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Physics & Astronomy

Skyrmion Spins: Exploring Collective Electron Behavior

In recent years, excitement has swirled around a type of quasi-particle called a skyrmion that arises as a collective behavior of a group of electrons. Because…

Health & Medicine

New Plasmonic Sensor Enhances Early Cancer Detection

The sensor has been proven reliable to detect the presence of the cancer biomarker carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) to the magnitude of 1 nanogram per…

Environmental Conservation

Making Oceans Plastic Free – Project tackles the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans

Indonesia is the second largest source of plastic pollution to the world’s oceans. Around 10 million plastic bags are used here every day. At present, no…

Information Technology

Humans rely more on their subjective perception than on the reality – Surprising results

It is a well-established fact that our percepts do not always reflect reality. However, it seems that we don’t just accept this unconsciously, but,…

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Gravity Signals from Space: Karsten Danzmann Wins Körber Prize

Karsten Danzmann is to receive the Körber Prize 2017, endowed with 750,000 euros. The German physicist and his team have developed the key technologies,…

Medical Engineering

Handheld Scanner Unveils Vascular Patterns in Psoriasis Patients

Psoriasis (Psoriasis vulgaris) is an inflammatory skin disease that is characterized by small to palm-sized patches of severely scaling skin. The disease is…

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Studies and Analyses

Drone vs. Truck Deliveries: Carbon Emissions Compared

In a paper to be published in an upcoming issue of Transportation Research Part D, researchers found that drones tend to have carbon dioxide emissions…

Physics & Astronomy

Penn physicists discover why drying liquid crystal drops leave unusual 'coffee rings'

The research, carried out in collaboration with scientists at Lehigh University and Swarthmore College, reveals novel behavior characteristics of liquid…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Complex Light Wave Forms: Insights from Freiburg Research

For the first time an international research team under the direction of Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Sansone at the Institute of Physics at the University of Freiburg…

Event News

Food Economy Forum: Globalization Meets Geopolitics in 2017

International researchers will meet with representatives from politics and business in Halle (Saale), Germany, from 21 to 23 June for the IAMO Forum 2017. The…

Environmental Conservation

Traffic’s Role In Underestimated Nitrogen Oxides Emissions

In metropolitan areas throughout Europe maximum permissible values of nitrogen oxide are consistently breached. It has been a challenge to determine how much…

Materials Sciences

Innovative Corrosion and Wear Protection Solutions for Components

Protecting components against corrosion and wear is no simple matter. Standard processes such as hard chrome plating, thermal spraying and deposition welding…

Health & Medicine

Blocking Cancer Mutations in Leukemia and Brain Tumors

Scientists had noticed that mutations in isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) 1 almost always occur at position 132 of the enzyme's chain of amino acids. This…

Health & Medicine

New Biosensor Detects Flu Virus in Minutes

Conventional tests for detecting the flu virus are often slow and expensive, and can miss early viral infections. In contrast, the new biosensor measures tiny…

Physics & Astronomy

New Method Unveils Quantum Fluctuations in Exotic Matter

Many fascinating phenomena with promising technological applications in areas such as superconductivity are linked to quantum phase transitions, but the role…

Physics & Astronomy

Crystals Network Enhances Long-Distance Quantum Communication

Thanks to the laws of quantum physic, a particle of light – a photon – can be in two distinct states simultaneously, comparable to a coin thrown in the air,…

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