MetOp’s planned launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on a Soyuz/ST launcher, originally planned for 17 July, had to be called off after three consecutive attempts…
Whereas justifiable attention is given to the increasing problem of obesity in the general population, far less is known about the relationship between obesity…
A new discovery from the Brain Mind Institute of the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) shows that the brain rewires itself following an…
While many volunteers may describe what they do as work, there are some key distinctions. Not least the fact that many volunteers are beyond the labour market…
Kulper (S.B. 2003) and Roy (S.B. 2005) designed the cell-shaped building for the Institute for Nanobiomedical Technology and Membrane Biology in Chengdu,…
Working in labs that resemble machine shops, these engineers are taking small steps toward the holy grail of robotics – cooperative autonomy – making machines…
The invention deals with a new self aeration system for drying of biomass.Further Information: PDF GWT-TUD GmbH; FB Sächsische PatentVerwertungsAgentur (SPVA)Phone: 0351-8734 1725…
The advance online publication also reports that the gene – called BRIT1 – is under-expressed in human ovarian, breast and prostate cancer cell lines.Defects…
“The work took us three years to develop and get right, but now we can essentially anchor nanotubes to a tubular wall. No one has ever done anything like this…
A research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of Southern…
To understand how brain cells release compounds (or transmitters) used when the cells communicate with each other, Vladimir Parpura, associate professor of…
An Ohio State University astronomer and his colleagues have determined that the Triangulum Galaxy, otherwise known as M33, is actually about 15 percent farther…
All refer to fuel that's made from bio-produced materials such as plants. Chengci Chen (pronounced Chen-see Chen), an assistant professor of cropping systems…
It has long been assumed in classical theories of economics that people act entirely rationally when taking decisions. However, it has increasingly become…
Using genetically manipulated mice and technology that enables a snapshot of the repertoire of antigen receptors that determine what cells recognize, Medical…
Using images collected through a web cam, special software recognises eight key facial features that characterise the emotional state of the person viewing the…
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