A parallel hybrid controller based on the backstepping method
The semi-pelagic trawl is a relatively advanced trawl system which is mainly adopted to catch demersal fish such as squid and butterfish. Now aiming at...
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Diamonds are technologists’ best friends
Credit: Alexander Obraztsov Physicists from the Lomonosov Moscow State University have obtained diamond crystals in the form of a regular pyramid of micrometer size. Moreover,...
Coping with arthritis: What you do isn’t associated with how much information you want
Chapel Hill, NC - Arthritis patients were more likely to be high monitors (health detail oriented) than high blunters (health detail avoidant) in a study...
Possible treatment targets found for pre-malignant bone marrow disorders
CINCINNATI - Cincinnati Children's researchers report in Nature Immunology a new mechanism that controls blood cell function and several possible molecular targets for treating myelodysplasia...
Millions of tons of food could be saved with better logistics
Credit: Caroline Örmgård Each year, around 88 million tonnes of food is discarded in the EU. This is something that Kristina Liljestrand, researcher at Chalmers...
Researchers fabricate high performance Cu(OH)2 supercapacitor electrodes
Credit: NANO Copper based nano structures have gained much attention in today's modern devices. A team of Nano-fabricated Energy Devices lab in University of Tehran...
Researchers produced nitrogen doped bimodal cellular structure activated carbon
Cellular activated carbon, a new type of activated carbon we prepared, is based on carbon foams, the inner surfaces of which are activated physically by...
Responsive filtration membranes by polymer self-assembly
Credit: TECHNOLOGY A team of researchers from Tufts University in Medford, MA have put together a review article, which discusses recent developments in stimuli-responsive membranes...
Image-based modeling
Credit: TECHNOLOGY A team of researchers from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in Newark, NJ in collaboration with their colleagues from the University...
Early-phase trial demonstrates shrinkage in pediatric neural tumors
In an early-phase clinical trial of a new oral drug, selumetinib, children with the common genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas, tumors...
For welders, Parkinson-like symptoms get worse with exposure
MINNEAPOLIS - Welders can develop Parkinson's disease-like symptoms that may get worse the longer and more they are exposed to the chemical element manganese from...
Forthcoming comprehensive reference guide on deep tissue imaging techniques
Innovations in novel optical imaging techniques promise noninvasive deep tissue diagnostic tools that are more powerful and less expensive than existing modalities. A forthcoming reference...
Study provides evidence on movement of potato famine pathogen
New North Carolina State University research delves into the movement and evolution of the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s, which...
Economics of forest biomass raise hurdles for rural development
Credit: Photo by Oregon Department of Forestry, courtesy of Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. -- The use of residual forest biomass for rural development faces...
Study unmasks the genetic complexity of cancer cells within the same tumor
LOS ANGELES (Dec. 28, 2016) -- A new study led by Cedars-Sinai investigators dramatically illustrates the complexity of cancer by identifying more than 2,000 genetic...