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Materials Sciences

Organic Magnets: A Game-Changer in Transmission Innovation

Magnets made of organic materials have a number of advantages over the classic metal or alloy magnets. They are chemically more flexible, cheaper to make, and…

Life & Chemistry

Ocean Acidification Cuts Zooplankton in Coral Reefs by Two-Thirds

Tropical coral reefs lose up to two thirds of their zooplankton through ocean acidification. This is the conclusion reached by a German-Australian research…

Trade Fair News

3D Printed Hardmetal Tools: Innovation by Fraunhofer IKTS

Fraunhofer IKTS counts decades of proven expertise in the development of hardmetals. To date, reliable cutting, drilling, pressing and stamping tools made of…

Life & Chemistry

Prenatal Stress Affects Growth and Motor Development in Monkeys

At their field station in Thailand, researchers of the German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ) and the University of Göttingen…

Life & Chemistry

Unique Structure of Olfactory Glomeruli in Insects Explained

When insects search for food, a sexual mate or the ideal place for laying eggs – somewhere where the hatching larvae have a good chance to survive – they have…

Physics & Astronomy

Artificial Intelligence Accelerates New Material Discoveries

Elpasolite is a glassy, transparent, shiny and soft mineral with a cubic crystal structure. First discovered in El Paso County (Colorado, USA), it can also be…

Health & Medicine

Alzheimer’s: Cellular Mechanism Provides Explanation Model for Declining Memory Performance

Alzheimer’s disease triggers memory and learning disorders. To date, the causes are poorly understood. Now, researchers of the German Center for…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Jet Cleaning Method for Implant Surfaces

The invention presented here consists in the fact that via pow-der/air/water jet devices, induced through the special geometry of the instrument approach the cleaning powder/water jet is released in such a way that even the undercuts of the implant?s surface are cleaned effectively.

Materials Sciences

Affordable Gamma Radiation Detectors: A Smart Innovation

Gamma photons virtually always accompany the radioactive decay of unstable isotopes. In order to identify radioactive substances, cost-effective and highly…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Exploring Photovoltaics Inspired by Photosynthesis

In 1981, an article by Prof. Adolf Goetzberger titled “Potatoes under the Collector” was published in the German magazine “Sonnenenergie”. The article proposed…

Trade Fair News

New Industry Group Targets Process Control in Laser Tech

In the age of industry 4.0, laser technology is firmly established within manufacturing. A wide variety of laser techniques – from USP ablation and additive…

Earth Sciences

Explore New 3D Viewer Enhancing Digital Geoscience Mapping

Now a unique new software for virtual model interpretation and visualization, is to be presented at the 2nd Virtual Geoscience Conference (VGC 2016) in Bergen,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

A major research effort into tomorrow's digital power grids

The aim of a new research centre called CINELDI (Centre for INtelligent ELectricity DIistribution – to empower the future Smart Grid) is to develop systems as…

Health & Medicine

Brain Fluid Loss: Impact on Health and Innovation Solutions

Fluid protects our brains and spinal cords. If it is lost and can no longer be reproduced, the brain is literally high and dry. Those affected will then suffer…

Science Education

Young people discover the "Learning Center"

“eternal space …” – is not only present in outer space. Also in the fascinating world of the human brain neurons many undiscovered worlds await their…

Event News

ICPE 2016: Innovations in Pharmaceutical Process Engineering

ICPE 2016, one of the world-renowned international congresses in the pharmaceutical process engineering field, takes place from September 14 to 15 and is…

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