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Power and Electrical Engineering

Solar Heat Innovations for Energy-Efficient Building Cooling

Reducing the electricity requirement for cooling and air conditioning

Health & Medicine

Custom-Tailored Strategies for Glioblastoma Treatment

Glioblastomas are among the most common and malignant of brain tumors. “The tumor cells characteristically display great variety”, says Professor Dr. Björn…

Life & Chemistry

Chains of Nanogold: Unlocking New Properties with Precision

Nanotechnology gives us tools to fabricate nanometer sized particles where only a few hundred metal atoms form their core. New interesting properties emerge in…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Farming with Forests: Innovations for Sustainable Agriculture

Feeding the world’s burgeoning population is a major challenge for agricultural scientists and agribusinesses, who are busy developing higher-yielding crop…

Life & Chemistry

Self-Assembled Nanostructures Revolutionize Therapeutic Delivery

A tiny therapeutic delivery system that can control the body’s ability to manufacture proteins has been developed by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of…

Health & Medicine

New Antibody Drug Targets Cancer Stem Cells in AML Treatment

An antibody drug that targets a surface marker on cancer stem cells could offer a promising new therapeutic approach for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML),…

Event News

Experts Discuss Future of 5G and Its Impact on Digitization

5G is seen as a key element for the upcoming digitilisation in all areas of life. It will have an effect on many other aspects of a networked society in the…

Life & Chemistry

Engineered Arginine Depleting Enzymes: A New Anti-Cancer Approach

Arginine deprivation has become a new cancer treatment paradigm and has exploited for treatment of various cancers. Arginine is an essential amino acid for the…

Process Engineering

Exploring 3-D Applications of Electron Beams in Industries

Electron beams are useful in many different applications. They reliably sterilize seed, can weld small structures precisely and reliable, and cure decorative…

Awards Funding

IHP Project Advances to Final Round of European Innovation Prize

As part of the EU project “myAirCoach”, researchers from IHP – Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics develop an intelligent adapter for standard…

Materials Sciences

Palladium and Ruthenium: A New Frontier in Chemical Innovation

The chemical elements palladium (Pd) and ruthenium (Ru) are both used separately in the chemical industry. For a long time, researchers have thought that…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Philippines’ microsatellite captures best-in-class high-resolution images

DIWATA-1 was created under a collaborative initiative by Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, the Philippines’ Department of Science and Technology (DOST),…

Environmental Conservation

Detecting Water Contamination In Situ: A Mobile Solution

The matrices change color and its intensity depending on the concentration of the substance. The device is mobile, can carry out analysis in situ even at low…

Life & Chemistry

Boosting Memory: How External Rewards Enhance Learning

Humans can learn effectively, especially when they are externally rewarded (for example, with money or desirable incentives after their actions). Instead of…

Architecture & Construction

Harnessing Environmental Energy for Efficient Heating and Cooling

In these concepts, the environmental heat sources, heating and cooling technology in the building and the comfort requirements of the users are matched as…

Power and Electrical Engineering

OLED Microdisplays Enhance Data Glasses for Better Interaction

“Augmented-reality” and “wearables” have become terms we encounter almost daily. Both can make daily life a little simpler and provide valuable assistance for…

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