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Power and Electrical Engineering

New Materials for Making “Spintronic” Devices

An interdisciplinary group of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory has devised methods to make a new class of…

Environmental Conservation

Improving Water Quality in Ghana: Innovative Solutions Unveiled

Ghana’s large and growing population relies on wetlands for food and water and so experts at the University’s Institute for Sustainable Water, Integrated…

Physics & Astronomy

Water’s Nanoscale Flow: Insights Into Liquid Dynamics

In its bulk liquid form, water is a disordered medium that flows very readily. When most substances are compressed into a solid, their density increases. But…

Information Technology

Carnegie Mellon Introduces Build-Your-Own Internet Robots

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new series of robots that are simple enough for almost anyone to build with off-the-shelf parts, but…

Life & Chemistry

Morphine’s Impact: Changes in Brain Connections Revealed

Morphine, as little as a single dose, blocks the brain’s ability to strengthen connections at inhibitory synapses, according to new Brown University research…

Life & Chemistry

New Family of Pseudo-Metallic Chemicals Discovered

The periodic table of elements, all 111 of them, just got a little competition. A new discovery by a University of Missouri-Columbia research team, published…

Earth Sciences

Satellites Enhance Polar Climate Insights Through Cloud Analysis

Clouds and their traits – their temperature, depth, size and shape of their droplets – play a significant role in how much of the sun's radiation reaches…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Negative Effects of Colonization on Borneo’s Farming Methods

A researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia has examined the slash-and-burn farming method traditionally used by the Iban, a widespread indigenous…

Physics & Astronomy

New Method Enhances Detection of Elusive Particle

But University of Florida physicists have proposed a way to do just that, a step they say considerably improves the chance of detecting one of the universe’s…

Studies and Analyses

Ceiling Height’s Impact on Thinking and Behavior Revealed

But recent research by Joan Meyers-Levy, a professor of marketing at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, suggests that the way people…

Physics & Astronomy

Magnetic Fields on a Conveyor Belt: Moving Flux Quanta

The scientists lead by Dr. Carsten Hucho found a way to move smallest possible magnetic entities – so-called flux quanta – with the help of acoustic waves….

Physics & Astronomy

European Space Policy Advances with New Commissioner Communication

Today, the College of European Commissioners in Brussels adopted a document, a Communication (as it is called in EU circles) on the European Space Policy which…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

EU Project Supports Sustainable Olive Farming Innovations

Now, thanks to the EU-funded NASOOP (Integrated Approach to Sustainable Olive Oil and Table Olive Production) project, help is at hand. For the past three…

Studies and Analyses

UGR Thesis Unveils 20 Million Years of Climatic Evolution

A thesis of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada [http://www.ugr.es]) has analysed samples of the sedimentary bowls of the geographic section from…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Low-Energy LED Lighting Project: Brightening the Future

Researchers at The University of Manchester have joined forces with Dialight Lumidrives – founded by a successful former student – to develop powerful low-cost…

Medical Engineering

Innovative Device Empowers Moms to Monitor Baby’s Heartbeat

It is small and easy to use so that mother’s-to-be can keep a regular check on their baby’s heart beat without having to go into hospital and be attached to a…

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