News tagged with element analysis


'FEAsy' analyzes designs from raw sketches to speed parts creation (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Going back to the drawing board is much easier now that researchers have developed a new type of design program called FEAsy.


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New 'nano-positioners' may have atomic-scale precision

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 1

Engineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer ...





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'Copernicium' proposed as name for newly discovered element 112

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

In honor of scientist and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the discovering team around Professor Sigurd Hofmann suggested the name "copernicium" with the element symbol "Cp" for the new element 112, discovered ...


Parasites in the genome - A molecular parasite could play an important role in human evolution

Parasites in the genome -- A molecular parasite could play an important role in human evolution

Biology /

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany, determined the structure of a protein (L1ORF1p), which is encoded by a parasitic genetic element and which is responsible ...


Supplements are not nutritious

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 04, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Selenium supplementation, for example in mineral tablets, might not be that beneficial for the majority of people according to researchers writing in the open access journal Genome Biology. Although this trace element is ...


Trace elements unbalanced in dialysis patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Abnormal levels of trace elements may explain dialysis morbidity. A systematic review published in the open access journal BMC Medicine has shown that, compared to healthy controls, dialysis patients have significantly differ ...


New research analyzes issues in immigration law

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Miami Law Professor Rebecca A. Sharpless has recently authored a research paper titled, "Toward a True Elements Test: Taylor and the Categorical Analysis of Crimes in Immigration Law."


The protein Srebp2 drives cholesterol formation in prion-infected neuronal cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Prions are causing fatal and infectious diseases of the nervous system, such as the mad cow disease (BSE), scrapie in sheep or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität ...


New analyzers to unlock mineral value

New analyzers to unlock mineral value

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists are working on a new range of materials characterisation analysers and techniques that could help unlock the value contained in Australia's mineral deposits and improve processing performance, according ...


New neuroimaging analysis technique identifies impact of Alzheimer's disease gene in healthy brains

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brain imaging can offer a window into risk for diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). A study conducted at the University of Kansas School of Medicine demonstrated that genetic risk is expressed in the brains of even ...


Engineering lab helping ensure safety of Florida's minibuses

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 16, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Paratransit buses, or the smaller buses, are a fairly common sight on the roads of most American communities. Public transit and social service agencies, among others, often use the 16- to 20-seat vehicles to provide access ...


What lies beneath: new research looks deep into the centre of the Earth

What lies beneath: new research looks deep into the centre of the Earth

Space & Earth /

created Jan 20, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

New research published this week on the evolution of volcanoes sheds light on what lies deep beneath the Earth's surface. The research, published in Nature, suggests that the plume of hot material that provid ...



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