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Environmental Conservation

CCS ­ grasping at straws in the climate debate?

This is the conclusion drawn in Anders Hansson's dissertation at the Department of Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, in Sweden. He studied…

Health & Medicine

Swedish Space Gym: Astronauts Test Innovative Fitness Solution

Astronauts who spend a long time in space can face problems when they return to earth. Weightlessness atrophies the muscles and decalcifies the skeleton. It…

Automotive Engineering

Parallel-kinematic LBF® road-street simulator reproduces load standards realistically and shortens test time

The newly developed test rig concept realistically reproduces the wheel loads in all degrees of freedom of the vehicle and allows a comprehensive reduction of…

Information Technology

Berkeley Lab’s Innovative Supercomputers with Xtensa Processors

Berkeley Lab has signed a collaboration agreement with Tensilica®, Inc. to explore the use of Tensilica’s Xtensa processor cores as the basic building blocks…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Centrosome’s Origin: A Cooperative Perspective

One is revealed in the paper’s acknowledgements, where the Alliegros thank those who helped them after Hurricane Katrina completely disrupted their laboratory…

Studies and Analyses

Stressed Seaweed Releases Iodine, Clouding Coastal Skies

A new international study has found that large brown seaweeds, when under stress, release large quantities of inorganic iodine into the coastal atmosphere,…

Life & Chemistry

Key Proteins Linked to Melanoma Development and Treatment

“We have shown that when two proteins – (V600E)B-Raf and Akt3 – communicate with one another in a mole, they cooperate leading to the development of melanoma,”…

Corporate News

Siemens Enhances BlueScope Indonesia’s Zincalume® Steel Production

The processing line will be installed at the Cilegon site and is designed for an annual production of 175,000 metric tons of Zincalume® steel. The order value…

Corporate News

Siemens Gearless Mill Drives Enhance Aurox Iron-Ore Project

The two mills are to be equipped with “frozen charge shakers” which allow the controlled removal of charge stuck to the sides of the grinding pipe. The order…

Trade Fair News

South China Electricity Exhibition 2008: Key Innovations Unveiled

2008 South China International Electric Equipment and Technology Exhibition will be held on August 31-September 2, 2008, in Jinhan Exhibition Center in…

Trade Fair News

Vietnam International Construction & Building Exhibition 2008

Show Name “Vietnam International Construction & Building Exhibition” (VICB 2008) incorporating”International Exhibition on Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning,…

Transportation and Logistics

Public Transportation in evolution—using advanced technology for safer roads

Public Transportation in evolution—using advanced technology for highly public road trafficDeep understanding of human nature helps increase public aspects…

Trade Fair News

CARTES 2008: Spotlight on E-Transactions in the USA

Following the focus on Japan in 2007, the United States will be this year’s country under the spotlight at CARTES & IDentification. The USA is a pioneer in…

Earth Sciences

New Climate Models Reveal Warming Trends in Antarctica

“We can now compare computer simulations with observations of actual climate trends in Antarctica,” says Andrew Monaghan of the National Center for Atmospheric…

Studies and Analyses

Portable HEPA Filtration: A Study on Enhanced Operating Rooms

Amidst an increase in new tuberculosis cases, researchers have begun investigating the effectiveness of new operating room filtration systems designed to…

Information Technology

Enhancing NHS Care with Advanced Location Technologies

But they also warn that compatibility problems between hardware and software applications, and a lack of joined up thinking from technology companies mean that…

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