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EarthCARE Satellite Contract Signed at ILA 2023 in Berlin

The contract was signed today in Berlin on the occasion of the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) by Volker Liebig, ESA’s Director of Earth Observation,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Biodegradable Pesticides: Innovative Soil Solutions

New preparations are a mixture of pesticides with biodegradable polymers. Polymers gradually degrade in the soil, and pesticides get slowly released and get…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

UK's organic milk is cream of the crop

The Nafferton Ecological Farming Group study found that grazing cows on organic farms in the UK produce milk which contains significantly higher beneficial…

Life & Chemistry

Leiden Scientists Sequence First Female DNA for Insights

Following in-depth analysis, the sequence will be made public, except incidental privacy-sensitive findings. The results will contribute to insights into human…

Information Technology

High-Performance Video Surveillance for Gaming Innovations

Tasks with high computational requirements, such as tomographic or satellite image reconstruction, combinational problems or computer image recognition would…

Information Technology

Buses as Mobile Sensing Platforms for Enhanced Road Safety

The research could help improve road safety, allowing traffic controllers, police and other services to access up-to-date information from any number of public…

Information Technology

Boosting Profits: Making Books Accessible for Everyone

The dream is to make all new publications simultaneously available in formats such as Braille, large print and audio. This will mean the blind, the partially…

Physics & Astronomy

ESO’s VLT Reveals Individual Star Features in Nearby Galaxy

Talk about a diet! By resolving, for the first time, features of an individual star in a neighbouring galaxy, ESO's VLT has allowed astronomers to determine…

Studies and Analyses

New ECT Method Shows Similar Effectiveness With No Cognitive Side Effects

In the NIMH-sponsored study, Dr. Harold Sackeim and colleagues from Columbia University randomly assigned 90 depressed patients to either right sided or…

Life & Chemistry

Finnish Researchers Unveil Salt Lake Archaeal Virus Structure

The results that shed new light on the evolution of viruses will be published this week in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy…

Studies and Analyses

European study reveals “worrying” variations between countries and doctors in the treatment of heart failure

European study reveals “worrying” variations between countries and doctors in the treatment of heart failure patients. A second study, a meta-analysis of more…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Family Feuds in the Animal Kingdom

The team behind the study says this is important because the retreat of natural habitats like rainforests caused by habitat destruction and climate change…

Life & Chemistry

Large-scale community protein annotation – WikiProteins

The WikiProfessional technology underlying the site has been developed based upon the collaborative Wikipedia approach. Described in BioMed Central’s open…

Materials Sciences

DuPont’s New Teflon® Foam Enhances Electrical Insulation

A new foam grade, Teflon® FEP TE 9810, produces smaller, better dispersed and more homogenous voids compared to previous Teflon® foam grades for enhanced…

Business and Finance

Engineering Work Transformation: Insights from Tech Leaders

According to business and technology leaders who will speak at the 2008 ASME Annual Meeting in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., engineering work today is becoming…

Studies and Analyses

Early Intervention for Infants: Addressing Developmental Delays

Part C early intervention is specified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) as an early intervention program for children age…

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