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Physics & Astronomy

Researchers Create World’s Darkest Manmade Material

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rice University have created the darkest material ever made by man. The material, a thin coating comprised…

Health & Medicine

New Sensor System Monitors Environmental Triggers of Asthma

“We are investigating whether we can go back after an asthma attack and see what was going on environmentally when the attack started,” said Charlene Bayer, a…

Life & Chemistry

New Compounds Discovered for Tuberculosis and Malaria Treatment

Her thesis, defended at the Faculty of Sciences in her home city of Pamplona, the capital of Navarre, describes the synthesis and characterisation of 65…

Physics & Astronomy

HiRISE Camera Reveals Dynamic Wind Patterns on Mars

The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the most powerful camera to orbit another planet, can see 20-inch-diameter features while flying at…

Corporate News

Carl Zeiss Innovates with Rondcom and Surfcom Measuring Machines

The Rondcom and Surfcom measuring machines fully focus on the test requirements for moving parts in engines and gears, shafts and bearings regarding measuring…

Corporate News

MASS Technology: Combined Optical and Contact Measurements

MASS® technology permits the fast, economical measurement of workpieces with features that can be measured only by contact or only optically or those that even…

Materials Sciences

New Glass/Metal Assembly System Uses DELO Adhesives

As of now, a completely new way of fixing glass plates is available on the market – without having to clamp or drill them: With the glass/metal assembly method…

Technology Offerings

Lyophilized Plasma Storage System Enhances Blood Plasma Use

The underlying invention offers a solution to improve the preconditions of the use of blood plasma as a substitute or exchange of volume. For this blood plasma…

Studies and Analyses

Study Examines Diversity Issues in Investors in People Award

A new study of almost 15,000 people by Nottingham University Business School found that a wider range of minority groups suffer disadvantage with regard to…

Awards Funding

BI Researcher Wins MSI H. Paul Root Award for Innovation

The Marketing Science Institute (MSI)/H. Paul Root Award is awarded annually to the research article which represents the greatest contribution to the…

Social Sciences

Understanding Parental Alienation Syndrome in Divorce Cases

In the 1980’s, PAS was defined by scientist Richard Gardner of Columbia University. Men are usually the target parent, since in most cases the mother has…

Materials Sciences

Surrey Researchers Secure £292K Grant for Low-Cost Fuel Cells

An energy materials research group in alkaline polymer fuel cells lead by Dr John Varcoe at the University of Surrey has been awarded £292k by the EPSRC to…

Life & Chemistry

Unique Fungal Collection May Unlock Future Antibiotics

Since their discovery, antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents have saved millions of lives and significantly eased patients’ suffering. However, over time,…

Materials Sciences

New Method Enhances Use of Wood Fibres in Finland

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a method that opens up new opportunities for the use of lignin-containing wood fibres and other natural…

Health & Medicine

Work Stress Linked to Heart Disease: Key Findings from Study

Published in Europe’s leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal [1] today (Wednesday 23 January), the research is the first large-scale study to…

Health & Medicine

Alendronate: A Key to Preventing Bone Fractures in Postmenopausal Women

This finding applies to women who have started to lose their bone mass but have no fractures (primary prevention), as well as those who have lost significant…

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