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Life & Chemistry

New Approach to Target Brain Cancer at Its Core

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, working from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, are dissecting the…

Earth Sciences

Arctic Ice Vulnerability Increases With Summer Sunshine

“The relative importance of solar radiation in the summer is changing,” says Jennifer Kay of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder,…

Studies and Analyses

Migraine Linked to Higher Risk of Severe Skin Sensitivity

Researchers surveyed 16,573 people with headache about their type of headache, frequency, quality of life, depression and other illnesses that cause pain. The…

Machine Engineering

Boost Productivity with Integrated Automation Solutions

The focus of the Siemens exhibition is a live demonstration from the world of automobile production – from the processing of the raw materials, plant layout,…

Corporate News

Automation Transforms Process Technology for Industry Efficiency

It has become increasingly evident that anything in the industrial environment that can be engineered can also be automated. This automation trend applies both…

Corporate News

EPLAN Data Portal: Access Certified Component Data Easily

Seamless engineering requires accurate component and device data that can be incorporated during project planning. But until now, that often meant losing…

Corporate News

Innovative EPLAN Cabinet 1.9: Integrated Control Cabinet Design

Whether you are designing or manufacturing industrial cabinets, the same maxim applies: everything must be integrated. The latest version of EPLAN Cabinet 1.9…

Life & Chemistry

MU Researchers Discover Key Step in Cataract Formation

Now, a University of Missouri professor has identified an important step in how cataracts form. This discovery, published in a recent edition of The Journal of…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Quantum Balloons: What Happens When They’re Popped?

When a tiny, quantum-scale, hypothetical balloon is popped in a vacuum, do the particles inside spread out all over the place as predicted by classical…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Cellular Defense Against Genetic Errors

The blueprint for the human body is encoded in genes. Gene expression is the process by which those blueprints are converted into proteins that make up the…

Life & Chemistry

New Strategies to Combat Bird Flu Outbreaks Effectively

The Spanish flu outbreak of 1918 killed between 30 and 50 million people. In the infected patients, the ultimate cause of death was acute respiratory distress…

Physics & Astronomy

Paranal’s New 4.1m Mirror Enhances VISTA Telescope Performance

A 4.1-metre diameter primary mirror, a vital part of the world's newest and fastest survey telescope, VISTA (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for…

Physics & Astronomy

Graphene used to create world's smallest transistor

Reporting their peer-reviewed findings in the latest issue of the journal Science, Dr Kostya Novoselov and Professor Andre Geim from The School of Physics and…

Environmental Conservation

Fuzzy Logic Enhances Water Quality Analysis for Healthier Futures

A fuzzy logic approach to analyzing water quality could help reduce the number of people in the developing world forced to drink polluted and diseased water…

Studies and Analyses

Cancer Cells Spread Through Bubble-Like Vesicles

The cancer cells are able to communicate with their more healthy counter-parts by releasing vesicles. These bubble-like structures contain cancer-causing…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking the Epigenome: New Insights into Genetic Mapping

Until recently, the chemical marks littering the DNA inside our cells like trees dotting a landscape could only be studied one gene at a time. But new…

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