Over the coming years there is a legal commitment for all the countries of Europe to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, which boils down to…
NMR involves applying a strong magnetic field to sample and then zapping it with pulses of radio waves. The magnetic field aligns the magnetic moments, or…
Some secrets to repair our skeletons might be found in the silky webs of spiders, according to recent experiments guided by supercomputers. Scientists involved…
Scientists have generally expected animals to get smaller as the planet warms, as research on the interactions in food webs has focused mainly on the effects…
When cutting materials, high temperatures occur at the site of the cut that can negatively affect the cut and the workpiece, as well as shortening the tool’s…
If you use a wheelchair or have a prosthetic leg, small obstacles can become insurmountable barriers. Now, researchers at Fraunhofer IPA have developed a way…
Digital video cameras have the capability to record in incredible detail, but saving all that data would take up a huge amount of space: how can we compress a…
Due to the widespread use of antibiotics, pathogens are becoming increasingly resistant to common antibiotics. Since the discovery of penicillin, antibiotics…
Around 80 to 85 percent of our calorie needs is covered through seeds, either directly as food or indirectly through use as feed. Seeds are the result of plant…
For more than two decades, monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDCs) have been obtained from patients' blood for immunotherapy to treat various cancers, for…
Even scientists like to compete for records, which is why numerous working groups worldwide are using high-tech refrigerators to reach temperatures as close to…
From January 9 to 12, the FZI Research Center for Information Technology will present a system for camera-based vital parameter recognition at the…
Felix N. Castellano, Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Chair of Chemistry at NC State, had previously shown that semiconductor nanocrystals could transfer…
Low-cost organic semiconductor materials belong to four-level laser system that facilitates the realizing of population inversion. Organic lasers are…
In order to more fully comprehend the complexities of Earth's interior, humanity has to dig deep–literally. To date, scientists have been able to bore a…
Rice University researchers have invented a device that uses fast-moving fluids to insert flexible, conductive carbon nanotube fibers into the brain, where…