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Fat-Cell Hormone Adiponectin Linked to Kidney Disease Risks

The new findings show that the hormone, adiponectin, produced by fat cells, circulates in the blood and acts to both suppress inflammation – known to be a…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Links Larger Skin Lesions to Melanoma Risk

In a new study published in the April issue of Archives of Dermatology, the NYU researchers confirm that an important warning sign of melanoma — moles that are…

Studies and Analyses

Counseling Trauma Victims: Understanding Secondary Trauma Effects

In a study appearing in the May edition of Research on Social Work Practice, Geisinger Senior Investigator Joseph Boscarino, PhD, MPH and his co-researchers…

Environmental Conservation

Carnegie Mellon Explores Climate Change’s Effects on Food Production

The old adage, “We are what we eat,’’ may be the latest recipe for success when it comes to curbing the perils of global climate warming. Despite the recent…

Life & Chemistry

RNA Insights Enhance Understanding of Plant Disease Spread

The findings and the research approach used by Ohio State University scientists also could have applications in the study of how certain viruses spread in…

Life & Chemistry

Lizard Hunting Styles Affect Walking and Running Abilities

The technique lizards use to grab their grub influences how they move, according to researchers at Ohio University. A research team led by doctoral student…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Innovative Crop Management Boosts Gulf Health and Ecosystems

An assessment by a team led by Virginia Dale of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Environmental Sciences Division concludes that low oxygen levels in water, or…

Corporate News

Siemens Supplies Filtration System for Offshore Vietnam Platform

The filtration system will include fine and coarse filters that will be included in a seawater injection system for the removal of particulates. The produced…

Life & Chemistry

Ugandan Monkeys Show Evidence of Unknown Poxvirus Infection

The findings appear online in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.This is the first effort to screen Ugandan red colobus monkeys for orthopoxviruses, said…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Transforming Sago Starch Factory Effluent Into Valuable Resources

The Sago Palm (Metroxylon sagu) grows well with minimum care in swamp and peat areas otherwise inhabitable for most other crops. It has a high starch yield:…

Corporate News

Siemens opens one of the world's biggest compressor test centers in Duisburg

On April 18, Siemens Energy opened one of the world's biggest test centers for large compressor trains for use in the oil and gas industry. At a cost of around…

Information Technology

Innovative Solutions for Long-Term Digital Data Storage

“The problem is how to build a large-scale data storage system to last 50 to 100 years,” said Ethan Miller, associate professor of computer science in the…

Life & Chemistry

How Pathogen Proteins Undermine Plant Immunity: New Insights

VBI Professor Brett Tyler and members of his research group, along with researchers from Virginia Tech’s Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Mutation Offers New Hope Against Fatal Malaria

Malaria causes an estimated 500 million clinical cases worldwide with symptoms ranging from headache, high fevers and nausea to more than 1 million deaths…

Studies and Analyses

Chocolate Bars That Lower Cholesterol and Blood Pressure

“Eating two CocoaVia dark chocolate bars a day not only lowered cholesterol, it had the unexpected effect of also lowering systolic blood pressure,” said John…

Machine Engineering

Compact Soft Starter Device for Efficient Motor Control

The devices in four frame sizes enable soft starting of motors in standard applications such as pumps, conveyor belts, or fans up to 55 kilowatts at 400 volts.The Sirius 3RW30 soft starter improves the startup characteristics of motors with two-phase polarity balancing, and avoids mechanical loads, voltage fluctuations, and current peaks. This protects not only the drive system but also the power network and thus minimizes maintenance overhead and expensive current peaks….

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