How will we cooperate in the future office? It is for granted, that ever increasing data volumes have to be made available within ultra-short time periods….
An eyewall consists of powerful thunderstorms in the area immediately outside the eye of a hurricane. Those storms have very heavy rainfall and strong winds.
The original recipe for gene soup may have been simple — rain, a jumble of common molecules, warm sunshine, and nighttime cooling. Then add a pinch of…
This work demonstrates a metamaterial-based approach to develop an optically-driven mechanical oscillator. The device can potentially be used as a new…
Powerful electronic components can get very hot. When many components are combined into a single semiconductor chip, heating can become a real problem. An…
According to estimates by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), some six million people in Germany suffer from diabetes mellitus, around 90 percent of…
Diffusion is a universal physical phenomenon, describing the motion of particles in their particular environment, whether solid, liquid or gaseous. The first…
Even though the diversity and importance of microorganisms in all ecosystems has been established long time ago, our knowledge in many areas of microbiology is…
Eleven regional enterprises and three research institutes pool their expertise in PolyPhotonics Berlin. For the first time, the network partners will be able…
According to the authors, the development could herald a new era for biological research, medical science, and human and animal health.
For more than a decade, engineers have been eyeing the finish line in the race to shrink the size of components in integrated circuits. They knew that the laws…
The elusive and complex components of creativity have been identified by computer experts at the University of Kent.
Although our knowledge of the human DNA is extensive, it is nowhere near complete. For instance, our knowledge of exactly which changes in our DNA are…
Artificial neural networks (ANNs) exhibit learning abilities and can perform tasks which are difficult for conventional computing systems, such as pattern…
The research, performed in collaboration with the Technical Electrochemistry research group of Prof. Dr Hubert Gasteiger at the Technical University of Munich…
Like in the U2 song title Running to stand still, the apparent steady state of cells belies constant production and removal of proteins within. Although…