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Upgrade Your Lab Microscope with ONF-MicroMod Innovation

ONF-MicroMod provides an upgrade for commercially

available laboratory microscopes. Several modules expand a given microscope by a novelty filter based on…

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RHODOGLASS: Advancing Photochromic Bio-Coatings for Security

Photochromic materials for holographic data storage, photosensitive sensors and security applications have a high innovative potential. Due to poor durability…

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P2Y 12-receptor antagonist – Novel antagonists of the P2Y12-receptor with antithrombotic effect

Purinergic receptors have been in the focus of drug

discovery for many years. Modulation of P2 receptors in
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Life & Chemistry

Gene Discovery Linked to Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome

This rare disorder is characterized by specific skin anomalies involving the neck and behind the ear, eye abnormalities, a typical facial appearance, and…

Earth Sciences

1600 Eruption: Unraveling Its Global Climate Impact

The eruption is known to have put a large amount of sulfur into the atmosphere, and tree ring studies show that 1601 was a cold year, but no one had looked at…

Earth Sciences

Glaciers Uncover Recent Activity in Martian Climate

The prevailing thinking is that Mars is a planet whose active climate has been confined to the distant past. About 3.5 billion years ago, the Red Planet had…

Life & Chemistry

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Grown in Parallel Paths

These single-walled carbon nanotubes also follow parallel paths as they grow so they don't cross each other to potentially impede electronic performance, said…

Life & Chemistry

New Microbe Unlocks Biofuel Potential from Cellulose

A newly created microbe produces cellulose that can be turned into ethanol and other biofuels, report scientists from The University of Texas at Austin who say…

Life & Chemistry

Menstrual blood — a valuable source of multipotential stem cells?

Stromal stem cells – cells that are present in connective tissues – have recently been identified in endometrial tissues of the uterus. When the fresh growth…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

African farmers gaining access to disease-resistant, 'upland' rice varieties

As concern builds around the impact of rising food prices and new restrictions on rice exports from Asian countries hit by adverse climate conditions, the…

Life & Chemistry

New Mechanisms of Memory Uncovered for Everyday Life

Our ability to remember the objects, places and people within our environment is essential for everyday life, although the importance of this is only fully…

Physics & Astronomy

Radio Telescope Uncovers Secrets of Supermassive Black Holes

At the cores of many galaxies, supermassive black holes expel powerful jets of particles at nearly the speed of light. Just how they perform this feat has long…

Life & Chemistry

How Birds Use Smell to Detect Predators Effectively

The use of smell to detect chemical signals can be useful for birds in various situations, such as feeding and orientation. However, they can greatly increase…

Physics & Astronomy

Austria Aims to Join ESO for Enhanced Astronomy Access

Said Minister Hahn: “With membership of ESO, Austria's scientists will receive direct access to the world's leading infrastructure in astronomy. This…

Physics & Astronomy

Plethora of interacting galaxies on Hubble’s birthday

Interacting galaxies are found throughout the Universe, sometimes dramatic collisions that trigger bursts of star formation, on other occasions as stealthy…

Information Technology

Nanotechnology Breakthrough: First Energy-Efficient Transistor

“This kind of transistor should be able to reduce energy consumption in mobile phones and computers, for example, so they wouldn’t have to be recharged so…

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