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Life & Chemistry

Inner Ear Insights on Human Dispersal from Africa

The early migration of humans out of Africa and across the world can be proven using genetic and morphological analyses. However, morphological data from the…

Health & Medicine

Reprogramming Brain Memory Cells: New Insights from Research

Long-term memory of specific places is stored in the brain in so-called place cells. A team of neuroscientists headed by Dr Andrea Burgalossi of the University…

Life & Chemistry

Dual Approach to Combat Flu Viruses: A New Innovation

Fever, shivering, headaches, and joint pains – each year millions of people around the world are affected by the flu. While most people recover after a few…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Silicon Multi-Junction Solar Cell Converts 33.3% Sunlight

Silicon solar cells dominate the global photovoltaic market today with a share of 90 percent. With ever new technological developments, research and industry…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Cat-like 'hearing' with device tens of trillions times smaller than human eardrum

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Earth Sciences

First direct observations of methane's increasing greenhouse effect at the Earth's surface

These findings were published online April 2 in the journal Nature Geoscience in an article entitled “Observationally derived rise in methane surface forcing…

Life & Chemistry

Tracking Electrical Activity in Lipid Membranes with Water Molecules

Researchers from the Laboratory for fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP) in EPFL's School of Engineering were able to track these moving charges in real time in a…

Health & Medicine

Innovative Single-Cell mRNA Cytometry Advances Cancer Research

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men and the fifth leading cause of death from cancer in men worldwide, according to 2012 numbers. While…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Discovers Most Distant Star Using Cosmic Lens

The international team, led by Patrick Kelly (University of Minnesota, USA), Jose Diego (Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Spain) and Steven Rodney (University…

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Innovative Materials at Hannover Messe 2018: LZH Insights

The LZH develops and optimizes special processes for established materials as well as special materials. The scientists of the LZH conduct research on both…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Black Holes in Perseus A: Insights and Discoveries

Black holes weighing as much as several billion times the mass of our Sun are found at the centres of all massive galaxies. It has been known for long that…

Physics & Astronomy

German-French Team Unveils Anti-Aging in Metallic Glasses

Unlike conventional metals, metallic glasses have a disordered atomic structure. This disorder is central to their behavior and enhances their properties with…

Earth Sciences

Modeling Earthquake and Tsunami Risks in Southeast Japan

She and her doctoral advisor Jonathan Woodruff, with Smith College professor Jack Loveless and Mamoru Hyodo at the Japanese agency report details in the…

Medical Engineering

New PET Imaging Agent Enhances Therapy for Brain Diseases

Swiss and German scientists developed the new PET radioligand, 11C-Me-NB1, for imaging GluN1/GluN2B-containing N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors (a class…

Physics & Astronomy

Bent Fibers: Unlocking Water Retention Potential

Inspired by the large droplets that form on a leaf tip or other thin filament, a team of researchers from Utah State University, University of Liège, Belgium,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Non-Toxic Virus-Based Filament Enhances Heat Dissipation

Organic polymeric materials generally have low thermal conductivity and are not suitable for rapid heat dissipation of electric and electronic equipment in the…

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