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Power and Electrical Engineering

Feather Shafts’ Shape Change Under Stress: New Insights

In their study, using fundamental mechanics equations and experiments in modeling materials, researchers show that the square shape provides greater rigidity…

Physics & Astronomy

Optical Tractor Beam Captures Bacteria for Study

Up to now, if scientists wanted to study blood cells, algae, or bacteria under the microscope, they had to mount these cells on a substrate such as a glass…

Materials Sciences

Faster, Cheaper Method for Synthesizing Bioactive Ring Molecules

One problem, however, has been the difficulty of chemically synthesizing these biomolecules, particularly in larger ring-sizes. Current methods require a large…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Water Melting: Insights from Faraday’s Discoveries

We all know that water melts at 0°C. However, already 150 years ago the famous physicist Michael Faraday discovered that at the surface of frozen ice, well…

Physics & Astronomy

Lightning-Fast Switch Enhances Electron Wave Technology

The characteristic shine of metals is created by electrons which can freely move in the interior of the material and reflect incoming radiation. Similar to…

Life & Chemistry

How Stress Impacts Protein Functionality in Cells

Under stressful life conditions many proteins lose their functionality. A natural mechanism that can be found in all cells leads to the preferred synthesis of…

Materials Sciences

Pioneering Materials Research: Exploring New Compounds

“Curiosity-driven research” is what Kortz calls his approach. “We try to produce new compounds. Initially, possible applications don’t play the dominant role;…

Physics & Astronomy

Understanding Negative Hydrogen Ions in Fusion Plasma Research

The Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) is a method for increasing the plasma temperature and driving currents in magnetically-confined fusion plasmas by injecting…

Earth Sciences

Feldspar’s Role in Cloud Ice Crystal Formation Explained

About 90 percent of precipitation over land depends on the formation of ice crystals in clouds, which fall down due to their increasing weight. But water in…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Observe Key Cell Protein In Action at Bonn

Scientists at the University of Bonn have succeeded in observing an important cell protein at work. To do this, they used a method that allows to measure…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Polymorphs: Key to Controlling Molecular Structures

This study lies at the very heart of understanding and being able to control properties of molecular structures. Pharma and agrichem industries attach great…

Information Technology

Finger swipe-powered phone? We're 1 step closer

The day of charging cellphones with finger swipes and powering Bluetooth headsets simply by walking is now much closer.

Physics & Astronomy

Neutrons Uncover Key Ingredients for Quantum Spin Liquids

In a paper published in Nature Physics, a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Tennessee and the Department of…

Trade Fair News

Kiel University Showcases Innovation at Hannover Messe 2017

In addition to the four research foci, the emphasis lies on knowledge transfer, patents and start-up initiatives. Examples of excellent individual research…

Awards Funding

Europe Unites for Spinal Cord Injury Research with €1.34M Grant

Six European research teams including Dr. Michell Reimer and his team at the DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) – Cluster of Excellence at…

Physics & Astronomy

Next-Gen Accelerators Enhanced by Cutting-Edge Beam Physics

The research results achieved by Professor Moses Chung of Natural Science at UNIST in collaboration with the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) of…

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