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Mathematical framework turns any sheet of material into any shape using kirigami cuts

New research shows an algae key to the ocean carbon cycle is surprisingly scarce in fertile equatorial waters

A few summers ago throngs of people began using the Pokemon Go app, the first mass-market augmented reality game, to collect virtual creatures hiding in the physical world.

Publication in Cell Host&Microbe: A Kiel-based research team has been able to show that changes in the composition of intestinal bacteria in those with type 2 diabetes is linked more to being overweight and taking supplements or medication, and less to diabetes itself.

Publication in Nature Communications

New research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) published Aug. 19, 2019, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science provides evidence of the formation and abundance of abiotic methane--methane formed by chemical reactions that don't involve organic matter--on Earth and shows how the gases could have a similar origin on other planets and moons, even those no longer home to liquid water. Researchers had long noticed methane released from deep-sea vents. But while the gas is plentiful in the atmosphere where it's produced by living things, the source of methane at the seafloor was a mystery.

From autonomous driving to automated production to computer games in which augmented reality is used - the 5G radio standard is designed to make data transmission significantly faster and more efficient. However, a sufficient number of transmission masts have to be available. The team around junior professor Dr Christopher Robeller at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK) is working on a how these masts could be designed. They have developed models and used wood as an environmentally friendly material. At the International Consumer Electronics Fair (IFA) in Berlin from 6 to 11 September (IFA Next, hall 26, stand 324/325), the researchers will present their models.

Simple, fast and flexible: It could become significantly easier to vaccinate plants against viruses in future. Scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) and the National Research Council in Italy (CNR) have developed a new method for this purpose. It enables the rapid identification and production of precisely tailored substances that combat different pathogens. The researchers discuss their work in the journal "Nucleic Acids Research".

Chemistry: publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society

The rare isotope iron-60 is created in massive stellar explosions. Only a very small amount of this isotope reaches the earth from distant stars. Now, a research team with significant involvement from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has discovered iron-60 in Antarctic snow for the first time. The scientists suggest that the iron isotope comes from the interstellar neighborhood.

Researchers can determine the disease vulnerability of older people using a defined set of substances in the blood

Microscopy suggests that the recently discovered microbe Methanoliparia produces methane from crude oil all by themselves.

Purdue University researchers document a quantum spin wave for light

Researchers develop new design rule for generating excitons will help advance next-generation devices

A team of astronomers led by Anne-Marie Lagrange, a CNRS researcher at the Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (CNRS/Université Grenoble Alpes) (1), has discovered a second giant planet in orbit around β Pictoris, a star that is relatively young (23 million years old) and close (63.4 light years), and surrounded by a disk of dust.

Bio-inspired design helps scientists understand why insects are so sensitive to movement

Osteopathic medicine's emphasis on physician empathy and understanding leads to higher patient satisfaction, a study by researchers at UNTHSC's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine indicates.

Experimental progress towards engineering quantized gauge fields coupled to ultracold matter promises a versatile platform to tackle problems ranging from condensed-matter to high-energy physics

University of Konstanz researchers develop a new site-directed spin labelling approach based on genetically encoded noncanonical amino acids amenable to Diels-Alder chemistry as well as a new spin label, PaNDA

Some impacts -- like sea temperature rise -- are already in progress; others expected to occur within next century

Atomically thin heat shields could be up to 50,000 times thinner than current insulating materials in cell phones and laptops

The three-dimensional quantum Hall effect was predicted more than 30 years ago, but has not been observed until now by the Singapore University of Technology and Design together with international researchers

How can we achieve the internationally agreed climate targets? The Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB makes the greenhouse gas CO2 usable as a carbon source for the chemical industry. With a patented catalyst synthesis, screening for the optimal catalyst in high throughput and combined (electro)chemical-biotechnological processes, various concepts are available to CO2 emitting industries. The platform chemical ethylene has already been successfully produced from CO2 in an electrochemical demonstrator with an electrode area of 130 square centimeters.