Three medieval earthquakes, in 1100, 1255 and 1344, with magnitudes of around Mw 8 triggered large-scale collapses, mass wasting and initiated the…
To understand how an organism’s nervous system functions, a circuit map of all its neuronal connections, known as the connectome, can be generated. A…
Females of the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster show an especially strong response to the odor of their most dangerous enemies, parasitic wasps of the genus…
The growing market for wearable devices requires a high number of small, light-weight and high capacity sensors for different applications in sport, medicine…
Improved sprayer for the application of pesticides. The invention ensures that yawing and rolling movements of a field sprayer are compensated, that output quantities of such chemicals are evenly distributed in the field.
The Siemens scope of supply for the plant includes one model SGT5-4000F gas turbine, an SST-3000 steam turbine and a model SGen-2000H generator, along with all…
Indium tin oxide, the transparent conductor that is currently used for more than 90 percent of the display market, has been the dominant material for the past…
“The temperature of permafrost is rapidly changing,” said Vladimir Romanovsky, head of the Permafrost Laboratory at the University of Alaska Fairbanks…
“When we looked at all the data from this event, from gamma rays to radio, we realized the measurements told us something we didn't expect about how the black…
Serotonin affects emotions, sleep, anxiety, depression, appetite, pulse and breathing. It also plays a role in serious psychiatric conditions like…
According to a new analysis in the journal Ecological Monographs, by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and colleagues, the world's rivers and…
LUNA (Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics) is a compact linear accelerator. It is the only one in the world installed in an underground facility,…
As part of the 8th German Unity Transport Project (VDE 8), Siemens and its consortium partner Kapsch CarrierCom Deutschland GmbH are currently equipping the…
A method of fabricating polymer membranes with nanometer-scale holes that overcomes some practical challenges has been demonstrated by researchers at King…
Our Universe looks like a gigantic sponge: vast spaces (the holes of the sponge) are completely devoid of matter. Filaments made of galaxies and interstellar…
The study is one of the first to show that species interactions, meaning the way species interact with each other in an ecosystem, like in a predator-prey…