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Environmental Conservation

New Model Tracks E. Coli Levels in Charles River

However, a recent study completed by researchers at Northeastern University in Boston found high concentrations of E. coli bacteria in the Charles River after…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Exploring Soil Microbiology: Unlocking Microbe Diversity

Despite its importance, the diversity in soil microbes can conceptually be difficult to teach, especially in natural resource classrooms composed primarily of…

Studies and Analyses

Biologists and Chemists Collaborate for Innovative Research

That popular phrase on a T-shirt is being taken to a whole new level in higher education these days, as experts in a variety of fields increasingly must work…

Environmental Conservation

Oxygen Depletion: A Growing Threat to Ocean Habitats

The new study is led by Lothar Stramma from the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) in Kiel, Germany, and is co-authored by Janet Sprintall, a…

Life & Chemistry

Getting wise to the influenza virus’ tricks

Influenza is currently a grave concern for governments and health organisations around the world. The worry is the potential for highly virulent bird flu…

Machine Engineering

Discover the New SFC Series for Precision Control in Dosing

One main function is controlled chemical dosing which is used when disinfectant has to be added, for example. The series of devices matches the MFC system not…

Technology Offerings

Temperature-Adaptive Fabric Tackles Overheating Issues

With the proposed system the problem of overheating of human or engine caused by strongly fluctuating environmental temperatures can be solved by using a…

Awards Funding

Atmel Receives Frost & Sullivan's Technology Innovation Award for FingerChip(R) Biometric Sensor

Frost & Sullivan based its selection for this award on Atmel's continuous innovation in its patented fingerprint sensing technology and sensor solutions that…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

FST Updates Cyclospora Information Statement for Better Awareness

Cyclospora cayetanensis is a human-specific protozoan parasite that causes a prolonged and severe diarrhoeal illness known as cyclosporiasis. This infection…

Health & Medicine

IFST Updates Guidance on HIV/AIDS and Food Safety

Health authorities around the world all agree that transmission of HIV/AIDS via food and beverages is not a known risk. This situation needs to be made clear…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Breakthrough in Bee Disease: New Insights on Infection Mechanism

The mechanism of infection (pathogenic mechanism) was originally thought to be through the growth of a bacterium called Paenibacillus larvae in the organ…

Information Technology

Network Supported Service Orientation at FOKUS Future Internet Lab

The Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS in Berlin is one of the first research partners to use AXP/Javalin modules as part of the latest generation of Cisco Integrated…

Automotive Engineering

New Testing Tech Enhances Quality of Automotive Software

Under the leadership of Fraunhofer FOKUS and with financial support from the Investitions­bank Berlin, the TEMEA project – Test Specification Technology and…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Lasers and Milk: Unexpected Innovations in Light

In conventional lasers light is trapped between two highly reflecting mirrors where it is amplified by pumping from outside. Only when this amplification…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Charcoal’s Role as a Carbon Sink: Limitations Explained

This is because charcoal is carbon-rich and breaks down extremely slowly, persisting in soil for thousands of years. This has led to the suggestion being…

Materials Sciences

Nano-Designed Transistors: High Performance from Disordered Materials

At present, high performance transistors are only available in crystalline materials which are expensive and have to be attached ex-situ onto larger area…

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