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Flexible Displays: Overcoming Glass Limitations in LCD Tech

But the glass substrate makes LCD displays rigid and fragile, limiting their use. Now display manufacturers are working to develop a new generation of robust,…

Health & Medicine

Preserving Uterus and Fertility in Precancerous Endometrial Lesions

Lacking more precise information, clinical doctors used to turn to hysterectomy, or uterus removal, which precluded future pregnancies to affected women….

Social Sciences

Gaze Aversion: A New Way to Track Children’s Learning Progress

Now they are finding out how to use changes in a child’s gaze aversion to understand their educational progress. A group led by Dr Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon at…

Information Technology

EGI at OGF 23: Shaping Europe’s Future Grid Infrastructure

The preparation work is carried out by the EGI Design Study, which develops a model for the interaction between the new EGI organization and the National Grid…

Life & Chemistry

Salmonella in Garden Birds: Antibiotic Resistance Insights

Salmonella is increasingly resistant to antibiotics and can sometimes go undetected in animals, which increases the risk of the infection being spread to…

Environmental Conservation

Earthworm Detectives Uncover Genetic Clues for Soil Pollution

New research published in two BioMed Central journals shows that copper contamination has a detrimental effect by interfering with the energy metabolism of the…

Health & Medicine

Boosting Cancer Diagnosis for UK South Asian Patients

The first study of its kind has revealed that members of the UK South Asian community are far less likely than non-Asians to take up invitations for bowel or…

Life & Chemistry

Mouse Ovaries and Testes Age Differently: Diet’s Role Explained

A lifespan-extending calorie-restricted diet reversed some of the aging effects – but, unlike the widespread changes observed in somatic organs, it had an…

Information Technology

GridCast Engages Bloggers at OGF23 in Barcelona

The bloggers will be part of a GridCast that allows readers to share in the excitement of grid computing, a technology that connects computers from around the…

Social Sciences

Class Position Shapes Individualized Work Experiences Today

Some parts of working life have been individualised and some have not, while the degree of individualisation varies between different groups of employees, to a…

Machine Engineering

Siplace X4i Enhances Flexibility for European Electronics Makers

Highlights will be the Siplace X4i, which is the company’s top model and the fastest 4-gantry placement solution in the market. In addition, Siemens will also…

Business and Finance

New England Economy: Slow Recovery Insights and Forecast

“Current conditions in the nation, and extending to the region, are a product of the broadening effects of the national credit crisis and the economic…

Studies and Analyses

Talking Distractions: Study Shows Why Cell Phones and Driving Don't Mix

A study by a University of South Carolina psychology researcher featured in the journal, Experimental Psychology, provides a better understanding of why…

Event News

Largest Acoustics Meeting in Paris: What to Expect

These sounds — and the scientific advances related to them — will only be found at the Acoustics’08 Paris meeting, to be held Monday June 30 through Friday…

Life & Chemistry

Measuring Nanomaterials in Food Chains: New Research Insights

New research* shows that while engineered nanomaterials can be transferred up the lowest levels of the food chain from single celled organisms to higher…

Earth Sciences

Sophisticated Soil Analysis Boosts Land Use Efficiency

Soil variation occurs across multiple geographic scales ranging from vast climatic regions of the Earth to a 50 acre farm field to the molecular world of soil…

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