Machinery

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Like its viral cousins, a somewhat parasitic DNA sequence called a retrotransposon has been found borrowing the cell's own machinery to achieve its goals. In a new work appearing online Wednesday in the journal Nature, a Duke University…

The first image of the structures that power human cilia -- the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways -- has been produced by a team involving UCL researchers and could lead to much-needed treatments for people with rare cilial…

VICENZA, Italy — Earlier this year, the Italian gold jeweler Fope introduced its new collection of Flex’it necklaces by throwing an extravagant party for about 300 guests at a 17th-century estate on the outskirts of this city in the Veneto…

Mechanical systems in which moving parts come into regular contact are prone to damage due to the effects of friction. Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a contact control system, driven by artificial intelligence, to greatly…

When it comes to fighting off invaders, bacteria operate in a remarkably similar way to human cells, possessing the same core machinery required to switch immune pathways on and off, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research.…

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TOKYO :Japan's machinery orders unexpectedly fell in September in a sign the global economic slowdown and higher import costs are weighing on firms' capital spending plans.Core orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as a barometer…

The energy and transportation sector often make use of different kinds of fluid machinery, including pumps, turbines, and aircraft engines, all of which entail a high carbon footprint. This result mainly from inefficiencies in the fluid…