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Life & Chemistry

Cause of Death Revealed for Oimyakon Baby Mammoth

There remained only the head, part of the proboscis, the neck area and part of the breast of the baby mammoth’s body. The body is practically cut off behind…

Health & Medicine

Russia’s Quest for a New Tuberculosis Vaccine: Latest Updates

Tuberculosis that takes away lives of two million people remains a very dangerous disease. Physicians all over the world are working to produce efficient…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Fullerenes: Production and Molecular Division

And most importantly, the complex allows, if necessary, to divide them by the molecular mass, i.e., to single out the most investigated and often used…

Science Education

Expand Your Research Horizons with COST TDPs

Thanks to a recent decision by the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO), your research may find a home in one of our Trans-Domain Proposals (TDPs). TDPs…

Life & Chemistry

Swiss Systems Biology Initiative Unveils Eight Flagship Projects

These eight projects address a diverse set of basic biological questions ranging from the role of lipids in cells to the mechanisms underlying decision-making…

Information Technology

Artemis Connects With Jules Verne ATV After Launch Success

Jules Verne ATV was launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 05:03 CET on 9 March. First contact between Artemis and the ATV was established at…

Physics & Astronomy

Mars Express reveals the Red Planet’s volcanic past

Using images from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on Mars Express, Gerhard Neukum, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and colleagues are discovering…

Physics & Astronomy

Jules Verne’s Successful Collision Avoidance Maneuver Test

The in-flight Collision Avoidance Manoeuvre, or CAM, demonstration was necessary to prove that the spacecraft could reliably move away from the ISS in case of…

Physics & Astronomy

NPL Extends Partnership with Advanced Technology Institute

This will further extend the contract signed in 2005, which included the appointment of a visiting NPL Strategic Research Fellow to work jointly between Surrey…

Automotive Engineering

New Automotive Simulation Center Boosts Innovation in Stuttgart

Composed of software designers, scientists and researchers and top automobile manufacturers, ASCS will combine the expertise of key scientists and industry…

Earth Sciences

Meteors Spark New Life: Insights from Recent Research

However, the opposite may also occur – that new and more varied animal life arises following such a catastrophe, is shown by new research conducted by the…

Information Technology

Technology Enhances Care for Critically Ill Patients

A common side effect of stress and trauma in critically ill patients is a rapid increase in blood glucose levels. As with diabetes, the levels can be reduced…

Life & Chemistry

MDC Researchers Reconstruct Jumping Gene – New Tool for Elucidating the Function of Genes

At the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, researchers have now succeeded in reconstructing the first active transposon of…

Business and Finance

Natural Selection in Business: Insights from Taiwanese Experts

Ping-Chen Lin of the National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences in Kaohsiung and Jiah-Shing Chen of the National Central University, Jhongli, in Taiwan,…

Life & Chemistry

Modern Matrons: Overcoming Barriers to Leadership Empowerment

Researchers at the Institute for Science and Society say ‘modern matrons’ face organisational barriers to empowerment, and unless significant budgetary…

Earth Sciences

Iceberg Split Observed from Space: New Insights from C-CORE

A huge fissure was spotted running south to north through the berg on 1 March by C-CORE, the Canadian ice-tracking service, while studying satellite images…

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