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Unveiling the Role of Underwear in Modern Fashion Trends

Indeed, popular shows like “Undress the Nation” or Gok Wan’s “How to Look Good Naked” assert that underwear is a vital component of the visible appearance…

Environmental Conservation

Costa Brava Beachgoers Favor Scenic, Clean Beaches

Most beachgoers prefer beaches with pleasant views and clean water and sand. This is the conclusion reached by a sociological study carried out by UPC…

Information Technology

Innovative Network Aims to Enhance Medical Information Sharing

However the system, which was meant to allow them to share medical information across a network, highlighted the limits of computer ‘understanding’. Unlike…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Desert Plant Kalanchoe Fedtschenkoi May Help Combat Food Shortages

The plant, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, is unique because, unlike normal plants, it captures most of its carbon dioxide at night when the air is cooler and more…

Business and Finance

KfW Reopens 3-Year USD Global Market with 3.75% Coupon

The USD 3 bn issue with a settlement on June 26th 2008 matures on June 27th 2011. With a coupon of 3.75% and a reoffer price of 99.755% it yields 3.837% s.a. This corresponds to a yield pick-up of 92.5 basis points over the current 2-year US Treasury maturing in May 2010. The bond will have an AAA/Aaa/AAA rating from Fitch Ratings, Moody's and Standard & Poor's. The transaction was lead managed by Credit Suisse, HSBC and RBC Capital Markets. Co-Lead Managers were Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Citi, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Mitsubishi UFJ, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, and RBS….

Social Sciences

Wie spricht der Norden? – Start des DFG-Projekts "Sprachvariation in Norddeutschland"

In diesen Tagen starten umfangreiche Erhebungen in 18 Regionen des niederdeutschen Sprachraumes, vom Niederrhein bis zur deutsch-polnischen Grenze und zum…

Life & Chemistry

Gene-Expression Profiling Reveals Liver Toxin Effects

It is hoped that these findings, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal, Genome Biology, will lead to a more precise way of defining the potential…

Studies and Analyses

Creating Positive School Environments Reduces Student Smoking

New research published in the open access journal BMC Public Health reveals that teachers who succeed in creating a positive environment in school may be…

Life & Chemistry

Primate Brain Study Reveals Evolutionarily Preserved Signature

These findings, published June 20th in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, indicate that some of these differences arose a very long time ago and have been…

Information Technology

Scientists Clarify Evolutionary Differences Between Humans and Chimpanzees

What makes a human different from a chimp? Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute [EMBL-EBI] have come…

Physics & Astronomy

Bright Chunks at Phoenix Lander’s Mars Site Must Have Been Ice

“It must be ice,” said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of The University of Arizona, Tucson. “These little clumps completely disappearing over the…

Trade Fair News

Renewable Energy India 2008: Innovations for Sustainability

India’s quest for energy security and sustainable development rests a great deal on our ability to tap energy from renewable sources, and to use it extensively…

Physics & Astronomy

Identical Twin Stars Reveal Surprising Formation Differences

The study, which is published in the June 19 issue of the journal Nature, suggests that one of the stars formed significantly earlier than its twin. Because…

Information Technology

Argonne’s Supercomputer Named World’s Fastest for Open Science, Third Overall

The Top500 List was announced today during the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany. The Blue Gene/P – known as Intrepid and located at…

Information Technology

Exciton-Based Circuits Eliminate a ‘Speed Trap’ Between Computing and Communication Signals

Integrated circuits, assemblies of transistors that are the building blocks for all electronic devices, currently use electrons to ferry the signals needed for…

Life & Chemistry

New Discovery Reveals Key Controller of Cell Movement

Using computer models and live cells, researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered a specific pattern that can direct cell movement and may help us understand…

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