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Life & Chemistry

Tarantula Toxins Transform Into New Painkillers

When venom from animals such as spiders, snakes or cone snails is injected via a bite or harpoon, the cocktail of toxins delivered to its victim tends to cause…

Social Sciences

How Unfair Leadership Erodes Employee Loyalty

“Tit for tat!” – If a boss acts unfairly in his professional life, he frequently loses the loyalty of his employee. Moreover, if a boss chews out a subordinate…

Earth Sciences

Exploring Underground Seasonal Thermal Storage Innovations

GFZ German Research Centre begins exploratory drilling on the TU Berlin campus.

Awards Funding

Computer Scientist Wins Google Research Award for Innovation

Downloading your favourite song, streaming a popular movie or shopping online – we are using a great number of online services on mobile phones, tablet…

Physics & Astronomy

New form of electron-beam imaging can see elements that are 'invisible' to common methods

Electrons can extend our view of microscopic objects well beyond what's possible with visible light–all the way to the atomic scale. A popular method in…

Event News

DATE 2016 Highlights: Automotive and Secure Systems Insights

Two special days in the programme mark the distinctive highlights during the DATE week: Automotive Systems and Secure Systems. Each of the Special Days will…

Earth Sciences

Study Reveals Rising Sea Levels Drive Up Damage Costs

“When sea levels rise, damage costs rise even faster, our analyses show,” explains Markus Boettle, lead author of the study published in the journal Natural…

Environmental Conservation

Invasive Water Frogs Outcompete Native Species in Ecosystems

The composition of species communities can change considerably over time, often due to human influences. Even though these changes have led to the decline of…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Switch Found to Control Satiety and Weight Management

Why do we get fat and why is it so difficult for so many people to keep off excess weight? Researchers in the Reseach Unit Neurobiology of Diabetes led by Dr….

Physics & Astronomy

Copper Breakthroughs: Advancing Nanophotonics Research

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have for the first time experimentally demonstrated that copper nanophotonic components…

Materials Sciences

Microrobots Inspired by Ciliates: A Step Towards Smart Tech

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart are now moving robots that are barely perceptible to the human eye in a similar…

Information Technology

World’s First Parallel Computer Based on Biomolecular Motors

A study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports a new parallel-computing approach based on a combination of…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Extreme Brain Events: The Dance of Irregular Patterns

Irregular fiery red rings move across the computer screen. They enlarge, merge together, dissipate, form offspring – a constant cycle of emergence and decay….

Physics & Astronomy

Graphene Coating Reduces Friction on Gold Surfaces

In future, graphene could be used as an extremely thin coating, resulting in almost zero energy loss between mechanical parts. This is based on the…

Physics & Astronomy

New Simple Law Predicts Complex Wrinkle Patterns at UMass

In a new paper, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Oxford University describe a new, more general law for predicting the wavelength of…

Health & Medicine

Enhancing Music Enjoyment for Cochlear Implant Users

“I've pretty much given up listening to music and being able to enjoy it,” says Prudence Garcia-Renart, a musician who gave up playing the piano a few years…

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