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10th International Symposium: “Advanced Battery Power – Kraftwerk Batterie” Münster, 10-11 April 2018

Reason enough for researchers, application engineers, developers to join the 10th International meeting,“Advanced Battery Power”held in Münster, Germany, from…

Materials Sciences

Room-Temperature Multiferroic Thin Films: Key Properties Explored

Multiferroic materials show magnetically driven ferroelectricity. They are attracting increasing attention because of their fascinating properties such as…

Life & Chemistry

Penn Study Reveals Super-Silenced DNA’s Potential in Cell Reprogramming

“In the past, most labs, including my own, used gene activators to turn on a new program to change the identity in a given cell,” said senior author Ken Zaret,…

Life & Chemistry

Unusual Gene Evolution in Bacteria: UM Research Unveiled

University of Montana researchers have made another discovery at the cellular level to help understand the basic processes of all life on our planet – this…

Life & Chemistry

New Acid-Tolerant Green Fluorescent Protein Enhances Bioimaging

Visualizing cellular components and processes at the molecular level is important for understanding the basis of any biological activity. Fluorescent proteins…

Physics & Astronomy

Understanding the Wave Function in Quantum Mechanics

The wave function, also known as the quantum state, is the description of a quantum object and plays a central role in quantum mechanics. Despite this…

Earth Sciences

Ocean Thermometer: Tracking Global Heat Changes Effectively

The oceans are the largest global heat reservoir. As a result of man-made global warming, the temperature in the global climate system increases; around 90% of…

Earth Sciences

Building a Global Network of 1,000 Stations for Earth Observations

Environmental challenges, climate change, water and food security and urban air pollution, they are all interlinked, yet each is studied as such, separately….

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking RNA Structure: Unveiling Its Essential Role

It is the less known member of the nucleic acid family, superseded in popularity by its cousin DNA. And yet RNA, or ribonucleic acid, plays an essential role…

Physics & Astronomy

NRL Enhances Optical Efficiency in Nanophotonic Devices

“The applications for this research are considerably broad,” said Dr. Alexander J. Giles, research physicist, NRL Electronics Science and Technology Division….

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Mechanism Found to Boost Cereal Crop Yields

Solving the world's food, feed and bioenergy challenges requires integration of multiple approaches and diverse skills. Andrea Eveland, Ph.D., assistant member…

Life & Chemistry

Native Biocrusts: Unveiling Microbial Metabolism in Arid Lands

Arid lands, which cover some 40 percent of the Earth's terrestrial surface, are too dry to sustain much in the way of vegetation. But far from being barren,…

Earth Sciences

Oklahoma Reduces Saltwater Injection to Lower Earthquake Risks

Starting around 2009, saltwater disposal (SWD) volume began increasing dramatically as unconventional oil and gas production increased rapidly throughout…

Awards Funding

Goethe University Frankfurt Launches Two New Research Groups

“The two new research groups funded by the German Research Foundation show how Goethe University Frankfurt is tackling topics which are socially relevant and…

Health & Medicine

Cholesterol Crystals Impact Myelin Regeneration in MS

The myelin sheath plays a decisive role in the function of the central nervous system: it is a specialized membrane enriched in lipids, which insulates nerve…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring 4D Quantum Hall Physics Beyond Flatland

In literature, the potential existence of extra dimensions was discussed in Edwin Abbott’s satirical novel “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions” (1884),…

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