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Power and Electrical Engineering

Hybrid Storage: FastStorageBW Powers Battery Innovation

A battery that can be charged in seconds, has a large capacity and lasts ten to twelve years? Certainly, many have wanted such a thing. Now the FastStorageBW…

Health & Medicine

New Study Reveals Humans Have Triple the Brown Body Fat

Compared to white fat, brown body fat burns through energy at an extraordinary rate. However, until now the proportion of brown fat in humans was thought to be…

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CeBIT 2017: Smart Sensors for Future-Proof Washrooms

Washrooms are among the highest-maintenance rooms in companies. A new Fraunhofer technology now monitors soap, cotton towel and toilet paper dispensers fully…

Medical Engineering

Ultrasound Scalpel Effectively Targets Liver Tumors

Focused ultrasound can effectively destroy tumor cells. Until now, this method has only been used for organs such as the prostate and uterus. At the European…

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Connect Legacy Machines to IIoT with PLUGandWORK

PLUGandWORKTM helps you connect your legacy plant floor equipment into all the major Industrie 4.0 and Industrial Internet-of-Things players such as IBM…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA study hints at possible change in water 'fingerprint' of comet

A trip past the sun may have selectively altered the production of one form of water in a comet – an effect not seen by astronomers before, a new NASA study…

Physics & Astronomy

New X-Ray Glasses Enhance Laser Focus for Scientific Breakthroughs

An international team of scientists has tailored special X-ray glasses to concentrate the beam of an X-ray laser stronger than ever before. The individually…

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Nano Tech in Tokyo: Explore the Future of Nanotechnology

nano tech in Japan is the world's largest international nanotechnology exhibition and conference. More than 53,000 international experts visited the nano tech…

Earth Sciences

Fraunhofer Team ‘Arggonauts’ Advances in Ocean Discovery XPRIZE

Researchers from Fraunhofer IOSB, known as team ‘Arggonauts’, are the only German team to reach the semi-finals of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. This…

Life & Chemistry

Mimicking Molecular Crowding: New Insights from Basel Researchers

Enzymes behave differently in a test tube compared with the molecular scrum of a living cell. Chemists from the University of Basel have now been able to…

Materials Sciences

Enhancing Mass Spectrometry With Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) convert mechanical energy harvested from the environment to electricity for powering small devices such as sensors or for…

Life & Chemistry

Fast Peptide Synthesis Technology Speeds Up Drug Development

Manufacturing small proteins known as peptides is usually very time-consuming, which has slowed development of new peptide drugs for diseases such as cancer,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

WSU Research Boosts Energy Savings in Oil and Gas Industries

A Washington State University research team has improved an important catalytic reaction commonly used in the oil and gas industries. The innovation could lead…

Information Technology

New Algorithms Enhance Sound Properties of 3D Objects

Using new computer algorithms, it is possible to adjust specific properties of three-dimensional objects, such as the sounds they produce or how stable they…

Physics & Astronomy

Light-Emitting Bubbles: Exploring Nature’s Ultrasound Effects

High-power ultrasound is used for cleaning surfaces or wastewater as well as for destroying kidney stones. These applications use a curious effect caused when…

Environmental Conservation

New Insights on Groundwater Recharge Through Subsurface Heterogeneity

Researchers demonstrate that current models underestimate role of subsurface heterogeneity

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