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Aircraft-Based Pollen Monitoring: Insights from Variable Elevations

One in every five Europeans currently already suffers from allergies – and the trend is increasing. Plant pollen and fungal spores contribute considerably to…

Information Technology

New Approach Enhances Machine Translation Beyond Sentences

Researchers supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) have come up with a new approach to improving machine translation tools such as the…

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Object-Based 3D Sound Production Simplified at Prolight + Sound

At the Fraunhofer IDMT booth (H20, hall 3.1) the acousticians will be demonstrating how complex object-based 3D sound mixes can easily and efficiently be…

Information Technology

Photonics Breakthrough Enhances Wireless Communication Systems

Researchers from the ARC Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) in the University of Sydney's Australian Institute for Nanoscale…

Materials Sciences

Built from the bottom up, nanoribbons pave the way to 'on-off' states for graphene

“Confinement changes graphene's behavior,” said An-Ping Li, a physicist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Graphene in sheets is an…

Physics & Astronomy

Physicists Prove Mermin-Wagner Theorem After 50 Years

Now, 50 years later, a group of physicists from Konstanz headed by Dr Peter Keim, were able to prove the Mermin-Wagner theorem by experiments and computer…

Life & Chemistry

Red and violet light reset the circadian clock in algae via novel pathway

As anyone who has spent wakeful nights suffering from jetlag will attest, the human body has a strong sense of time. The body clock runs on a 24-hour cycle, or…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanomagnets: The Future of Data Storage Technology

However, several obstacles still need to be overcome before single-molecule magnet data storage becomes a reality. Finding molecules that can store the…

Life & Chemistry

Ancient Proteins Inspire Heat-Resistant Innovations in Industry

Ancient proteins may offer clues on how to engineer proteins that can withstand the high temperatures required in industrial applications, according to new…

Earth Sciences

Exploring Ocean Waters: Understanding Atmospheric Aerosols

Aerosols are collections of fine particles, either biological or of other types, in suspension in a gaseous medium. They play a major role in cloud formation…

Life & Chemistry

Motor Neurons Guide Blood Vessel Growth in Embryonic Spine

Heidelberg Neuroscientists have identified a critical regulator for blood vessel growth in the developing embryonic spinal cord. The research group under the…

Physics & Astronomy

Observing live phase transition – watching the atoms race

Everything that surrounds us in our everyday life is three-dimensional, no matter how small: salt crystals, pollen, dust – even aluminium foil has a certain…

Life & Chemistry

New Therapeutic Strategy for Battling Sleeping Sickness

Trypanosomes get their name from the Greek trypano- (borer) and soma (body). The protozoan parasites are responsible for various diseases, particularly in…

Materials Sciences

Reliable Molecular Toggle Switch Advances Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology constantly allows for new records in miniaturization. Reduction of the dimension of electronic components, however, has physical limits that…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Liquid Biopsies for Lung Cancer Innovations

From using fluid in the lungs to better understand the potential of immunotherapy treatments in lung cancer, to tracking circulating tumor cells in prostate…

Medical Engineering

LED Device Enhances Imaging of Radiation-Induced Skin Damage

To eradicate any cancer cells that may potentially remain after surgery or chemotherapy, many breast cancer patients also undergo radiation therapy. All…

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