Understanding cell bilayers is important for advances in biology and biotechnology. Now an interdisciplinary team…
Month: October 2013
Protecting underground pipelines from corrosion in sub-zero environments
Northern Canada’s permafrost and semi-permafrost environment poses a challenge for designing and building buried oil…
Roadmap to reducing solar PV ‘soft costs’ by 2020
A new report charts a path to achieve SunShot soft-cost targets of $0.65/W for residential…
Compound may keep survivors of brain aneurysms from succumbing to stroke
Working with mice, researchers say they have identified a chemical compound that reduces the risk…
Understanding soil nitrogen management using synchrotron technology
Increasing the organic matter in soils is key to growing crops for numerous reasons, including…
What makes us left or right handed? New study rules out strong genetic factors
Around 10 per cent of the population is left handed. But why exactly someone is…
Role of brain stress in obesity, type 2 diabetes development
Researchers have gained new insights into how obesity and type 2 diabetes can create a…
Short sleepers most likely to be drowsy drivers
New research is revealing that short sleepers, those who sleep less than six hours per…
Discovery goes from the lab to the patient
A laboratory testing kit that estimates the risk of breast cancer relapse in spite of…
Solving ethanol’s corrosion problem may help speed the biofuel to market
To meet a goal set by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Renewable Fuels Standard to…