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Transportation and Logistics

Smart Helicopter Survival Suit by SINTEF and Helly Hansen

The new suit has been jointly developed by SINTEF, which is a Norwegian research institute, and Helly Hansen, a Norwegian producer of textiles and special gear…

Environmental Conservation

Cyanobacteria Blooms Thrive Amid Global Warming Trends

Blooms of harmful cyanobacteria (also known as bluegreen algae) are a growing nuisance in many lakes in Africa, Australia, China, the USA, and in many European…

Automotive Engineering

Laser Scanner Steers Car: Exploring the Spirit of Berlin

Can a computer steer a car through a city without a driver’s help? The ‘Spirit of Berlin’, a vehicle developed jointly by researchers at the Fraunhofer…

Transportation and Logistics

Smart Aircraft Wings: Innovations in Lightweight Materials

Nowadays it’s easy to hop on a plane and fly to London or spend a romantic weekend in Paris for just a few euros – if the volume of air traffic is increasing,…

Environmental Conservation

New Hydrodesulphurisation Catalysts Enhance Oil Refining Techniques

Experiments carried out at Oxford Catalysts suggest that it is the preparation method – rather than the identity or combination of metals used – that has the…

Studies and Analyses

Depression Increases Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

The study involved 486 people age 60 to 90 who had no dementia. Of those, 134 people had experienced at least one episode of depression that prompted them to…

Architecture & Construction

New Mineral Techniques Safeguard National Heritage From Damage

Humidity, environmental pollution, cleaning with aggressive products for the chemical composition of the rock, etc give rise to the appearance of salts which…

Life & Chemistry

Unexpected Leukaemia Triggers: Insights on Blood Cancer Causes

Leukaemia – cancer of blood or bone marrow – is caused by mutations that allow defective blood cells to accumulate and displace healthy blood. To devise…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers 'see' structure of open nicotinic acetylcholine ion channels

Now researchers at the University of Illinois have painstakingly mapped the interior of a key component of the relay system that allows acetylcholine to get…

Life & Chemistry

Fraud in Paternity Tests Leads to New DNA Action Protocols

Researchers from all over the world have been carrying out paternity tests regularly. Samples are usually collected from mouth and saliva cells to carry out…

Technology Offerings

Micro-Hydroforming: Precision Shaping of Metal Microcomponents

The hydroforming method generates precise structural

shapes by expanding a metallic, usually tubular, moulding
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Technology Offerings

CoAxial Extruder: Innovating Solid Feeding Technology

The CoAxial Extruder is an extruder with an independently

controlled feeding screw. This additional feeding screw
…

Technology Offerings

HiPer-Screw: Boost Extruder Output with High Performance Design

The HiPer-Screw allows a significant increase of extruder

output for a given screw diameter, simultaneously
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Technology Offerings

ES – Glass-Edge-Shear compound-glass with high stiffness

Conventional laminated glass panes can not be called

connected in a shear compound because of their creeping
…

Information Technology

Human Values Driving New Technology Innovations Today

Advances in interfaces — the physical way we react with computers — and other techniques of controlling computers will supplement the role of the traditional…

Studies and Analyses

1st US study — gymnastics lands thousands in ER

More than 600,000 children participate in school-sponsored and club-level gymnastics competitions annually in the United States. Yet gymnastics continues to be…

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