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Power and Electrical Engineering

International Partnership Explores Carbon Capture in BC

The project—in its initial feasibility phase—aims to determine whether deep underground saline reservoirs (geological features which occur commonly throughout…

Life & Chemistry

Human Virus Detected in Chimpanzees in Tanzania Study

After studying chimpanzees in the wilds of Tanzania’s Mahale Mountains National Park for the past year as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant,…

Life & Chemistry

Transgenic Plants Don't Hurt Beneficial Bugs

That is welcome news for ecologists and farmers in the debate over GM plants. Much of the debate surrounding the use of GM crops focuses on their effect on…

Earth Sciences

Ag Chemicals and Environment: A Holistic Overview

An understanding how environmental processes and agricultural practices interact to determine the transport and fate of agricultural chemicals in the…

Physics & Astronomy

Galaxy Collision Debris Sheds Light on Star Formation

An international team of researchers led by Médéric Boquien of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown that debris formed when two galaxies collide…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Novel ‘Noise Thermometry’ May Help Redefine International Unit of Temperature

The system is nearly precise enough now to help update some of the crucial underpinnings of science, including the 54-year-old definition of the Kelvin, the…

Physics & Astronomy

White Dwarf Found in Planetary Nebula: Astronomers Investigate

A team of stellar astronomers is engaged in an interstellar CSI (crime scene investigation). They have two suspects, traces of assault and battery, but no…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Robotic Arm Enhances Mobility and Object Manipulation

Movies portray robots that can move through the world as easily as humans, and use their hands to operate everything from dishwashers to computers with ease….

Business and Finance

Cost of Living Wage Increases Projected by ERI Insights

Drivers are reeling from gas prices of $4 per gallon, and the federal government's most recent April 2008 Consumer Price Index has caused concern:From April…

Event News

NoTA System Architecture Boosts Competition in Device Platforms

NoTA (Network on Terminal Architecture) is positioned to revolutionize the development of mobile and embedded system device platforms by enabling subsystem and…

Technology Offerings

Handheld Device Transforms External Thread Manufacturing

manufacturing of external threads at otherwise inaccessible work pieces possible with this handheld device

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Life & Chemistry

Mutations Linked to Severe Cardiomyopathy Findings Unveiled

This was a key finding from current research conducted by Dr. Sabine Klaassen, Susanne Probst, and Prof. Ludwig Thierfelder of the Max Delbrück Center for…

Studies and Analyses

Austrian and Swiss Teams Gain Edge from Home Support

At this European championship, Austria and Switzerland regard themselves as having the upper hand. Due to the vehement support of the ”twelfth man on the…

Environmental Conservation

The Cormorant – the "black plague" or an example of successful species conservation?

Europe requires a common management strategy for cormorants in order to reconcile nature conservation and fishing interests. An effective regulation of…

Life & Chemistry

Parasitoid Turns Host Into Bodyguard: New Research Insights

In a joint publication in PLoS One, researchers from the University of Amsterdam and University of Viçosa (Brazil) show evidence of spectacular behavioural…

Social Sciences

Abortion Access in Africa and Latin America: Health and Inequality

In Africa, where 99% of these interventions are done illegally, the number of unsafe abortions is estimated at 4.2 million, representing one abortion for seven…

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