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Years of Exposure to Air Pollution and Noise from Traffic may Increase the Risk of Heart Failure

Years of Exposure to Air Pollution and Noise from Traffic may Increase the Risk of Heart Failure

According to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access journal of the American Heart Association, long-term exposure to…
Sodium Amide – an Inorganic Compound

Sodium Amide – an Inorganic Compound

The inorganic compound with the formula NaNH2 is sodium amide. It’s a colorless, odorless solid. It is a salt made up of sodium cation and…
A New Study Recommends that Common Grease-Proofing Food Packaging Chemicals be Mitigated and Monitored

A New Study Recommends that Common Grease-Proofing Food Packaging Chemicals be Mitigated and Monitored

Chemicals used to “grease-proof” everything from food packaging to carpets have been building up in the environment for decades, contaminating ecosystems all over the world,…
Potassium Bisulfite – a Chemical Mixture

Potassium Bisulfite – a Chemical Mixture

Potassium bisulfite is a chemical compound with the chemical formula KHSO3. It is a potassium salt that is inorganic. When heated from 300 to 700°C,…
Kepler-442b – a Near-Earth-sized Exoplanet

Kepler-442b – a Near-Earth-sized Exoplanet

Kepler-442b is a super-Earth exoplanet in the habitable zone of a K-type star. It is a confirmed near-Earth-sized exoplanet, most likely rocky, orbiting within the…
For the First Time, Carbon Dioxide Cold Traps on the Moon have been Confirmed

For the First Time, Carbon Dioxide Cold Traps on the Moon have been Confirmed

Researchers have confirmed the existence of lunar carbon dioxide cold traps, which may contain solid carbon dioxide that can be used to fuel longer stays…
Sensing Technologies could be Revolutionized by a New Advanced Light Design and Fabrication Process

Sensing Technologies could be Revolutionized by a New Advanced Light Design and Fabrication Process

Engineers from Vanderbilt and Penn State have developed a new method for designing and fabricating thin-film infrared light sources with near-arbitrary spectral output driven by…
The Function of a Strange Structure Discovered on Neurons

The Function of a Strange Structure Discovered on Neurons

Researchers discovered that mysterious protein clusters found on neurons are calcium-signaling ‘hotspots’ that activate gene transcription, allowing neurons to produce important proteins. The discovery could…
2,034 Star-Systems Get Cosmic Front-Row Seat to See Earth, According to Scientists

2,034 Star-Systems Get Cosmic Front-Row Seat to See Earth, According to Scientists

Researchers from Cornell University and the American Museum of Natural History have discovered 2,034 neighboring star systems within a modest cosmic radius of 326 light-years…
Theodore Tewksbury to take over as Velodyne CEO

Theodore Tewksbury to take over as Velodyne CEO

Velodyne Lidar has a new CEO board. Velodyne announced that Theodore Tewksbury would take over as CEO on November 10. This is the latest in…
Sama taps into $70M to build ‘first end-to-end AI platform’ for training data

Sama taps into $70M to build ‘first end-to-end AI platform’ for training data

Artificial intelligence data management products are still generally fragmented, with developers handling one problem at a time rather than the complete life cycle. Sama is…
PubNub rises $65M to build and run data streams for messaging, presence, and other real-time aspects of ‘virtual spaces’

PubNub rises $65M to build and run data streams for messaging, presence, and other real-time aspects of ‘virtual spaces’

Data streams with continuous, real-time updates of information are a critical building block of how today’s apps and sites work, and now a startup that…
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