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Power and Electrical Engineering

MIT's 'electronic nose' could detect hazards

Led by MIT professor Harry Tuller, the researchers have devised a way to print thin sensor films onto a microchip, a process that could eventually allow for…

Health & Medicine

Researchers show chemotherapy and radiation together extend lung cancer patients' lives

Walter Curran Jr., M.D., professor and chair of Radiation Oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer…

Physics & Astronomy

Distant Black Holes: Source of High-Energy Cosmic Rays Revealed

This extraordinary result is a product of DOE’s investment in high-energy physics research, giving scientists the resources they need to explore the…

Life & Chemistry

New Tech Reveals Protein Interactions in Living Cells

Proteins are commonly tagged using variants of the “green fluorescent protein” (GFP), but these proteins are very large and are often toxic to live cells. They…

Materials Sciences

Argonne Scientists Explore Oxide Glass Structures Under Pressure

Argonne physicist Chris Benmore and postdoctoral appointee Qiang Mei, along with colleagues at the University of Arizona, used microscopic laser-perforated…

Information Technology

New Model Simulates Forest Growth and Tree Competition

Tree development within a forest largely depends on how much space they have both on the ground and in the air, around the treetops. Trees compete to dominate…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

€7.4 Million Funding to Boost Dairy Cow Fertility

It is also implicated in the decreasing competitiveness of the Irish dairy industry, which results in increased numbers of people leaving dairy farming with…

Communications Media

W3C mobileOK: Simplifying Mobile-Friendly Content Creation

W3C provides new means for people to create and find mobile friendly content. W3C invites Web authors to run the alpha release of the W3C mobileOK checker and…

Materials Sciences

Stora Enso & TKK Innovate Electric Package Opening Solution

CDM (Controlled Delaminating Materials) is a solution based on a special adhesive which enables opening packages with the help of an electric current.In the…

Health & Medicine

Vitamin D Injection Ineffective for Preventing Elderly Fractures

The finding is the result of a four-year long study in which scientists from the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre at the University of Southampton compared the…

Studies and Analyses

Selective Attention’s Impact on Human Auditory Cortex Activity

The neural basis of selective attention has been one of the greatest unresolved questions in science. The results were obtained by measuring…

Physics & Astronomy

Lithium: A Superconductor at Ambient Pressure Unveiled

Docent Juha Tuoriniemi and his research group found that lithium is a superconductor even at ambient pressure, albeit at extremely low temperatures of less…

Health & Medicine

New Method Detects Pulmonary Hypertension Early in Scleroderma

Until now, the only method to identify pulmonary hypertension was to perform a cardiac catheterization, an invasive technique consisting of the insertion of a…

Physics & Astronomy

New Tool for OLED Lighting and Organic Solar Cell Production

The system is designed for efficient materials usage and flexibility in substrate format and organic stack. It is one of the worlds first pilot production…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Cutting Fresh Produce Waste: A New Consumer Initiative

Currently, a large amount of food bought in the UK is thrown away and about 40% (by weight) of food thrown away that could have been eaten, is fresh fruit and…

Studies and Analyses

Recycling of Europe's Electronic Waste Could be Improved, Says UN Report

Only about 25% of Europe’s medium sized household appliances and 40% of larger appliances are collected for salvage and recycling, leaving “substantial room…

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