We live in a period of one of the largest human migrations ever: the shift from rural to urban environments, resulting in an urbanized world…
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During cold weather, water may become supercooled. When the water body is well mixed, supercooling may penetrate to a significant depth, even all the way…
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Clustering is a fundamental data analysis technique with applications in engineering, medical and biological sciences, social sciences, and economics. For example, clustering could be used…
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Approximately 4 billion years ago, the first life on Earth used energy from the oxidation of reduced chemical compounds – a mode of biomass production…
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Lightweight structures have been in high demand in the automotive and aerospace industries in recent years, aiming to improve fuel efficiency and reduce gas emissions…
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Coleoptera, commonly known as “beetles,” with about 400,000 species, is the largest order in nature, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all…
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In comparison to Henry Beecher’s much-cited paper, “The Powerful placebo,” of 1955 (1), Stewart Wolf’s paper, “The pharmacology of placebos,” of 1959 (2) is today almost…
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The central Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), from Geermu (Golmud) in the Qinghai Province to Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region, features important engineering infrastructures, including the…
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Synthetic biology is challenging our current conception at multiple levels with an unprecedented potential. The aim is the (re)engineering of gene regulatory circuits to end…
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A myocardial infarction (MI) is in most cases caused by the sudden rupture of an unstable atherosclerotic plaque/stenosis in the coronary arteries. This leads to…
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Oil shale is a potential alternative fossil energy source whose kerogen’s chemical structure makes up the basis of its application, presently for pyrolysis or retorting…
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