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Physics & Astronomy

Rapid changes point to origin of ultra-fast black hole 'burps'

Gas outflows are common features of active supermassive black holes that reside in the center of large galaxies. Millions to billions of times the mass of the…

Health & Medicine

Gene Variants in Minorities Linked to Kidney Disease Risk

African Americans have a heightened risk of developing chronic and end-stage kidney disease. This association has been attributed to two common genetic…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Electrolyte Boosts Performance of Lithium-Metal Batteries

Scientists have found adding a pinch of something new to a battery's electrolyte gives the energy storage devices more juice per charge than today's commonly…

Life & Chemistry

Core Genes Uncovered for Honey Bee Immunity Insights

An international team of researchers has identified a core set of genes involved in the responses of honey bees to multiple diseases caused by viruses and…

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AtmoFlex: Advancing Plastic Film Coating Technology

A leader in thin-film technology R&D, the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP in Dresden, Germany, has…

Life & Chemistry

First Look at Cell Nucleoskeleton’s Molecular Structure

Using 3D electron microscopy, structural biologists from the University of Zurich succeeded in elucidating the architecture of the lamina of the cell nucleus…

Event News

EGU General Assembly 2017: Explore the Meeting Programme Online

The programme for the 2017 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is now online. The meeting, which this year is anticipated to attract over…

Life & Chemistry

MUSE Project Launches Insect Monitoring in Ecuador’s Andes

A recently started new project intends to monitor the variety and the risks of extinction of insects living at the margins of the Andean glaciers. The…

Health & Medicine

Cigarette smoke curbs lung's self-healing

Smoke from cigarettes blocks self-healing processes in the lungs and consequently can lead to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Researchers at the…

Physics & Astronomy

Unlocking the Secrets of Supercooled Water Science

There are few things more central to life on earth than water. It dominates the physical landscape, covering much of the planet as oceans. It's also a major…

Physics & Astronomy

Optical Ultrasound Generation: A Breakthrough at UCL

Limitations of the piezoelectric array technologies conventionally used for ultrasonics inspired a group of University College London researchers to explore an…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Exploring Vertical Farming: The Future of Agriculture

There's a new trend in agriculture called vertical farming. As humans learned to farm, we arranged plants outside in horizontal fields, and invented irrigation…

Health & Medicine

New Method Measures Cancer Cell Stiffness with Lasers

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have discovered a way to detect signs of cancer on a cell-by-cell basis using two lasers and a camera.

Trade Fair News

New Simulation Tool Streamlines Non-Woven Fabric Production

Non-woven fabrics are indispensable to everyday life. A Fraunhofer Institute has developed software that makes the production of non-woven products much more…

Trade Fair News

Automated Driving Innovations for Safe Navigation at CeBIT 2017

Automated vehicles have to be able to reliably detect traffic signs. Previous systems, however, have had problems in understanding complex traffic management…

Life & Chemistry

HAW Hamburg Team Revives Ancient Microbe From Earth’s Depths

Prof. Dr. Paul Scherer, Dr. Sandra Off and Master Sci. Biot. Katarina Wegner of the Faculty of Life Sciences made a successful job as “microbe hunters“. They…

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