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Sustainable Repair and Recycling of CFRP in Aeronautics

Composites made from crosslinked polymers – so-called thermosets – are reinforced with carbon, glass or natural fibers. Their rich spectrum of properties have…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Infrared Technology Keeps Ships Running in Winter

Gas turbines are throttled if filters are iced up.

Physics & Astronomy

Curium Discovery Sheds Light on Solar System Formation

University of Chicago scientists have discovered evidence in a meteorite that a rare element, curium, was present during the formation of the solar system….

Agricultural & Forestry Science

UNH Researchers Unveil First Comprehensive Study on NH Oyster Farming

The research was conducted by Ray Grizzle, research professor of zoology at the UNH School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering; Krystin Ward, research…

Physics & Astronomy

Graphene Coating Reduces Friction on Gold Surfaces

Since it produces almost no friction at all, it could drastically reduce energy loss in machines when used as a coating, as the researchers report in the…

Earth Sciences

Iberian Peninsula’s Magnetic Trace: Ancient Rotation Insights

The bathers that gather every summer on the banks of the rivers of the mountain ranges of La Cabrera and El Teleno in Leon (Spain) have little reason to…

Materials Sciences

Nanoscale Machines: Advancing DNA Origami Techniques

Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have built two new nanoscale machines with moving parts, using DNA as a programmable, self-assembling…

Health & Medicine

New Research Reveals How Brain Processes Big and Small Numbers

Small numbers are processed in the right side of the brain, while large numbers are processed in the left side of the brain, new research suggests.

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Proxemic Monitor Enhances ICU Decision-Making at CeBIT 2016

Every second counts in the intensive care unit and the right decisions have to be made quickly in emergencies. Fraunhofer HHI has developed an intelligent…

Health & Medicine

New Study Reveals Key Differences in Newborn Blood Clotting

A new study finds significant differences between the blood clot structure in adults and newborns, helping researchers better understand the challenges in…

Power and Electrical Engineering

NIST Develops Fast Test for Nanomanufacturing Quality Control

In order for new materials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene to play an increasingly important role in electronic devices, high-tech composites and other…

Earth Sciences

How Supervolcano Eruptions Move Hot Ash and Gas

Supervolcanoes capable of unleashing hundreds of times the amount of magma that was expelled during the Mount St. Helens eruption of 1980 are found in…

Information Technology

Iowa State Engineers Create Flexible Skin to Cloak Objects

The meta-skin takes its name from metamaterials, which are composites that have properties not found in nature and that can manipulate electromagnetic waves….

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria Nesting in Urinary Tract Infections Explained

Many women have already experienced how painful a bladder infection can be: a burning pain during urination and a constant urge to urinate are the typical…

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Geoinformatics specialists receive almost one million euros for “SenseBox“ citizen science project

More than 100 of the small green boxes are already in use: whether in Hamburg, or Zwolle in the Netherlands, or even on the Zugspitze in northern Tyrol – the…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Team Sets New Cosmic Distance Record with GN-z11

“We've taken a major step back in time, beyond what we'd ever expected to be able to do with Hubble. We see GN-z11 at a time when the universe was only three…

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