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Materials Sciences

Graphene-Based Terahertz Absorbers: Advancements in Innovation

Graphene Flagship researches from CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, Italy and the University of Cambridge, UK have shown that it is possible to create a terahertz…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ionic Winds: New Insights Into Flame and Electric Field Interaction

Min Suk Cha and coworkers had developed a theoretical model explaining how ions in a flame respond to electric fields. For their latest work, the researchers…

Medical Engineering

Medicine of the future: New microchip technology could be used to track 'smart pills'

Researchers at Caltech have developed a prototype miniature medical device that could ultimately be used in “smart pills” to diagnose and treat diseases. A key…

Life & Chemistry

Nano-Sized Drug Carriers Enhance Bioactive Agent Efficacy

Nano-sized carrier systems find medical application to improve pharmacologic properties of bioactive agents. For many therapeutic approaches, it is important…

Life & Chemistry

New Liquid Metal Catalysts Boost Chemical Reactions

This new generation of catalysts employs liquid drops of metal alloy attached to porous carriers that are brought into contact with the gaseous reactants. The…

Life & Chemistry

Radioactive Metal Complexes Enhance Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy

A team under the direction of chemist Prof. Dr Peter Comba is investigating radioactive metal complexes for use in the diagnosis and treatment of tumours.

Life & Chemistry

Silencing Pathogenic Bacteria: New Insights on Pseudomonas

Pathogenic bacteria are becoming resistant to common antibiotics to an ever increasing degree. One of the most difficult germs is Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a…

Earth Sciences

Earthquake triggers 'slow motion' quakes in New Zealand

Some of the slow slip events occurred as far away as 300 miles from the earthquake's epicenter. The study of new linkages between the two types of seismic…

Life & Chemistry

Circular DNA Study Revives Classic Centrifugation Technique

With the aid of a process called density gradient centrifugation, a research team, which included scientists from The University of Texas at Dallas and…

Event News

I-ESA 2018: Submit Your Papers on Market Innovations

Growing markets, innovative competitors and fast changing technologies make it imminent for companies to interact flexibly with suppliers and consumers. The…

Awards Funding

German-Russian Research Groups Secure Three-Year Funding

Scientists from a Helmholtz Center and a Russian partner respectively are involved in the selected research projects. “I am delighted that we have been able to…

Life & Chemistry

Combat Weeds in the Brain: Effective Garden Maintenance Tips

Rampant weed growth – the nightmare of every hobby gardener. Trimming, cropping, cutting. Thorough garden maintenance is required. If this maintenance is…

Health & Medicine

Understanding Liver Cancer Development: Key Insights

Liver cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death and represents the fastest rising cancer worldwide. In most cases, the tumor develops in…

Life & Chemistry

Cancer Drug Boosts Tripolar Mitosis in NSCLC Treatment

Taxane-based radiochemotherapy* is widely used in the treatment of various locally advanced cancers – including non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Taxanes…

Life & Chemistry

Artificial Enzymes Enhance Hydrogen Conversion Efficiency

Cell Press has just released the first issue of Joule, a new journal dedicated to sustainable energy research. In this issue James Birrell, Olaf Rüdiger,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Discover the Solar Cells Technology Center 4.0 Initiative

Photovoltaics of the University of Stuttgart (ipv) and the International Solar Energy Research Center (ISC), founded the “Solar Cells Technology Center 4.0” to…

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