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Die entwickelte Vorrichtung zum Kühlen von rieselfähigen Schüttgütern in Lagerbehältern gewährleistet, dass entstehende Wärme im Kernbereich der Schüttung…

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Error Correction Circuit Enhances Digital Reliability

The invention permits detection and correction of transient errors in digital circuits in regular operation. It simplifies the necessary hardware and improves…

Earth Sciences

Seismologist's project uses public's laptops to monitor and predict earthquakes

A simple idea for monitoring earthquakes that Elizabeth Cochran, a seismologist at UC Riverside, came up with in 2006 is being realized today, and has the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Laurel Wilt Threatens Avocados: Insights from Recent Research

In the February issue of Plant Disease, SRS plant pathologist Stephen Fraedrich and fellow researchers provide results from their assessment of the fungus, the…

Health & Medicine

New Nanotech Gel Enhances Spinal Cord Injury Recovery

Northwestern University researchers have shown that a new nano-engineered gel inhibits the formation of scar tissue at the injury site and enables the severed…

Studies and Analyses

Sleepwalking Linked to Lack of Sleep, Says New Research

Sleepwalkers are advised to keep a regular bedtime to avoid unwanted evening strolls, according to research from the Université de Montréal. Somnambulism,…

Environmental Conservation

Sudden 'ecosystem flips' imperil world's poorest regions

Modern agriculture and land-use practices may lead to major disruptions of the world’s water flows, with potentially sudden and dire consequences for regions…

Information Technology

Software tackles production line machine 'cyclic jitters'

However timing irregularities in the signals from even one machine—a difference of only a tenth of a second from the expected—can result in havoc for…

Studies and Analyses

Evaluating Climate Change Models: Accuracy and Impact

The accuracy of computer models that predict climate change over the coming decades has been the subject of debate among politicians, environmentalists and…

Trade Fair News

Heraeus Amba UV Lamps: Innovations at DRUPA 2008

UV lamps are needed in many applications, such as graphic arts, label printing, inkjet printing or CD manufacturing. Yet, the replacement bulb itself is an…

Information Technology

Effective Email Design Boosts Engagement and Click Rates

If you want your e-mails to be read and the Internet links included in them opened, you have to pay attention to design. Design pays off! Recipients are more…

Information Technology

NIST Confirms On-Card Fingerprint Matching Is Secure and Fast

Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD 12), by this fall most federal employees and contractors will be using federally approved PIV cards to…

Automotive Engineering

Hydrogen-Storage Breakthrough: More Solid Than Solid

Storing enough raw hydrogen for a reasonable driving range would require either impractically high pressures for gaseous hydrogen or extremely low temperatures…

Physics & Astronomy

Innovative Atom Trap Captures Highly Magnetic Erbium Atoms

Their recent report* is a major step towards a capability to capture, cool and manipulate individual atoms of erbium, an element with unique optical properties…

Environmental Conservation

New Formula Cuts Nitrous Oxide in Wastewater Treatment

The cost of treating wastewater contaminated with nitrogen could be lowered in future. Soil scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Uncover Gene Linked to Serious Vitamin B12 Disorder

Swiss, British and Canadian researchers have identified the gene responsible for a rare but serious genetic disorder and have simultaneously provided more…

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