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Physics & Astronomy

Scientists Train Electrons with Microwaves for Quantum Computing

In what may provide a potential path to processing information in a quantum computer, researchers have switched an intrinsic property of electrons from an…

Physics & Astronomy

Breakthrough Advances Nanoscale Biosensor Development

Now researchers from Brown University's School of Engineering have made an important fundamental advance that could make such devices more practical. The…

Interdisciplinary Research

Brain Growth Linked to Rising IQ in Germany and UK

The average mass of the human brain has increased in Germany and the UK during the last century. This has been accompanied by gains in IQ. International…

Earth Sciences

Smart Water Management Can Halve Global Food Gap Impact

“Smart water use can boost agricultural production – we’ve in fact been surprised to see such sizeable effects at the global level,” says lead-author Jonas…

Life & Chemistry

Nanocarriers Enhance Drug Delivery Efficiency and Healing Speed

By using drug delivery vehicles, so-called nanocarriers, pharmaceuticals reach the diseased area in the body. There they accelerate the healing process. But in…

Life & Chemistry

HSF1: Enhancing Emergency Response Coordination Efficiently

When there is an accident or a house fire, we call the police or the fire services. A control room quickly coordinates emergency operations.

Process Engineering

CT-Automat: Streamlining Automatic Testing for Seed Quality

The CT Automat is used by Europe's leading seed producers to minimize seed rejects especially in case of sugar beet seeds to ensure at same time high-quality…

Life & Chemistry

Light-Controlled Protein Transport from Cell Nucleus

Light can be used to control the transport of proteins from the cell nucleus with the aid of a light-sensitive, genetically modified plant protein. Biologists…

Trade Fair News

LASER World of Photonics China: Innovations from Aachen

A trio of trade fairs all kicking off on the same date – March 15, 2016 – at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) will also be a special event…

Awards Funding

Fraunhofer IAO Unveils New Digitalization Index for Companies

Which German companies are the best at safeguarding and applying their expertise? Fraunhofer IAO has the answers. Now in its ninth year, the IP Management…

Physics & Astronomy

Discovering Proto-Planets: Insights from Binary Star Systems

A Rice University researcher will discuss images that may show the formation of a planet — or a planetary system — around a distant binary star at the annual…

Earth Sciences

UK’s Diamond Light Source: Advancing Nuclear Research

The UK's synchrotron science facility, Diamond Light Source, is a hub for renewable energy and energy recycling research, but less well known are its…

Earth Sciences

Harnessing High-Speed Light for Breakthroughs in Slow Science

Scientists at the world's premier science conference – the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting – will this year be…

Life & Chemistry

Light used to measure the 'big stretch' in spider silk proteins

“All other known springs, biological and nonbiological, lengthen in a way that is directly proportional to the force applied to them only until they have been…

Materials Sciences

New 2D Semiconducting Material Boosts Electronics Speed

University of Utah engineers have discovered a new kind of 2D semiconducting material for electronics that opens the door for much speedier computers and…

Materials Sciences

Discover the Best Summer Sportswear Innovations

As part of a research project on “The total energy transmittance of clothing” (IGF No. 17655 N), the Hohenstein Institute has been researching how the…

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