Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student Ming Ma has developed a new method to manufacture light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that are brighter, more energy efficient, and have superior technical properties than those on the market today. His ...
Scientists used an iPhone and a camera lens to diagnose intestinal worms in rural Tanzania, a breakthrough that could help doctors treat patients infected with the parasites, a study said on Tuesday. Research published by the American ...
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Since the turn of the 21st century, there have been efforts to create organizations such as the Muslim Consumer Group that certify food products as halal for Muslim consumers. Since 1991, some mainstream manufacturers of soups, grains, ...
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One of Sweden’s top technology start-ups of 2012, Heliospectra AB, announced today that it has officially launched the L4A Series 10 LED light system aimed at giving researchers an advanced tool for making new discoveries in the plant ...
Large glass is recycled and made into glass bottle. However, scientists invented another new usage; that is making into insulation wall. There will be 1300 tons wasted glass if this plan is implanted. Glass bottle recycling has been existed ...
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A coating could someday prevent frost and fog from forming on windshields, camera lenses and other surfaces.Credit: iStockphoto/Thinkstock “Zwitter-Wettability and Antifogging Coatings with Frost-Resisting Capabilities” ACS ...
The New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) honoured scientists from Evonik’s Personal Care Business Line with the Shaw Mudge Award for best paper presented at SCC‘s annual scientific meeting and technology showcase. ...
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Evonik has developed a patented biotechnological green production process based on the fermentation of a nonconventional yeast called Wickerhamomyces ciferrii (formerly known as Pichia ciferrii). This yeast produces high amounts of the ...
The NASA Mars rover Curiosity is running again after engineers put it to sleep for a day this week to protect it from a powerful solar storm. On Tuesday, the sun unleashed what appeared to be a major blast of radiation and solar wind, ...
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Although scientists have been aware that magnetism and electricity are two sides of the same proverbial coin for almost 150 years, researchers are still trying to find new ways to use a material's electric behavior to influence its magnetic ...
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Saint-Gobain Glass has glazed the facades of the House of Astronomy, located at Heidelberg, Germany. Saint-Gobain Glass at House of Astronomy, Germany - Via Saint Gobain Glass India Flickr Photo stream The building, which is used to ...
Starting Out Right From the time we start preparing a room for a new baby, we are making choices about the child's environment. Many people get ready for a new child by painting, papering, and carpeting a baby's room with conventional ...
Menu Warning: Things Can Change Beware of Greenwashing Everything Natural isn't Safe, and Vice Versa Learn to Read the Labels Routes of Exposure Pollution in People Nanoparticles - Something New to Watch Out For Essential ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted notice of allowance (NOA) to Arrowhead Research's patent application NO.13/336,028 covering dynamic polyconjugate (DPC) siRNA delivery system. The patent entitled, 'In Vivo ...
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No stranger to agriculture, the eighth plague of Exodus is back, but at least not over American crop fields. Sometimes described as “hell from above,” Egypt and the Middle East have been hit with a massive swarm of locusts some ...
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