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Automotive Engineering

New X-Ray Technique Enhances Fuel Injector Efficiency

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a technique to peer through high-speed dense liquids using…

Life & Chemistry

Blood Clot Elasticity Mechanism Unveiled in High Definition

A new study reveals in atomic detail how a blood protein that is a fundamental building block of blood clots gives them their life-enhancing, or…

Life & Chemistry

Honey Bee Invaders: Unraveling Genetic Exploitation Insights

The researchers, University of Illinois entomology professor Charles Whitfield and postdoctoral researcher Amro Zayed, analyzed specific markers of change in…

Event News

Editors and Authors of “The Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009-2010” will meet in Singapore, 2-4 March, 2008

The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for…

Health & Medicine

Youngest Patient Receives Brain Stem Auditory Implant

Previously, the medical centre had carried out, also successfully, a similar procedure on girl of eight years. Throughout the world there have only been 38…

Environmental Conservation

ESRC Funds Research Centers on Population and Climate Change

The two new research centres receiving funding are:The Centre for Population Change will be directed by Professor Jane Falkingham and based at the Universities…

Transportation and Logistics

Overtaking Assistant: Enhancing Road Safety for All Drivers

This system prevents reckless drivers overtaking when it is not safe and can also aid cautious drivers in overtaking slower vehicles. This is the proposition…

Medical Engineering

New Tech to Repair Eduardo-Style Leg Injuries Unveiled

The comments were made by Professor Peter Ogrodnik, from Staffordshire University, who has spent 15 years perfecting medical devices and techniques for the…

Environmental Conservation

Track Your Carbon Footprint: Innovative Ways to Reduce CO2

Concerned about global warming, many people are now looking for ways to reduce their generation of carbon dioxide (CO2). One option is to use public transport…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Protein Secretion Mechanisms in Mammals

Mammalian cells secrete a plethora of different proteins such as antibodies, hormones and blood proteins that fulfill their biological function outside the…

Trade Fair News

Safege and Actimar’s water-quality solutions on display at Oceanology 2008

With the adoption of European Union Directive 2006/7/EC, it is now mandatory to monitor the sanitary quality of bathing water along the coasts of Europe. To…

Earth Sciences

Carbon Monoxide’s Impact on Mars and Venus Atmospheres

Modelling of the Earth's atmosphere has acquired economic importance due to its use in the prediction of ozone depletion and in measuring the impact of global…

Studies and Analyses

News websites' uneasy relationship with user-generated content revealed

In research published this month, Neil Thurman of City University London reveals that, despite the seemingly heavy emphasis on UGC at mainstream news websites,…

Business and Finance

Retailers’ Billions Wasted on Loss Prevention Technology?

Trying to decide in which technology to invest can be a tricky business, with often extravagant claims by suppliers being unsubstantiated by any published…

Power and Electrical Engineering

ETH Zurich’s ESC Unveils Energy Strategy for CO2 Reduction

The per capita emission of carbon dioxide in Switzerland is currently 9 tons per year, approximately twice the global average. «Our objective for the climate…

Environmental Conservation

Non-Native Fish: Unveiling Their Benefits for Ecosystems

Dr Rodolphe Gozlan from Bournemouth's Centre for Conservation Ecology & Environmental Change, believes that too much is made of the small risks associated with…

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