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Power and Electrical Engineering

Fluorescent Holography: Transforming Biological Imaging at CSU

Optical microscopy experts at Colorado State University are once again pushing the envelope of biological imaging.

Process Engineering

Etching Microstructures in Glass with Ultrafast Lasers

This new method was born of a surprising phenomenon: irradiating glass in a particular way with an ultrafast laser has the effect of making the glass up to a…

Power and Electrical Engineering

How Infrared Heating Enhances Automotive Manufacturing Efficiency

Infrared makes production processes more efficient

Earth Sciences

Ice Shelf Vibrations Create Unusual Waves in Antarctic Atmosphere

Scientists at McMurdo Station detected unusual atmospheric waves with an altitude between 30 to 115 kilometers (20 to 70 miles) above Antarctica in 2011. The…

Earth Sciences

Massive Dome in Central Andes Linked to Hidden Magma Source

A new analysis of the topography of the central Andes shows the uplifting of the Earth's second highest continental plateau was driven in part by a huge zone…

Life & Chemistry

First Time-Lapse Reveals Cell Activity in Limb Regeneration

Researchers have for the first time recorded how cells of the epidermis behave during the regrowth of adult limbs after amputation.

Physics & Astronomy

Scientists Discover Majorana-Like Quasiparticles in Physics

In the condensed matter physics, scientists found a kind of quasiparticles —- Majorana zero modes (MZMs) —- have similar characters as Majorana fermions….

Earth Sciences

Microbial Communities Thrive in Deep Fracking Wells

Microbes have a remarkable ability to adapt to the extreme conditions in fracking wells, according to a study published in the October issue of Nature…

Life & Chemistry

Instant Phenotype Changes: New Method from IPB Scientists

Scientists at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) in Halle have developed a method that makes it possible to accumulate or break down chosen…

Information Technology

Fraunhofer FIT joins Facebook's Telecom Infra Project

At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona in late February Facebook introduced the Telecom Infra Project (TIP). TIP aims to bring together operators,…

Life & Chemistry

Iron-Munching Microbe Unlocks New Insights on Methane Emissions

The balance between methane-producing and -consuming processes has a major effect on the worldwide emission of this strong greenhouse gas into our atmosphere….

Life & Chemistry

New Method Enhances Protein Measurement Techniques

Modern mass spectrometry systems enable scientists to routinely determine the quantitative composition of cells or tissue samples. However, different analysis…

Life & Chemistry

Amazon Rainforest’s Role in Cloud Formation and Rainfall

In a joint study international scientists investigated how clouds and hence rain develops over the Amazon tropical rainforest. They found out that the rain is…

Life & Chemistry

First-Ever Reconstruction of Infectious Bat Influenza Viruses

All known Influenza A viruses originate from aquatic birds that serve as virus reservoirs in nature. Avian viruses can cause severe disease and may lead to…

Life & Chemistry

Nanostructured Invisibility Cloak Inspired by Moth Corneas

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems took a page out of the design book for moth cornea. The corneas of these mostly nocturnal…

Life & Chemistry

‘Farming’ bacteria to boost growth in the oceans

Chemosynthetic symbionts are bacteria living inside or on the surface of animals, supplying their host with food that would otherwise be unavailable. It has…

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