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Materials Sciences

Coffee-Ring Effect Enables Control of Customized Polycrystals

A chance observation of crystals forming a mark that resembled the stain of a coffee cup left on a table has led to the growth of customized polycrystals with…

Physics & Astronomy

New Findings Reveal Mars’ Water-Rich History

Mars may have been a wetter place than previously thought, according to research on simulated Martian meteorites conducted, in part, at the Department of…

Interdisciplinary Research

Easier Diagnosis for Esophageal Cancer Boosts Survival Rates

With more than 450 000 new cases per year and a five-year survival rate of only ten percent when diagnosed late, esophageal cancer (EC) is the sixth-leading…

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Cebit 2017: New Simulation Process Enhances Software Compatibility

Technology used in cars, aeroplanes and industrial robots is becoming increasingly complex. Can the software be extended? How does the system handle errors?

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Light-Switch Biological Systems from Graz

For the first time ever, researchers at TU Graz and the Medical University of Graz have managed to functionally characterise the three-dimensional interaction…

Power and Electrical Engineering

SOI Wafers Enhance Gallium Nitride Crystal Growth Techniques

In cooperation with Okmetic Oy and the Polish ITME, researchers at Aalto University have studied the application of SOI (Silicon On Insulator) wafers, which…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA’s New Technique Enhances Astronaut Particle Warnings

Our constantly-changing sun sometimes erupts with bursts of light, solar material, or ultra-fast energized particles — collectively, these events contribute…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Pathway for Controlled Nuclear Fusion Unveiled

Controlled nuclear fusion has been a holy grail for physicists who seek an endless supply of clean energy. Scientists at Rice University, the University of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Flex+ Luminous OLED Jewel Beetles: Advancing Open Innovation

Fraunhofer FEP is one of the leading research and development partners in the field of flexible organic electronics and together with its several partners in…

Earth Sciences

Melting temperature of Earth's mantle depends on water

Earth's mantle, the layer just beneath the crust, is the source of most of the magma that erupts at volcanoes. Minerals that make up the mantle contain small…

Earth Sciences

NASA Enhances Summer Arctic Sea Ice Forecast Accuracy

The Arctic has been losing sea ice over the past several decades as Earth warms. However, each year, as the sea ice starts to melt in the spring following its…

Earth Sciences

Global Warming Hiatus: New Study on Atmospheric Footprint

The increasing rate of the global mean surface temperature was reduced from 1998 to 2013, known as the global warming hiatus or pause. Great efforts have been…

Life & Chemistry

Chemists Innovate Triple Component Coupling Reaction

In the current issue of the “Science” magazine, chemists at Münster University present a new approach which for the first time enables three – and not, as…

Materials Sciences

Portable Nanofiber Device Enables Precision Wound Care

Harvard researchers have developed a lightweight, portable nanofiber fabrication device that could one day be used to dress wounds on a battlefield or dress…

Physics & Astronomy

Yale Team Maps Dark Matter Using Hubble’s Cosmic Data

The dark matter map is derived from Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields data of a trio of galaxy clusters that act as cosmic magnifying glasses to peer into…

Medical Engineering

New PET Radiotracer Detects Inflammation in Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis represents the main cause of heart attack and stroke. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year about 735,000…

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