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Earth Sciences

Dust’s Key Role in Mountain Ecosystems: A New Study Insights

University of Wyoming researchers led a study that found this surprising result by measuring the isotopes of neodymium in the bedrock, soil, dust and pine…

Health & Medicine

Direct Gene Therapy Transplants Stem Cells Into Brain

A therapeutic technique to transplant blood-forming (hematopoietic) stem cells directly into the brain could herald a revolution in our approach to treating…

Event News

AKL’18: The opportunities and challenges of digitalization in the laser industry

For the 12th time now, users, manufacturers and developers can take advantage of the international platform provided by the AKL – International Laser…

Materials Sciences

Successful Testing of Strong, Lightweight Metallic Nanowires

Light-weight and simultaneously strong – porous metallic nanomaterials promise interesting applications as, for instance, for future aeroplanes with enhanced…

Life & Chemistry

DNA Origami: Cost-Effective Virus-Sized Structures Unveiled

Viruses encapsulate their genetic material in a shell comprising a series of identical protein building blocks. The hepatitis B virus capsule, for example,…

Information Technology

Single Molecule Data Storage: The Next Step in Innovation

Over the past few years, the building blocks of storage media have gotten ever smaller. But further miniaturization of the current technology is hindered by…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Streamlined Test Procedure for Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries

Lithium plating, the depositing of metallic lithium at the anodes of lithium-ion batteries, is one of the primary factors that limits charging current. The…

Life & Chemistry

Shedding light on the dark proteome with IMB’s newest Adjunct Director

One of the first analogies that people learn when studying biology is that the specific interaction of proteins is like a lock and key. The 3D shape of the…

Physics & Astronomy

Discover Two Super-Earths Near K2-18: New ESO Research

New research using data collected by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has revealed that a little-known exoplanet called K2-18b could well be a scaled-up…

Life & Chemistry

Variation Within Species: Key to Biodiversity Insights

Concerns about biodiversity tend to focus on the loss of species from ecosystems, but a new study suggests that the loss of variation within species can also…

Information Technology

3-D Printed Objects Connect to WiFi Without Electronics

University of Washington researchers are the first to make this a reality by 3-D printing plastic objects and sensors that can collect useful data and…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Telescope Reveals Gases from Comet 45P’s Icy Nucleus

Like a doctor recording vital signs, the team measured the levels of nine gases released from the icy nucleus into the comet's thin atmosphere, or coma….

Life & Chemistry

First DNA Sequence from Single Mitochondria Unveiled

DNA sequences between mitochondria within a single cell are vastly different, found researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Movement: The Catch-Up or Fallback Illusion

Movement and orientation in space is an everyday experience. But it is also a fundamental theoretical problem for science. How does a moving observer perceive…

Life & Chemistry

Producing Chemical Products From Renewable Raw Materials

For the third time, the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved funding for the Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 63 on Integrated Chemical…

Physics & Astronomy

New Method for Monitoring Nuclear Waste Using Neutrino Detectors

New scientific findings suggest neutrino detectors may play an important role in ensuring better monitoring and safer storage of radioactive material in…

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