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Life & Chemistry

Exploring Dark Proteome: New Research Program Launches

Professor Edward Lemke will be coordinating a new Priority Program researching the formation and function of characteristic protein complexes in the cell. The…

Medical Engineering

Columbia Engineers Develop Noninvasive Vision Correction Method

Nearsightedness, or myopia, is an increasing problem around the world. There are now twice as many people in the US and Europe with this condition as there…

Materials Sciences

New Materials Stabilize High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Battery

A Northwestern University research team has found ways to stabilize a new battery with a record-high charge capacity. Based on a lithium-manganese-oxide…

Materials Sciences

'Smart' material enables novel applications in autonomous driving and robotics

Research led by scientists from the University of Luxembourg has shown the potential of liquid crystal shells as enabling material for a vast array of future…

Physics & Astronomy

Discover How New Power Meter Enhances Real-Time Laser Monitoring

High-power lasers are now widely used in additive manufacturing and laser welding systems to precisely cut and weld metal, making all kinds of metal parts for…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New High-Voltage Silicon Carbide Inverter Stabilizes Grids

According to the current state of technology, power electronics are coupled to the electricity grid mainly in the low voltage range. For grid stabilization,…

Process Engineering

New Method Measures Immune Cell Response in Minutes

To fight pathogens or tumors, the body relies on various types of lymphocytes, including T cells, which recognize specific structures (antigenic peptides) on…

Physics & Astronomy

XENON1T Sets New Limits on Dark Matter Particle Size

Experimental results from the XENON1T dark matter detector limit the effective size of dark matter particles to 4.1X10-47 square centimeters–one-trillionth of…

Health & Medicine

Automated High-Throughput Flow Cytometry System Unveiled

Flow cytometry is a very powerful tool that has been used for decades and allows for multiparametric readouts at the single cell level within heterogeneous…

Trade Fair News

Fraunhofer Showcases Plastic Recycling Innovations at Expo 2018

Plastics are conquering the earth – unfortunately not always to the earth’s advantage, as indicated by the increasing reports on plastic waste. Two studies by…

Life & Chemistry

The Importance of Genome Pairs in Mammalian Cells

In mammals, including humans, cells which make up the body are diploids, which means that a cell contains a pair of each chromosome. A non-diploid state…

Materials Sciences

New Elastic Fiber with Electrodes Enhances Smart Clothing

The fibers were developed at EPFL's Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fiber Devices (FIMAP), headed by Fabien Sorin at the School of Engineering. The…

Earth Sciences

Cold Production of New Seafloor: Insights on Oceanic Innovation

A mountain range with a total length of 65,000 kilometers runs through all the oceans. It marks the boundaries of tectonic plates. Through the gap between the…

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Information Technology

Ultrasound Firewall: Protecting Mobile Privacy Effectively

The permanent networking of mobile devices can endanger the privacy of users and lead to new forms of monitoring. New technologies such as Google Nearby and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Where are Europe’s last primary forests?

Scientists at the Geography Department of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) have compiled the first map of the remaining primary forests in Europe. The…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Water’s Distinct Forms: A Chemical Perspective

From a chemical perspective, water is a molecule in which a single oxygen atom is linked to two hydrogen atoms. It is less well known that water exists in two…

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