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Architecture & Construction

Innovative Photovoltaics – from the Lab to the Façade

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has installed 70 photovoltaic modules on the outer façade of one of its lab buildings. The modules were…

Event News

Fraunhofer’s Urban Futures Conference: 2 days in the city of the future

Over half the world’s population lives in cities, and this proportion is set to rise. According to projections by the Organization for Economic Cooperation…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Operation IceBridge completes twin polar campaigns

NASA's Operation IceBridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, recently finalized two overlapping campaigns at both of Earth's poles. Down south, the mission…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Plans Twin Rocket Launches to Study Cusp Aurora

Both instrument packages are studying phenomena related to the cusp aurora, a particular subset of the Northern Lights in which energetic particles are…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Hybrid Excavator: A New Era in Diesel-Electric Drive Technology

The new BINE Projektinfo brochure “Hybrid building machinery” (11/2015) presents a material handler with a diesel-electric drive. In order to supply the…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Antidepressants: The FKBP51 Link Explained

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich have now identified a new functional link between the established depression risk factor FKBP51…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Plant Defense: New Biotech Innovations

Defense strategies are not only important in chess or military tactics but also in nature. Especially plants are masters in this discipline. Some stone fruit,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

“move“ – on course for the mobility of the future

On November 23, 2015, Empa officially opened the research and technology transfer platform “move” in the presence of renowned energy and mobility experts. Over…

Trade Fair News

Siemens Unveils Comprehensive Solutions for Industrie 4.0

Siemens exhibits comprehensive range of solutions for the electrification, automation and digitalization of industrial processes
Modules for the Digital…

Trade Fair News

Compact Three-Phase Power Supplies for Global Applications

Sitop PSU300S 5A with a 50 mm width, and a 10 A version with a 70 mm width
High overload capability through 50 percent higher rated current
Three-phase,…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Terra satellite sees Typhoon In-fa stretching

On Nov. 23 at 02:00 UTC (Nov. 22 at 9 p.m. EST) the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured an…

Earth Sciences

Enhancing Nitrogen Use for Sustainable Food Production

Today, more than half of the world's population is nourished by food grown with fertilizers containing synthetic nitrogen, which is needed to produce high crop…

Life & Chemistry

New Supercomputer Simulations Unveil Protein Motion Insights

“Proteins have never been seen this way before,” said coauthor Jeremy Smith, director of ORNL's Center for Molecular Biophysics and a Governor's Chair at the…

Life & Chemistry

New Sensors Reveal Real-Time Neuron Activity Insights

Researchers at Duke and Stanford Universities have devised a way to watch the details of neurons at work, pretty much in real time.

Life & Chemistry

Lactate as Brain Fuel: Energy Supply for Nerve Cells

In comparison to other organs, the human brain has the highest energy requirements. The supply of energy for nerve cells and the particular role of lactic acid…

Corporate News

Siemens Secures Turbine Orders for Three Italian Wind Farms

Siemens has received orders for three wind power plants with a total capacity of 130 megawatts (MW) within a period of only 12 months. The company will equip…

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