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• NoMix toilets get thumbs-up in 7 European countries
  People in seven European countries have positive attitudes toward a new eco-friendly toilet that could substantially reduce pollution problems and conserve water and nutrients, scientists in Switzerland are reporting. Their article, which calls on authorities to give wider support for the innovative toilet technology, is in ACS' Environmental Science […]
• Research points to way to improve heart treatment
  Current drugs used to treat heart failure and arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat) have limited effectiveness and have side effects. New basic science findings from a University of Iowa study suggest a way that treatments could potentially be refined so that they work better and target only key heart-related mechanisms. […]
• New Sensor to Drastically Cut Water Usage During Chip Making Process
  Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), University of Arizona and Arizona State University researchers have shown a new, exclusive way to dramatically conserve the amount of water needed to manufacture semiconductors. Using a unique device called Electro-Chemical Residue Sensor (ECRS), it allows for clean, rinse and dry process optimization that helps make […]
• Others May Know Us Better than We Know Ourselves
  Humans have long been advised to "know thyself," but new research suggests we may not know ourselves as well as we think we do. While individuals may be more accurate at assessing their own neurotic traits, such as anxiety, it seems friends, and even strangers, are often better barometers of traits such as intelligence, creativity and extroversion. […]
• BBC Science Team Builds Coffee Fueled Car... The Carpuccino
  (PhysOrg.com) -- Think you need a lot of coffee to get going in the morning? How about 56 espressos? That`s the kind of power the experimental car, the "Carpuccino," needs just to travel one mile! […]
• Machine-learning revolutionises software development
  (PhysOrg.com) -- Automation technology has revolutionised the fine-tuning needed to maximise software performance on devices such as mobile phones. […]
• Plant hormone increases cotton yields in drought conditions
  A naturally occurring class of plant hormones called cytokinins has been found to help increase cotton yields during drought conditions, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. […]