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New nano approach could cut dose of leading HIV treatment in half
Successful results of a University of Liverpool-led trial that utilised nanotechnology to improve drug therapies for…
Smart buildings: energy efficiency at what price?
Automating heating and other environmental controls can bring huge savings to commercial buildings. To what extent…
Cars and chlamydia killing Queensland koalas
Cars and chlamydia were the top causes of a dramatic rise in south-east Queensland koala deaths…
‘Gravitational noise’ interferes with determining the coordinates of distant sources
Our galaxy's gravitational field limits the accuracy of astrometric observations of distant objects. This is most…
Postwar policies fueled prosperity decades later
Economists call it the Great Moderation: the long stretch of low inflation and steady growth in…
Building privacy right into software code
When I was 15, my parents did not allow me to use AOL Instant Messenger. All…
Gamification motivates consumers to reduce power consumption peaks – pilot sites in Helsinki, Nice and Vienna
In collaboration with the international CITYOPT project, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an…
What chess players can teach us about intelligence and expertise
Are experts more intelligent than non-experts or do they just work harder? And why do some…
Breakthrough wireless sensing system attracts industry and government agency interest
Less than two years since its release, interest and demand for Waggle, a wireless environmental sensing…