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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Insects in Oilseed Rape Fields: Pollen Beetle Impact

Oilseed rape fields are home to a variety of insects that bother farmers. The pollen beetle is one of them. The beetle's larvae feed on the flower buds of…

Physics & Astronomy

Spinning Rugby Balls: Insights into Massive Galaxy Rotation

Surveying the extremes of the galaxy population

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Quantum Entanglement: A New Perspective on Innovation

Quantum entanglement forms the heart of the second quantum revolution: it is a key characteristic used to understand forms of quantum matter, and a key…

Earth Sciences

MCC Study: Carbon Removal Essential for 1.5°C Climate Goal

The scientists led an international consortium that has now published the results in a special section of the journal Environmental Research Letters.

Trade Fair News

LZH Unveils Next-Gen Laser Material Processing at LASYS 2018

At this year's LASYS, the LZH will exhibit light-based processes such as cutting, welding, ablation and structuring as well as additive manufacturing for…

Life & Chemistry

Designer Cells: New Artificial Enzyme Activates Gene Switch

Nature relies on enzymes to accelerate energy-intensive biochemical reactions that are necessary for the preservation of life. However, natural enzymes are not…

Trade Fair News

New Camera System Boosts Energy Efficiency at Achema 2018

At Achema, the exhibition on process technology in Frankfurt, they will be presenting the technology at the research stand of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate…

Life & Chemistry

Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Influences Neural Stem Cell Division

The ancient Greek aphorism panta rhei means “everything flows”, a phrase used by philosophers to describe the constant flux and interplay between the past and…

Life & Chemistry

Chemists Innovate Imine Hydrogenation Using Affordable Metals

Platinum has been used for over two hundred years as a catalyst for inert materials. It is an excellent catalyst, as it can split molecules of hydrogen, oxygen…

Life & Chemistry

Matabele Ants: Speedy Raids with Smart Detours

Termites are the African Matabele ants' (Megaponera analis) favourite dish. Proceeding in long files of 200 to 600, they raid termites at their foraging sites…

Life & Chemistry

Asian Tiger Mosquito: Global Spread and Health Risks

Due to global trade and tourism, mosquitoes – transmitters of dangerous infectious diseases – have spread to almost every part of the world.

Trade Fair News

Self-Illuminating Pixels: A New Era in Display Technology

At Display Week 2018, scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP will be demonstrating today’s technological possibilities and…

Life & Chemistry

How Limbs Develop from Cells in Embryonic Growth

During the development of a multicell organism, a single cell produces a range of different cell types which in turn form various tissues and organs.

Physics & Astronomy

Complete Ultraviolet Survey of Nearby Galaxies Released

The researchers combined new Hubble observations with archival Hubble images for 50 star-forming spiral and dwarf galaxies in the local universe, offering a…

Information Technology

Exploring Material Behavior: How Kevlar Stops Bullets

What makes kevlar stop a bullet, at the atomic level?

Power and Electrical Engineering

Supersonic Waves: A New Approach to Cooling Electronics

“The discovery gives you a different way to control the flow of heat,” said lead author Michael Manley of the paper published in Nature Communications. “It…

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