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Synthetic K receptor agonist for pain therapy – Novel class of k selective opioids for peripheral pain treatment

Natural and synthetic opioids are effective and widely

used drugs for the treatment of acute, post-operative or
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Technology Offerings

ISOAntenna: Innovative Isolator for Mobile Antenna Solutions

Assuring stability and linearity of amplifiers in

transmitters is quite inevitable in modern WLAN or

UMTS applications. Presently circuits use large…

Technology Offerings

New Reflection Technique Simplifies Measuring Reflective Surfaces

With the new reflection-technique created by a Bremen research institute, reflective surfaces can be measured more easily and quickly than before. Changes in…

Environmental Conservation

Elephant Engineers: Transforming Spaces with Innovative Designs

It is like the premise of a popular home improvement show: in the before photos, the surroundings are undesirable and in the after shot there’s lots of…

Materials Sciences

New Polymer Enhances Semiconductor Manufacturing Efficiency

Along with allowing enhanced performance and cost savings for conventional photolithography processes, the new material, called polyset epoxy siloxane (PES),…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA-Funded Instrument Captures Stunning Nova Event

“We were getting ready for a routine engineering run when all of a sudden the nova went off. It was very bright and easy to observe, so we took this…

Studies and Analyses

Genetic Link Found in Human Herpes Susceptibility

There’s a high probability that people who are prone to herpes simplex virus (HSV) outbreaks can inherit that susceptibility through their genes, University of…

Earth Sciences

Baffin Island Ice Caps Shrink 50% Since 1950s, Study Finds

A new University of Colorado at Boulder study has shown that ice caps on the northern plateau of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic have shrunk by more than…

Earth Sciences

El Niño Fuels Intense Winter Storms Across the U.S.

Researchers now believe that some of the most intense winter storm activity over parts of the United States may be set in motion from changes in the surface…

Life & Chemistry

Snakes Discover Stereo Sound Perception from Sand

It is often believed that snakes cannot hear. This presumption is fed by the fact that snakes lack an outer ear and that scientific evidence of snakes responding to sound is scarce. Snakes do, however, possess an inner ear with a functional cochlea….

Physics & Astronomy

Tiny Avalanche Photodiode Detects Single UV Photons Efficiently

Previously, photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) were the only available technology in the short wavelength UV portion of the spectrum capable of single photon…

Physics & Astronomy

Testing String Theory: New Insights from Neutral Hydrogen Absorption

String theory – a theory whose fundamental building blocks are tiny one-dimensional filaments called strings – is the leading contender for a “theory of…

Physics & Astronomy

Hyperfast Star Reveals Alien Origins Through Elemental Analysis

Now by analyzing its velocity, light intensity, and for the first time its tell-tale elemental composition, Carnegie astronomers Alceste Bonanos and Mercedes…

Life & Chemistry

In Vivo Visualization of Alternative Splicing Unveiled

Dr. Hidehito Kuroyanagi and colleagues at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University engineered a transgenic alternative splicing reporter system to monitor the…

Environmental Conservation

Accelerating Catalyst Development for Cleaner Fuels

These types of catalyst play an important role in processes such as gas to liquids (GTL) and coal to liquids (CTL) which are used to convert feedstocks such as…

Studies and Analyses

Problem solved – just keep an ‘open mind’ …

Joydeep Bhattacharya, from the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London and his graduate student Simone Sandkühler from the University of…

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