If drums of different shapes always produce their own unique sound spectrum, then it should be possible to identify the shape of a specific drum merely by…
An innovative collaboration has developed between local trap fishermen and scientists at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the…
It has been commonly believed that high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) or hypercapnia in the blood and lungs of patients with acute lung disease may be…
Shrews are tiny mammals that have been widely characterized as simple and primitive. This traditional view is challenged by a new study of the hunting methods…
The concentration of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and metal nanoparticles can be easily varied within the shaped carbonaceous solid. Carbon nanotube…
Swedish researchers also found that regular positive contact reduces criminal behaviour among children in low-income families and enhances cognitive skills…
In parallel, another international team has analyzed with new techniques the last data obtained by the WMAP satellite and found a topological signal…
The 20-tonne European resupply and space-tug module will be carried into orbit by a special version of the Ariane 5 launch vehicle. The launcher, operated by…
The funding for the projects, DUALLOGIC, NANOSIL and REALITY, will support research aimed at creating a new generation of faster and bigger electronic chips…
Writing in the inaugural issue of Inderscience's International Journal of Sustainable Design, the team explains the concept of a combined solar chimney and…
The Com2React team says their technology could be useful to drivers, traffic police, emergency services and companies with a fleet of vehicles to manage.The…
The objective of the grant is to provide the opportunity for committed, promising European young scientists in neuropsychopharmacology and/or closely related…
The FLAI platform incorporates two IMEC-proprietary ADRES (architecture for dynamically reconfigurable embedded systems) baseband processors fully supported by…
The ongoing La Niña event started in the third quarter of 2007 and has already influenced climate patterns during the last six months across many parts of the…
A new study published in the online open access journal BMC Biology suggests that disturbances in membrane cholesterol may be the mechanism by which prions…
The film could eventually be used to deliver drugs for cancer, epilepsy, diabetes and other diseases. It is among the first drug-delivery coatings that can be…