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Life & Chemistry

Plant Cells Halt Division After DNA Damage Discovery

The cell cycle is the system through which a cell grows and divides. It is also how a cell passes its DNA to its progeny and is why the cell cycle ceases if…

Physics & Astronomy

New Telescope Attachment Enhances Ground-Based Exoplanet Observations

A new, low-cost attachment to telescopes allows previously unachievable precision in ground-based observations of exoplanets — planets beyond our solar…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Nighttime Solar Power: Advanced Storage System Unveiled

Storage system for solar thermal power plants further developed

Life & Chemistry

Not all fish are created equal – Having a fish allergy does not mean you have to avoid eating fiish

‘We showed in our study that about one third of the fish allergic patients tolerated specific types of fish,’ says Dr Kühn from LIH’s Department of Infection…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Electro-Organic Synthesis: A Leap Toward Sustainable Chemicals

In the cooperative EPSYLON research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, scientists from Johannes Gutenberg University…

Awards Funding

Lasagni Wins Materials Science and Technology Prize 2017

Lasagni has been doing research in the field of laser structuring at the Fraunhofer IWS Dresden since September 2008 and at the “Technische Universität…

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Discover Multifunction Data Glasses with OLED Microdisplays

It is difficult to imagine the entertainment and gaming sectors without data glasses and the associated virtual and augmented realities (VR and AR). But those…

Physics & Astronomy

The "atomic second" turns 50

The “atomic second” was the beginning of a revolutionary era: it was born as early as 1955, when the first cesium atomic clock was put into operation. In the…

Physics & Astronomy

Helium Reaction on White Dwarf Sparks Type Ia Supernova

A Type Ia supernova is a type of white dwarf star explosion that occurs in a binary star system where two stars are circling one another. Because these…

Medical Engineering

Novel PET Tracer Detects Majority of Bacterial Infections

Stanford University medical scientists have developed a novel imaging agent that could be used to identify most bacterial infections. The study is the featured…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Paper-Based Supercapacitor Boosts Energy Density with Nanoparticles

By implanting conductive and charge storage materials in the paper, the technique creates large surface areas that function as current collectors and…

Materials Sciences

New Test Reveals Insights on 2-D Catalysts for Hydrogen Production

Rice University researchers have taken a deep look into atom-thick catalysts that produce hydrogen to see precisely where it's coming from. Their findings…

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights on Proton Charge Radius from Laser Spectroscopy

It was one of the breakthroughs of the year 2010: Laser spectroscopy of muonic hydrogen resulted in a value for the proton charge radius that was significantly…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Longevity: A Road Map to Healthier Aging

In old age a variety of cellular processes decline and the risk to develop age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or Diabetes increases…

Physics & Astronomy

Surface Helium Detonation: New Insights into White Dwarfs

Because of the uniform and extremely high brightness (about 5 billion times brighter than the Sun) of type Ia supernovae, they are often used for distance…

Physics & Astronomy

New ALMA Data Provides Clues About Extraterrestrial Life

Using data captured by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) ALMA in Chile and the ROSINA instrument on ESA's Rosetta mission, an…

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