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Studies and Analyses

Renewables Could Power Grid 99.9% of the Time by 2030

Renewable energy could fully power a large electric grid 99.9 percent of the time by 2030 at costs comparable to today’s electricity expenses, according to new…

Environmental Conservation

Mali Elephants at Risk: Study Tracks Threats to Their Survival

A two-year study, to appear in January’s edition of Biological Conservation, tracked the elephants’ migration with Global Positioning System (GPS) collars. Its…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into DNA Repair: How Proteins Unravel Strands

Specialized proteins unzip the intertwined DNA strands while others follow and build new strands, using the originals as templates. Whenever these proteins…

Information Technology

European Competences Yellow Pages for Future Nanoelectronics

The NANO-TEC project announces its ‘Yellow Pages‘ (YP) to be publicly available. The Yellow Pages comprise an information repository which offers search for…

Physics & Astronomy

New Study Unveils Symmetry in Black Hole Jets

A new study using data from NASA’s Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope shows that high-speed jets launched from active black holes possess…

Physics & Astronomy

UCSB Physicists Advance Understanding of Quantum Entanglement

Recently, theoretical physicists at KITP have made important strides in studying a concept in quantum physics called quantum entanglement, in which electron…

Health & Medicine

Alzheimer’s Disease: Cutting off Immune Response Promises New Approach to Therapy

The molecular complex is part of the immune system and a driving force for inflammatory responses of the brain. Blocking its activity may pave the way for new…

Physics & Astronomy

Germany Joins SKA Organisation for World’s Largest Telescope

Ten countries now involved in the pre-construction phase of the world’s largest telescope.The Board of Directors of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)…

Health & Medicine

New ALS Research Discovery Identifies Key Therapeutic Target

This discovery identifies a possible therapeutic target for the fatal neurological disease. The research will be available online in the Advanced Access…

Architecture & Construction

Transforming Paper Waste Into Eco-Friendly Bricks

“The use of paper industry waste could bring about economic and environmental benefits as it means that material considered as waste can be reused as raw…

Earth Sciences

Clays on Mars: Surprising Abundance Found in Eagle Crater

In fact, Assistant Professor James Wray and the research team say clays were in some of the rocks studied by Opportunity when it landed at Eagle crater in…

Earth Sciences

New Meteorite Reveals Asteroids’ Surprising Complexity

Meteorites that had fallen from an asteroid impact that lit up the skies over California and Nevada in April are showing scientists just how complex an…

Physics & Astronomy

15 new planets hint at 'traffic jam' of moons in habitable zone

Added to the 19 similar planets already discovered in habitable zones, where the temperature is neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water, the new finds…

Environmental Conservation

Marine Robots Help Detect Endangered Whales, Research Shows

The team of researchers, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists Mark Baumgartner and Dave Fratantoni, reported their sightings to NOAA,…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Reveals Rogue Planetary Orbit for Fomalhaut b

Astronomers are surprised to find that the debris belt is wider than previously known, spanning a gulf of space from 14 billion miles to nearly 20 billion…

Life & Chemistry

Investigators Discover New Gene That Affects Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus

They also identified an inherited variant within this gene, Interferon Lambda 4 (IFNL4), that predicts how people respond to treatment for hepatitis C…

Physics & Astronomy

Massive Gas Supply Discovered Around Modern Galaxies

Now, scientists have provided direct empirical evidence for these gas flows using new observations from the Hubble Space Telescope. The team led by Nicolas…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Educated Women Drive Sustainable Agriculture Forward

‘Our results show a clear link between more years of education among women and use of sustainable agricultural methods,’ says Hailemariam Teklewold, PhD in…

Life & Chemistry

New path discovered for future generation of glucose-measuring biosensors

To this end, a complex scientific process has been developed which has called into question a dominant paradigm amongst the scientific community with respect…

Transportation and Logistics

Swedish METRO Project Enhances Safety in Underground Systems

– The project is unique since many organizations, with different skills, work together to make underground metro systems all around the world safer, says Mia…

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