For the first time, ocean data from Northeast Greenland reveals the long-term impact of the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. The observed increase in…
At any given moment, as many as 10 million wild snakes of solar material leap from the sun's surface. These are spicules, and despite their abundance,…
Found at the heart of electronic devices, silicon-based semiconductors rely on the controlled electrical current responsible for powering electronics. These…
Predictive Science, Inc., San Diego, Calif. — a private computational physics research company supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Air…
At the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), scientists have assembled a large database of detailed measurements of the…
For this reason, research has been under heavy pressure for years on the efficient use of this valuable raw material, and for some years now also the Leibniz…
When quality testing uses time-consuming destructive test methods, it can result in enormous costs due to damaging or destroying the products. And given that…
The demand for smart, miniaturized components for medical devices and for efficient and highly precise manufacturing processes also continues to grow rapidly….
How do chemical reactions proceed at extremely low temperatures? The answer requires the investigation of molecular samples that are cold, dense, and slow at…
Developed at the Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics in Potsdam, Germany, the Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument (PEPSI) saw first light…
Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria found that in cases where two ant-queens founded a colony together and one of the queens died…
Distance measurements are crucial for an understanding of the structure of the Milky Way. Most of our Galaxy's material, consisting principally of stars, gas,…
The average human consists of about 37.2 trillion cells. But not all cells are created equal: while muscle cells contain the molecular machinery to contract…
Electronic devices that are completely broken down in a biological environment after a pre-defined operating life open up novel applications as well as ways…
Between 2001 and 2005 the massive black bird mortality in eastern Austria received wide public attention. Usutu virus, the aetiological agent, belongs to the…
Substituting atoms in the process of making two-dimensional alloys not only allows them to be customized for applications but also can make them magnetic,…