In what may provide a potential path to processing information in a quantum computer, researchers have switched an intrinsic property of electrons from an…
Now researchers from Brown University's School of Engineering have made an important fundamental advance that could make such devices more practical. The…
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…
“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…
By using drug delivery vehicles, so-called nanocarriers, pharmaceuticals reach the diseased area in the body. There they accelerate the healing process. But in…
When there is an accident or a house fire, we call the police or the fire services. A control room quickly coordinates emergency operations.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Scientists at the world's premier science conference – the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting – will this year be…
“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…
University of Utah engineers have discovered a new kind of 2D semiconducting material for electronics that opens the door for much speedier computers and…
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…