The conference will feature constructive exchanges between researchers and practitioners on such wide-ranging topics as international real estate investment…
New method for wood chip and wood log boilers
Radiation therapy is an established method of cancer treatment. The therapy consists of many treatment sessions and usually lasts for several weeks. During…
Seismic, thermal, and other noise sources limit LIGO to higher-frequency gravitational waves around 100 cycles per second (hertz). But finding signals from…
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute's Swiss Light Source in Villigen, Switzerland, have developed a new design for X-ray spectrometers that eschews a…
Nanomaterials have the potential to improve many next-generation technologies. They promise to speed up computer chips, increase the resolution of medical…
Pigmented cells of the skin are crucial as a protective shield against UV-radiation. An often-desired suntan can only form with the aid of the enzyme…
Metastasized colorectal cancer is difficult to treat. Scientists at the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and the Heidelberg University Hospital in…
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Researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt am Main developed a new method to increase proliferation and viability of immune cells, e.g. natural killer (NK) cells, derived from patients or donors. The obtained NK cell preparations are currently tested preclinically for treatment of leukemia.
Railway wheels are exposed to great dynamic stress. For this reason, they need to be subjected to non-destructive testing during the manufacturing process with…
Sugar plays an integral role in a healthy balanced diet and an active lifestyle. During the manufacturing process sugar beets pass through many stages…
Acoustic resonance testing (ART) is an integral nondestructive testing method that is used to inspect components and assemblies with regard to different…
Iron and steel parts, as well as components used in machines, vehicles and plant engineering are often made of ferromagnetic materials. These components are…
Hans Clevers is to receive the Körber European Science Prize 2016, which is endowed with 750,000 euros. The Dutch biologist and physician has developed a new…
Under the coordination of Fraunhofer ISC thirteen international partners are collaborating in the EU-funded project EELICON to realize an innovative switchable…