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Power and Electrical Engineering

Hybrid Power Distribution: Insights from ORNL Study

A recent Oak Ridge National Laboratory study, featured in the current issue of the ORNL Review examined how an expected increase in ownership of hybrid…

Environmental Conservation

Assessing Climate, Forests, and Land Use in the Amazon

Collaborators from the Woods Hole Research Center, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Duke University, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia, Harvard…

Life & Chemistry

MDC Researchers Revive Jumping Genes for New Innovations

They can be found in plants, animals and even in humans – inactive remains of jumping genes, transposons. Researchers are striving to develop active…

Earth Sciences

10 Key Questions Shaping 21st-Century Earth Science

“With all the advancements over the last 20 years, we can now get a better picture of Earth by looking at it from micro- to macro-perspectives, such as…

Studies and Analyses

Is a cup of tea really the answer to everything — even anthrax?

A new study by an international team of researchers from Cardiff University and University of Maryland has revealed how the humble cup of tea could well be an…

Environmental Conservation

Natural Filters: Effective Nitrogen Removal in Streams

“Nitrogen removal in streams is important because it reduces the potential for eutrophication – the excessive growth of algae and aquatic plants in downstream…

Environmental Conservation

Nitrogen Pollution Overwhelms Stream Filtering Capabilities

MBL, WOODS HOLE, MA—Increasing nitrogen runoff from urban and agriculture land-use is interfering with our streams’ and rivers’ natural processes for reducing…

Physics & Astronomy

Copolymers Drive New Microelectronics Advances at NIST

With innovative measurement techniques and new ways to position the molecules, NIST researchers reported at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanomaterials Reveal Surprising Strength Under Stress

NIST scientists Pradeep Namboodiri and Doo-In Kim and colleagues first demonstrated* the latest incongruity between the macro and micro worlds this past fall…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Aging Mechanisms in Yeast, Worms, and Humans

While nearly all organisms experience aging, the underlying mechanisms have eluded geneticists and evolutionary biologists. Many different theories have been…

Event News

Malaysian Finance Association’s 10th Annual Conference 2008

5-6 JUNE 2008Holiday Inn, Kuching, Sarawak.The 2008 Malaysian Finance Association Conference is jointly organized by the Malaysian Finance Association and the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Affordable Hydro-Power Solutions for Rural Communities in Malaysia

Martin AnyiFaculty of EngineeringSupplying electricity to the remote and scattered rural communities in Malaysia is almost impossible due to their remoteness…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Osteochondrosis: Joint Chips in Animals

Osteochondrosis affects both people and a range of domestic animals including horses, cows, pigs and dogs. The disease is especially common among Norwegian…

Life & Chemistry

New Genes Discovered That Shield Against Atherosclerosis

In a new study on mice, which is presented in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, the research group has shown that the accumulation of the plaque that…

Awards Funding

Ski Slope Partnership Wins Awards for Innovation in West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire-based Briton Engineering Developments Ltd, who produce the ‘Snowflex’ artificial ski slope system, have been working with the University of…

Awards Funding

Cosmologist Professor Nichol Wins Prestigious Award

Professor Nichol is the only cosmologist and one of just two British scientists to receive the award, which has a prize of 50,000 euros. He said: “This is a…

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