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Body Labs Secures Patents For 3D Body Modeling Technologies
Mar 22, 2016Body Labs has secured the exclusive rights to two patents issued to Brown University and licenses to several new technologies developed at Max-Planck-Innovation GmbH. U.S. Patents 9,189,886 B2 and 2013/0249908 A1 expand Body Labs' ...
Tags: Body Labs, Brown University, 3D Body Modeling Technologies, Patent
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A Low-Temperature PAMBE Process for Direct Growth of InGaN on Silicon Substrates
Mar 24, 2015Researchers in Europe have developed a low-temperature plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PAMBE) process for direct growth of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) on silicon (Si) substrates [Pavel Aseev et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, ...
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BASF Increased Spending on Research and Development to EUR1.8 Billion in 2013
May 27, 2014BASF increased spending on research and development to €1.8 billion (2012: €1.7 billion) in 2013. "In absolute terms, we lead the field in the chemical industry with our research and development expenditures," said Dr. Andreas ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Basf, Coating
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4,000-Year-Old Xiaohe Cheese Represents The Oldest Remains of a Milk Product Ever Found
Mar 13, 2014Normally, Andrej Shevchenko and his team at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden analyse proteins and fats in the cells of fruit flies or roundworms. In this case, however, the scientists dealt with ...
Tags: cheese, proteins, production method
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Temperature Feedback Magnifying Climate Warming in Arctic Is Found by Researchers
Feb 26, 2014(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with the Max Planck Institute in Germany, has found that temperature feedback in the Arctic is causing more warming in that region than sea ice albedo. In their paper published in the journal Nature ...
Tags: Max Planck, polar cap, Arctic, Climate Warming
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Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans Are Associated with Genes Affecting 2 Diabete
Feb 8, 2014Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans are associated with genes affecting type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease, lupus, biliary cirrhosis and smoking behavior. They also concentrate in genes that influence skin and hair characteristics. ...
Tags: DNA, genetic legacy, Papua New Guinea, Denisovans
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A Substantial Fraction of The Neanderthal Genome Persists in Modern Human Populations
Feb 8, 2014A substantial fraction of the Neanderthal genome persists in modern human populations. A new approach applied to analyzing whole-genome sequencing data from 665 people from Europe and East Asia shows that more than 20 percent of the ...
Tags: DNA, Max Planck Institute, Vernot, Human Genome
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It Would Seem That When Graphene and Perskovite Are a Winning Combination in Photovoltaics
Jan 22, 2014When it comes to graphene and photovoltaics, for the most part it's only been a story about replacing the indium tin oxide (ITO) used as the transparent electrodes of organic solar cells. But last year Spanish researchers in collaboration ...
Tags: Graphene, Perskovite, organic solar cells, Electrical, Electronics
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Astronomers Have Used ESO's Harps Planet Hunter in Chile
Jan 15, 2014Astronomers have used ESO's HARPS planet hunter in Chile, along with other telescopes around the world, to discover three planets orbiting stars in the cluster Messier 67. Although more than one thousand planets outside the Solar System are ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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The Tobacco Hornworm Is Actually a Caterpillar-Prior to Turning Into a Butterfly
Jan 2, 2014A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany has found that a species of hornworm uses nicotine it gets from eating tobacco plants, as a means of defense. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Tags: hornworm, nicotine, tobacco plants, defense
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Perpetual Motion Machines May Be More Than Pie-in-The-Sky Notions
Dec 30, 2013The concept of a perpetual motion machine is an enticing one: Imagine a machine that runs continuously without requiring any external energy—a feat that could make refueling vehicles a thing of the past. While a perpetual motion ...
Tags: perpetual motion machine, negative absolute temperatures
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An International Team of Scientists Has Created a Tool to Precisely Pinpoint
Sep 17, 2013An international team of scientists has created a tool to precisely pinpoint where petroleum and gas reserves have accumulated beneath the earth. One of the team members is a Chinese geologist from the University of California-Davis. "The ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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Urban Lighting Turns Birds on
Feb 27, 2013Urban lighting turns birds on Urban lighting can cause male birds to be ready to mate weeks ahead of the mating season, according to Science News magazine. But whether the birds started taking a lot of cold showers during this period is ...
Tags: Urban lighting, Street Lighting, lighting
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Laser Pulse Lasting Just 67 Attoseconds Improves on Previous Best of 80 Attoseconds Set
Sep 4, 2012Florida team sets new ultrashort pulse record 04 Sep 2012 Laser pulse lasting just 67 attoseconds improves on previous best of 80 attoseconds set by German team in 2008. Ultrafast worker:UCF's Zenghu Chang A new tool to watch quantum ...
Tags: pulse record, DOG, UCF team