There are recent cases of gonorrhoea, a common sexually-transmitted infection, which are untreatable by all known antibiotics. However, these cases are from developed countries. It could be even worse in developing or third-world countries. (more…)
Even a single, brief stress can induce days of relapse to cocaine-seeking among rats, but a new study shows how the tendency to relapse persists and how to shut it down, suggesting a new pathway for developing addiction treatment medications. (more…)
XENON-Kollaboration stellt Messergebnisse des weltweit empfindlichsten Detektors vor
Astronomische Beobachtungen legen die Anwesenheit von Dunkler Materie als wesentlichen Bestandteil des Universums nahe. Sie müsste etwa fünfmal häufiger sein als normale, sichtbare Materie. Um ihre Existenz zu beweisen, suchen Forscherinnen und Forscher mit extrem empfindlichen Detektoren nach Wechselwirkungen der Dunkle-Materie-Teilchen mit normalen Teilchen. (more…)
73 percent of surveyed CEOs also say cognitive computing will play a key role in their organizations’ future
ARMONK, N.Y. – 06 Jul 2017: Cognitive computing has nearly endless possibilities to improve business processes and functions with 73 percent of surveyed CEOs in a recent IBM (NYSE: IBM) study citing it will play a key role in their organizations’ future and all executives in the study anticipating a 15 percent return on investment from their cognitive initiatives. (more…)
First let’s get to understand what fracking is:
According to Environmental Protection Agency, hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, produces fractures in the rock formation that stimulate the flow of natural gas or oil, increasing the volumes that can be recovered. Wells may be drilled vertically hundreds to thousands of meters below the land surface and may include horizontal or directional sections extending thousands of meters. (more…)
UCLA-led study suggests people often don’t recall memories that threaten the way they want to see themselves
“What’s too painful to remember/ We simply choose to forget.”
– Barbra Streisand, “The Way We Were”
UCLA-led research has found that students in a college mathematics course experienced a phenomenon similar to repression, the psychological process in which people forget emotional or traumatic events to protect themselves. (more…)
WissenschafterInnen reagieren auf Kritik an einer neuen geologischen Zeiteinheit
Müllberge, Ölbohrungen, CO2-Anstieg – der Mensch hinterlässt gravierende Spuren auf unserem Planeten. In Wissenschaftskreisen ist eine Diskussion darüber entbrannt, ein neues Erdzeitalter auszurufen: das “Anthropozän”. Die Anthropozän-Arbeitsgruppe der Internationalen Stratigraphischen Kommission, an der auch Erdwissenschafter Michael Wagreich von der Universität Wien beteiligt ist, hat in einem kürzlich erschienenen Fachartikel auf die Kritik am Vorschlag zur Einführung einer neuen geologischen Epoche reagiert. (more…)
Paper documents self-healing membrane for fuel cell applications
Fuel cells, which offer a cleaner, more efficient alternative to the combustion of gasoline and other fossil fuels, are an important enabling technology for the nation’s energy portfolio. (more…)
