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Siemens and Partners Advance Smart Grids in Canada

“For Siemens the Smart Grid Innovation Network is a catalyst for innovation and development of smart grid products and services. In a genuine environment under…

Corporate News

Siemens Secures Orders for Onshore Wind Projects in Ireland

Siemens has received two orders for onshore wind projects in Ireland. With 36 Siemens D3 direct drive wind turbines, the Cloosh Valley Wind Farm – also known…

Corporate News

Siemens sets new performance and efficiency world record at Düsseldorf power plant

On January 22, 2016, Siemens handed over the combined cycle power plant equipped with a Siemens H-class gas turbine at the Lausward location in the Düsseldorf…

Physics & Astronomy

New Nanotech Technique Enables DIY Flat Optics Production

“Our method brings us closer to making do-it-yourself optics a reality by greatly simplifying the design iteration steps,” explained Kimani Toussaint, an…

Materials Sciences

Nano-Coating Reduces Coaxial Cable Weight by 50%

Common coaxial cables could be made 50 percent lighter with a new nanotube-based outer conductor developed by Rice University scientists.

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Webb Telescope Mirrors Installed with Precision Robotics

The team uses a robotic arm called the Primary Mirror Alignment and Integration Fixture to lift and lower each of Webb's 18 primary flight mirror segments to…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Material Mix Simplifies Efficient Silicon Solar Cells

An international research team has simplified the steps to create highly efficient silicon solar cells by applying a new mix of materials to a standard design….

Life & Chemistry

Study finds toxic pollutants in fish across the world's oceans

A new global analysis of seafood found that fish populations throughout the world's oceans are contaminated with industrial and agricultural pollutants,…

Life & Chemistry

Identifying Another Piece in the Parkinson's Disease Pathology Puzzle

An international public-private research consortium has identified and validated a cellular role of a primary Parkinson’s disease drug target, the LRRK2…

Physics & Astronomy

LZH contributing to research priority „Hybrid Numerical Optics”

In the new competence center for optical simulation, the LZH is working on three subprojects in the areas of high-power glass fiber amplifiers, dielectric…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Atomic Gas Properties in Quantum Dynamics Research

In a laboratory experiment, physicists at the Center for Quantum Dynamics of Heidelberg University have succeeded in determining the equation of state for an…

Life & Chemistry

New Methods in Plant Breeding: Genome Editing Insights

Using genome editing, DNA can be altered in a very precise manner. Often, only a single base, that is one letter of the genome, is replaced or deleted. This is…

Life & Chemistry

New Detection Method for Goby Invasion in Europe and North America

Gobies from the Black and Caspian Sea are spreading along the shipping routes in Central Europe and North America. They have been present in the Swiss part of…

Information Technology

Seamless Integration: Blending Physical and Virtual Worlds

Our day-to-day lives are being filled with more and more devices that let users find out the status of an object via the Internet or the Cloud. Examples of…

Life & Chemistry

Discovering a New Bat Species in West Africa’s Guinea

During research on the small mammal diversity in the West African country of Guinea, mammalogist Dr. Jan Decher from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander…

Earth Sciences

Record Erosion Discovered on Alaskan Riverbank

According to estimates, Alaska's thawing permafrost soils cost the USA several 100 million dollars every decade – primarily because airports, roads, pipelines…

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