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Update on the MOLTRAQ project
The project’s focus has been to collect virus isolates from several different host-pathogen systems across Europe, utilise them to increase knowledge on transmission, prevention and control of viral diseases in ...
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The challenges of offshore grids
The high potential of offshore wind resources, a need for increased electrical interconnection at European level, and reduction of the CO2 emissions from oil and gas platforms are the main drivers of the Super Grid ...
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P300: a cognitive component
The human electroencephalogram (EEG) delivers a standardised view of cortical brain activity with high temporal resolution; but the signal is difficult to decipher, and only EEG specialists with extensive training are ...
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Chemical engineering
The polymeric materials group at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Coimbra, Portugal The Chemical Process Engineering and Forest Products Research Centre (CIEPQPF) was established in 1994 with ...
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Advancing aero-thermal test capabilities
The demands of green vehicle development are placing a greater emphasis on the need for more advanced aero-thermal test capability, as John Komar, of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, explains ...
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Sustainable buildings
New heat pumps addressing carbon emissions and renewable energy integration It has been well established across central and northern Europe that building space heating is a significant energy user of fossil fuels, ...
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The only way is up
Diel vertical migration (DVM) of aquatic organisms is a global phenomenon, characteristic of both marine and limnic environments. Collectively, this phenomenon constitutes the largest synchronised movement of biomass on ...
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Gastrointestinal tracts in pigs’ neonates
Only a few centers specialize in the study of the development of the structure and function of the gastrointestinal tract in newborn animals. Studies in newborn pigs have an impact not only on progress in these animals ...
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Through the Google Glass
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological condition affecting up to ten million people worldwide. It manifests itself in motor symptoms including rigidity, tremor and bradykinesia. These affect an individual’...
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The nature of cyber threat
The past ten years have seen a rapid growth in sophisticated cyber attacks targeting intellectual property and capability. Cyber attacks such as Ghostnet, Stuxnet, Flame, Zeus and Duqu have all targeted intellectual ...
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Sweet secrets in the marine environment
The marine environment is actually considered to be one of the most vast, largely untapped resources for interesting and novel biomolecules. But, at the same time, this environment is also the less uncovered with respect...
