When algae cells run out of nutrients and start to die, they clump together and sink as marine snow. The algae and its marine snow aggregates can serve as a…
Thousands of high tech SMEs in Europe often lack access to advanced, cost-intensive infrastructures and expertise needed to manufacture new and innovative…
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Tokage's remnants in the South…
When an 8-magnitude earthquake struck Yingjie Hu's home province of Sichuan, China, in 2008, he was more than 1,000 miles away attending college in Shanghai….
Each animal species hosts its own, unique community of microbes that can significantly improve its health and fitness.
“The initial idea for this project came during a telephone call with Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, a New York based street worker with whom we have worked with for a…
In the past 25 years, the number of road traffic deaths has been drastically reduced, and the number of severely injured persons decreased significantly, too….
Wir kennen das Problem: Beim Aufbauen der Einkäufe aus dem Möbelhaus verwenden alle denselben Bauplan. Dennoch kann sich im Laufe mehrerer Zwischenschritte das…
Working with colleagues at Stanford and The Dow Chemical Company, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign fabricated 3-D birefringent…
A group of researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the University of Tokyo, and the Astrobiology Center among others has…
A Waseda University (Tokyo) research group has developed a polymer which can store hydrogen in a light, compact and flexible sheet, and is safe to touch even…
“It's important to understand the potential changes occurring in the brain related to youth contact sports,” said Elizabeth Moody Davenport, Ph.D., a…
A key glacier in Antarctica is breaking apart from the inside out, suggesting that the ocean is weakening ice on the edges of the continent.
The properties of hazardous substances and dangerous goods must be known in order to be able to assess the risks involved in their proper handling. To do this,…
The use of infrared systems from Heraeus Noblelight prior to packaging significantly reduces the formation of mold. For Christmas stollen, 6 seconds at 125°C…
The enamel surface coatings are scratch-resistant and too smooth for bacteria and other organisms to take hold and breed. Contaminants also won't stick to the…