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Load Monitoring – "intelligent" aircraft wing gauges strains in case of overload

Today's aircraft are in use almost 24 hours a day. Functional reliability and operational safety are achieved by international maintenance standards for each…

Health & Medicine

Breast Cancer’s Invasive Power: Latent Traits from Tumor Cells

The results were astounding: tumour aggressiveness seems to be determined from the very first tumour cells and the biological diversity observed in invasive…

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ESF Conference probes water's mysterious interactions at molecular level

Some of the greatest puzzles involve the interaction between molecules of water and other compounds as they come into proximity. These problems are not purely…

Environmental Conservation

Geochemical Insights into CO2 Emissions in Semiarid Climates

These researchers have analysed for the first time the CO2 level in carbonated semiarid systems. The interest of the work lies in the knowledge of the CO2…

Information Technology

Building Lasting Bonds with Emotionally Intelligent Robots

LIREC aims to create a new generation of interactive, emotionally intelligent, companion technology, that is capable of long-term engagement with humans – in…

Health & Medicine

Psychiatric drug ads “frequently misleading”

Psychologist Glen Spielmans of Metropolitan State University, St Paul, Minnesota, and colleagues analysed adverts aimed at medical professionals in four…

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Clean Sky – Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft creates "green" technologies for aviation

With a budget of 1.6 billion euros, the project is one of the largest combined research programmes in Europe. In six research areas technologies will be…

Physics & Astronomy

'Tiny radio antennas' under skin could act as remote sensors of humans' emotional, physiological state

The researchers believe the discovery could theoretically help remotely monitor medical patients, evaluate athletic performance, diagnose disease and remotely…

Physics & Astronomy

Laser Light Cools Microchip: Exploring Quantum Innovations

Macroscopic objects follow the laws of classical physics, microscopic objects obey the laws of quantum mechanics. This is for sure. But at what point does a…

Life & Chemistry

Unconscious Brain Activity Predicts Decision Outcomes

Already several seconds before we consciously make a decision its outcome can be predicted from unconscious activity in the brain. This is shown by a study of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Popcorn-Ball Design Boosts Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Efficiency

By using a popcorn-ball design — tiny kernels clumped into much larger porous spheres — researchers at the University of Washington are able to manipulate…

Earth Sciences

Grand Canyon’s Age: Dinosaurs Roamed Its Ancient Rim

New geological evidence indicates the Grand Canyon may be so old that dinosaurs once lumbered along its rim, according to a study by researchers from the…

Studies and Analyses

Exploring Anti-Cancer Compounds: Benefits and Risks Explained

In a pair of recent papers, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators provide a potential mechanism by which HDAC inhibitors specifically damage cancer…

Information Technology

Hurricane Forecasters Use NCAR Radar for Real-Time Insights

The system, which relies on existing coastal Doppler radars, provides details on hurricane winds and central pressure every six minutes, indicating whether a…

Health & Medicine

Blueberries: A Natural Solution for Memory Improvement

They have found that phytochemical-rich foods, such as blueberries, are effective at reversing age-related deficits in memory, according to a study soon to be…

Environmental Conservation

New Insights from Madagascar’s Wildlife Study Unveiled

Using data from thousands of species of lemurs, frogs, geckos, butterflies, ants, and plants, scientists from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation…

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