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Tecnalia is participating in IDeCON, for the deployment of offshore renewable energies
In this framework and under the name of IDeCON, an international consortium of recognised prestige, in which Tecnalia is participating,...
Rapid gas flares discovered in white dwarf star for the first time
Credit: Professor Robert Hynes, University of Louisiana Incredibly rapid gas flares from a white dwarf binary star system have been...
Russian-Japanese research helps understand the effects of microgravity on bone tissue
The paper appeared in Scientific Reports. The co-authors from the Russian side are Oleg Gusev (Extreme Biology Lab, Kazan Federal...
A common medication restores social deficits in Autism mouse model
Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 26, 2017 - Reducing the function of the autism-associated gene Pcdh10 leads to impairments in social behavior,...
Antioxidants get small
Credit: Tour Group/Rice University Treated particles of graphene derived from carbon nanotubes have demonstrated remarkable potential as life-saving antioxidants, but...
Dual energy computed tomography angiography in the peripheral arterial imaging
This is a systematic review of 9 studies on the diagnostic applications of dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) in peripheral arterial...
Media registration now open for ‘Bio in Beer-Sheva, Israel: The Murray Fromson Journalism Fellowship’
News Media Registration Now Open for "Bio in Beer-Sheva, Israel: The 12th Annual Murray Fromson Journalism Fellowship New Medical/Biomedical Research...
Pilot plant to obtain strategic metals through energy recovery from SUW
Strategic metals are a group of elements present in the Earth in very small quantities, but which are critical in...
Tiny exports signal big shifts in cancer tissue, researchers find
Credit: Image courtesy of Stephen Boppart and Haohua Tu CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Microscopic shifts in metabolism and increases in tiny...
Tissue engineering advance reduces heart failure in model of heart attack
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Researchers have grown heart tissue by seeding a mix of human cells onto a 1-micron-resolution...
Over to you, automation
Many recent human factors studies of takeover time in automated vehicles have looked at how long it takes a driver...
Surgical eye robot performs precision-injection in patient with retinal vein occlusion
Credit: KU Leuven Surgeons of University Hospitals Leuven have been the first to operate on a patient with retinal vein...
Scientists discover critical anti-viral role of biological molecule
Credit: Lisa Brown. Scientists have discovered that a biological molecule important in cell growth (STAT3) is also critical in protecting...
Pigs and chocolate: Using maths to solve problems in farming
Improving cocoa yields for the chocolate industry, estimating the quality of meat in pigs and refining the design of a...
Caught red-handed: The ‘Candy striped hermit crab’ is a new species from the Caribbean
Loading video... Credit: Rafael Lemaitre and Ellen Muller Recent underwater photographs and video obtained using scuba equipment by underwater photographer...
Development of a hydraulic drive high-power artificial muscle
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology/Bridgestone Corporation The artificial muscle that was developed using rubber tube is extremely powerful but lightweight...
Study finds premature death rates diverge in the United States by race and ethnicity
Premature death rates have declined in the United States among Hispanics, blacks, and Asian/Pacific Islanders (APIs)--in line with trends in...
Agricultural fires in Brazil harm infant health, a warning for the developing world
Credit: Global Fire Emissions Database Pollution from the controlled fires that burn across Brazil's São Paulo state during the sugarcane-harvesting...
Automation speeds clinical safety surveillance
Credit: Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt University Using patient outcomes data from approximately 1,800 hospitals, the largest demonstration to date of automated safety...
100 percent renewable energy sources require overcapacity
Germany decided to go nuclear-free by 2022. A CO2-emission-free electricity supply system based on intermittent sources, such as wind and...
