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Benzene-like Electron Delocalization: New Insights Uncovered

Given the appearance of benzene derivatives in biomedical research and materials science, the boron-nitrogen substituted analogues could potentially play a…

Life & Chemistry

Microscopic Clutch Mechanism Controls Flagellum Motion

Scientists have long known what drives the flagellum to spin, but what causes the flagellum to stop spinning — temporarily or permanently — was unknown. “We…

Earth Sciences

Iron Isotopes in Lava Lake Reveal Clues to Planetary Origins

Fang-Zhen Teng, assistant professor of geosciences and a member of the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, Nicholas Dauphas of the department of…

Business and Finance

China’s Inflation and External Imbalances: New Challenges Ahead

To maintain a sustainable growth rate, China must walk a tightrope. Spring/Summer 2008, Vol. 7, No. 2, Pages 34-50Posted Online June 19, 2008.(doi:10.1162/asep.2008.7.2.34)…

Business and Finance

Taiwan and China: Shifting Export Dynamics to the U.S.

Therefore, more products from advanced countries will be replaced by China in the near future. Spring/Summer 2008, Vol. 7, No. 2, Pages 1-31Posted Online June…

Business and Finance

Understanding Rural Poverty in Cambodia: Key Factors Explained

This paper analyzes rural poverty in Cambodia to identify the factors that explain its occurrence and persistence. Spring/Summer 2008, Vol. 7, No. 2, Pages…

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Innovative Method Boosts Bone Tissue Engineering at Hebrew U.

The method involves increasing oxygen availability in scaffolds in order to accelerate bone formation. The lack of such oxygen supply constitutes a serious…

Physics & Astronomy

Frozen Water Discovered on Mars: New Evidence Unveiled

“It is with great pride and a lot of joy that I announce today that we have found proof that this hard bright material is really water ice and not some other…

Life & Chemistry

Pumice: Unveiling Bronze Age Life in the Mediterranean

During the Bronze Age, between the years 3000 and 1000 B.C., the Mediterranean was already intensely populated. Each individual culture, whether it may be the…

Information Technology

Customize Your Travel Experience With New Software Innovation

This technology, researcher adds, is open and interoperable, and therefore it is very appropriate to be integrated in existing systems, such as web sites.Users…

Health & Medicine

Opioids and Cannabinoids: Impact on Sperm Mobility Explained

Freshly released spermatozoids cannot achieve fertilisation, they must undergo some changes for this to occur. Amongst other, such changes take place due to…

Life & Chemistry

University of Navarra Identifies 5 Genes Linked to Breast Cancer Metastasis

Doctor Alfonso Calvo, researcher in the area of Oncology at the CIMA, led the work with the special collaboration of Doctor Ignacio Gil Bazo, cancer specialist…

Physics & Astronomy

Effective PTB Testing Method Enhances Finger Ring Dosemeters

The dosemeters used to measure beta radiation have been subjected to an annual quality control by the PTB for six years now. Since then, all dosimeter models…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Plant Cell Secrets: AHK5’s Key Role Revealed

The research group of Klaus Harter at the Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, Germany, identified the AHK5 as an important…

Life & Chemistry

Manchester Takes First Step in €170M European Biobank Project

The Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research (CIGMR), based in the School of Translational Medicine, is playing a key role in developing the Biobanking…

Information Technology

Space radar to improve miners’ safety

Using space technology developed for ESA for the special ground penetration radar GINGER (Guidance and Into-the-Ground Exploration Radar) that will be mounted…

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