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Earth Sciences

Gallium and aluminium: new clues to the evolution of the Earth’s oceans

In two new projects funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), respectively, Michael…

Life & Chemistry

New Mechanism for Autoimmunity Suppression Unveiled by RUDN Biochemists

After the pathogens are destroyed, such lymphocytes should die as well, otherwise they may turn into autoimmune cells causing autoimmune diseases and allergies…

Earth Sciences

Coastal Erosion in the Arctic Accelerates Global Warming Risks

The loss of arctic permafrost deposits by coastal erosion could amplify climate warming via the greenhouse effect. A study using sediment samples from the Sea…

Medical Engineering

New Blood Pressure App Developed by MSU Scientists

The discovery, featured in the current issue of Scientific Reports, was made by a team of scientists led by Ramakrishna Mukkamala, MSU electrical and computer…

Health & Medicine

Metabolic Dysfunction: Tackling Chronic Diseases Innovatively

Much of modern Western medicine is based upon the treatment of acute, immediate harm, from physical injury to infections, from broken bones and the common cold…

Trade Fair News

IAA 2018: Autonomous Commercial Vehicle Explores Surroundings

At the International Motor Show (IAA) Commercial Vehicles in Hanover from 20 to 27 September, researchers will be presenting the model vehicles at the research…

Materials Sciences

Solid Material with Mobile Particles Responds to Environment

How does one get solid particles to move inside a solid material? „You rarely want this to happen in steel, concrete, or plastics, because free motion usually…

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria Enhance Swimming Skills with Optimized Flagellum Movement

Bacteria are unicellular organisms that measure just a few micrometres in size. By rotating a propeller-like appendage, the flagellum, they are able to move in…

Materials Sciences

Pushing 'print' on large-scale piezoelectric materials

First ever large-scale 2D surface deposition of piezoelectric material –Simple, inexpensive technique opens new fields for piezo-sensors & energy harvesting

Materials Sciences

Bio-Inspired Materials Reduce Liquid Drag for Efficient Flow

Researchers from KAUST's Water Desalination and Reuse Center have engineered nature-inspired surfaces that help to decrease frictional drag at the interface…

Life & Chemistry

New Iron Transporter Uncovered in Cereal Bacteria Genome

Christian Hertweck and his team of scientists found evidence of a novel iron uptake system in the genome of the bacterium Paraburkholderia graminis. The…

Physics & Astronomy

Goettingen Researchers Advance Light and X-Ray Microscopy Insights

The team led by Prof. Dr. Tim Salditt and Prof. Dr. Sarah Köster from the Institute of X-Ray Physics “attached” small fluorescent markers to the molecules of…

Information Technology

Cyborg Cockroach: A Tiny Tech Breakthrough for Biobots

A tiny neuro-controller created by researchers at the University of Connecticut could provide more precise control of futuristic biobots, such as cyborg…

Health & Medicine

Faster, Cheaper Brain-in-a-Dish Innovation at UC San Diego

Writing in the current online issue of the journal Stem Cells and Development, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine describe…

Life & Chemistry

“Bouncer”, the gate-keeper of the egg, controls sperm entry

Fertilisation is a pivotal process underlying all sexual reproduction, yet its molecular mechanisms are poorly understood. Scientists at the Research Institute…

Physics & Astronomy

New Experiment Entangles Six Light Waves With One Laser

Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961), one of the giants of contemporary science, considered “entanglement” the most interesting property in quantum…

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