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Siemens Launches Eco-Friendly Wastewater Reuse System in Beijing

The city will use eco-friendly technologies in water/wastewater management. The goal is to process 90% of the wastewater, with 50% for recycle and reuse. The…

Corporate News

Siemens to Provide Water Treatment Solutions for Galesburg

The water is chlorinated and then pumped approximately 56 km (30 miles) to an existing treatment facility in Galesburg. Over time, the high level of chlorine…

Life & Chemistry

Sequencing Brucella Abortus S19 Genome Reveals Virulence Insights

Strain S19 is a naturally occurring strain of B. abortus that does not cause disease and was discovered by Dr. John Buck in 1923. It has been used for more…

Earth Sciences

Glacial Earthquakes Reveal Insights on Ice Stream Movement

New research that integrates seismic recordings with Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements indicates that a 7,000-square-mile region of the Whillians…

Business and Finance

Small Business Managers’ Motivation Drives Firm Growth Insights

Researchers gathered information from two different Swedish samples of small firms. The managing director was asked about employment and sales growth as well…

Studies and Analyses

Boost Self-Esteem: The Positive Impact of Celebrity Admiration

For many people, the admiration of celebrities can have some important benefits. Jaye L. Derrick and Shira Gabriel of the University at Buffalo, State…

Life & Chemistry

New Advances in Skin Aging Treatment Unveiled

Through both the normal aging process and external factors like UV damage, smooth, young skin inevitably becomes coarse and wrinkled. The basis of this…

Life & Chemistry

Niacin's role in maintaining good cholesterol

While niacin can increase plasma HDL levels, the mechanism of how it works has been mysterious, although it's believed that niacin does not actually increase…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Type-I Superconductors: The Frothy Connection

To see the latest science of type-I superconductors, look no further than the froth on a morning cup of cappuccino. A team of U.S. Department of Energy's Ames…

Life & Chemistry

Duke Chemist Unveils New Method for Molecular Chirality Detection

Like human hands, many molecules that make up drugs come in two shapes, right and left. But usually only one of the two versions has the desired effect; the…

Studies and Analyses

U of I Study Reveals Bone-Safe Weight Loss Methods

The research, which compared the results of a high-protein, dairy-intensive diet with a conventional weight-loss diet based on the food-guide pyramid, was…

Life & Chemistry

A New Way to Think About Earth's First Cells

A team of researchers at Harvard University have modeled in the laboratory a primitive cell, or protocell, that is capable of building, copying and containing…

Environmental Conservation

Dolphin Populations Rise in Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean

The numbers of Northeastern offshore spotted and eastern spinner dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are increasing after being severely depleted…

Earth Sciences

Java Mud Volcano: Drilling, Not Quake, Proven as Cause

The most detailed scientific analysis to date disproves the theory that an earthquake that happened two-days before the mud volcano erupted in East Java,…

Physics & Astronomy

Grains and Liquids: Exploring Cohesion Effects in Flow Dynamics

How do grains flow out of an emptying silo? And what about sugar poured out by a pastry chef? Like liquids (2), grains can flow, but there is no attraction…

Health & Medicine

Can Psychotherapy Help Those Struggling with Alexithymia?

About 25% of all patients seeking psychotherapeutic treatment are considered to be alexithymic. Alexithymia has been assumed to be negatively associated with…

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