chemistry

Chronic Grief’s Surprising Impact on Brain Pleasure Centers

Grief is universal, and most of us will probably experience the pain grief brings at some point in our lives, usually with the death of a loved one. In time,…

Life & Chemistry

Global Leaders Unite in Espoo for Bioactive Paper Innovation

The development is accelerated by organizing a joint conference with Canada’s SENTINEL Bioactive Paper Network. The objective of both networks is to develop…

Environmental Conservation

University of Kent Expert Receives Funding to Save Parrots

Dr Jim Groombridge, Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation at the University’s Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), has been awarded £215,594…

Life & Chemistry

Female Red Squirrels: Why Any Male Will Do for Mating

While males mating with multiple females is quite common in the animal kingdom, females that multi-mate is much harder to explain.Through their observations,…

Materials Sciences

Discover Multi-Use Zeolite: A Game Changer for Cleanup

It is also used to clean up nuclear waste. This extremely useful material is a zeolite. In its natural form it originates from volcanoes but it is synthesised…

Studies and Analyses

New Stroke Study Identifies Key Target for Better Treatment

The study, which is published online in Nature Medicine by scientists from University of Michigan Medical School and the Ludwig Institute at Karolinska…

Physics & Astronomy

ATV Boosts ISS Orbit: A New Era in Space Operations

The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was prepared for reboost operations by ATV Control Centre (ATV-CC) in Toulouse, France. The manoeuvre started at 08:42…

Life & Chemistry

Engineers Develop 3D Model to Aid Blue Tongue Virus Research

The WMG University of Warwick researchers based their model on data provided by the Institute of Animal Health at Pirbright, and from Oxford University. The…

Environmental Conservation

Bird Migration Timing Shifts Amid Rapid Climate Change

Scientists at Boston University and the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences analyzed changes in the timing of spring migrations of 32 species of birds…

Earth Sciences

Ancient fenland 'treasure' to tell story of flooding

The study by Dinah Smith of the Department of Geology seeks to paint a picture of land-sea interaction by analysing tiny microfossils from the region.Dinah…

Business and Finance

Investing in Innovation: Do Innovations Truly Pay Off?

Management has often been criticized for an earnings-focused short term orientation that reduces or delays investments in risky, long term innovation projects…

Studies and Analyses

NIH Funds Highway Pollution & Health Study in Boston, Somerville

A steering committee comprised of representatives from the Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership (STEP), the Latin American Health Institute, the…

Earth Sciences

Air Travelers and Astronomers Gain from Turbulence Research

A recently awarded $716,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research will fund research by Arizona State University professor Alex Mahalov…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

First Plant Disease Clinic Opens in Bangladesh to Support Farmers

“Several farmers attended the opening ceremony, including one who had travelled over 20 kilometers by bus and rickshaw to find out what was stunting the growth…

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