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New Technique for Synthesizing Thiophene Derivatives in OLEDs

Chemists from Ural Federal University (UrFU, Ekaterinburg) have suggested a new technique for synthesizing thiophene derivatives and studied their fluorescent…

Physics & Astronomy

Breakthrough in Qubit Design: Major Size Reduction Achieved

Qubits, or quantum bits, are the key building blocks that lie at the heart of every quantum computer. In order to perform a computation, signals need to be…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Innovative Photopolymerization Boosts Flexible Liquid Crystal Displays

Currently, only two approaches to dye-free methods have been explored. The first is a two-step alignment method, in which the liquid crystal materials are…

Earth Sciences

Largest Multiphysics Earthquake Simulation Unveiled by Researchers

Just before 8:00 a.m. local time on December 26, 2004, people in southeast Asia were starting their days when the third strongest recorded earthquake in…

Earth Sciences

Water and Iron: Key Conditions for Life Inside Earth

Reservoirs of oxygen-rich iron between the Earth's core and mantle could have played a major role in Earth's history, including the breakup of supercontinents,…

Life & Chemistry

BMBF Project Launches Cell Death Blocker for Dementia

Age-related neurodegenerative diseases are regarded to be one of the most important medical challenges of the coming decades. In Germany alone more than 1.5…

Physics & Astronomy

A “cosmic snake” reveals the structure of remote galaxies

Today, astronomers have a pretty accurate idea of how stars were formed in the recent cosmic past. But do these laws also apply to older galaxies? For around a…

Social Sciences

Sibling Differences: Birth Order Affects University Choices

First-borns are more likely to graduate from medical training and engineering programs at university, while later-borns are more likely to study journalism and…

Life & Chemistry

First Map of Human Heart Proteome Unveiled: Key Insights

Proteins are the molecular machines of cells, in which they perform a range of functions. They are produced by the cells based on blueprints stored in their…

Medical Engineering

Theranostic nanoparticles for tracking and monitoring disease state

The review is organized into theranostic nanoparticles of specific imaging and diagnostic modalities, including optical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New method developed to 3-D print fully functional electronic circuits

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have pioneered a breakthrough method to rapidly 3D print fully functional electronic circuits.

Environmental Conservation

Climate change: Urban trees are growing faster worldwide

„While the effects of climate change on tree growth in forests have been extensively studied, there is little information available so far for urban trees“,…

Life & Chemistry

A Super Adhesive Made From Intestinal Bacteria

UniCat scientists have reprogrammed strains of the intestinal bacteria Escherichia Coli in such a way that the biological underwater adhesive of mussels can be…

Earth Sciences

365 days left until terraXcube: Next year, all of the world's environments will be in Bolzano/Bozen

Simulating wind, snow and extreme temperatures at an altitude of 9,000m in a controlled and secure environment represents a revolution in environmental…

Physics & Astronomy

The next generation of power electronics? Gallium nitride doped with beryllium

The trick is to be able to use beryllium atoms in gallium nitride. Gallium nitride is a compound widely used in semiconductors in consumer electronics from LED…

Life & Chemistry

Rift Valley fever virus: An infection mechanism identified

They have demonstrated that the viral envelope protein has a “pocket” that specifically recognizes a category of lipids in the cell membrane. This pocket is…

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