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Physics & Astronomy

Improved Radio Wave Detection From Space: A New Breakthrough

Together with their Spanish colleagues from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional and the University of Cantabria, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for…

Communications Media

Printed Speakers Bring Sound to Photos at World Press Photo

At the annual meeting of the 58th World Press Photo competition 2015, the world`s best press photos were presented on April 25th in Amsterdam, which was also…

Life & Chemistry

Proteomics Uncovers DNA Repair Mechanisms and Pathways

DNA repair requires many factors, but so far there have not been comprehensive analyses of the intricate pathways involved. Using novel and highly sensitive…

Life & Chemistry

Automated Tumor Cell Counting: Easing Cancer Treatment Burdens

Both chemotherapy and radiotherapy place a high burden on the patient’s body. Their discomfort could be reduced if it was possible to reliably ascertain the…

Machine Engineering

Eco-Friendly Power: Metal Rotor Blades for Wind Turbines

Wind turbines feed eco-friendly power into the grid. To keep their weight down, the majority of larger rotor blades are made from fiber-reinforced plastics….

Trade Fair News

Interzum 2015: Low Flammability WPC Furniture Innovation

Resource-saving wood-polymer composites (WPCs) are the latest trend in materials for garden furniture and other outdoor applications, especially for terrace…

Life & Chemistry

International Team Unveils New Bird Species in China

A Michigan State University professor was part of an international team of scientists that has discovered a new bird in China.
The new bird, the Sichuan…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellite Captures Tropical Cyclone Quang Landfall

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies aboard Aqua gathered data on Tropical Cyclone Quang on May 1 at 06:20 UTC…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Beetle Spray Secrets at Advanced Photon Source

Researchers using the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy user facility at Argonne National Laboratory, have gotten the first-ever look inside…

Physics & Astronomy

Students Discover Widest Orbit Pulsar in Groundbreaking Study

A team of highly determined high school students discovered a never-before-seen pulsar by painstakingly analyzing data from the National Science Foundation's…

Life & Chemistry

Bats Inspire Better Aircraft Design Through Echolocation Insights

Bats are masters of flight in the night sky, capable of steep nosedives and sharp turns that put our best aircrafts to shame. Although the role of echolocation…

Life & Chemistry

New Instrument Merges Chemistry, Topography, and Mechanics

Now, scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have combined these cornerstone capabilities into one instrument that can probe a…

Health & Medicine

NIH Study Advances Gene Therapy for Retinal Disease LCA

Gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), an inherited disorder that causes vision loss starting in childhood, improved patients' eyesight and the…

Physics & Astronomy

New Matter-Antimatter Plasma Breakthrough at Queen’s University

Now, an experimental group from the Queen's University of Belfast in strong collaboration with the Quantum Dynamics Theory Division of the Max Planck Institute…

Medical Engineering

Quick Skin Cancer Detection: Innovations You Need to Know

According to the German Cancer Society, around 200,000 people contract skin cancer every year. Melanoma is particularly dangerous. Once it has penetrated…

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights: Volcano Loki on Jupiter’s Moon Io Observed

Io, the innermost of the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo in January 1610, is only slightly bigger than our own Moon but is the most geologically…

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