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Physics & Astronomy

Methane Storms on Titan: Unraveling Dune Direction Mysteries

As the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft examines Titan over many years, its discoveries bring new mysteries. One of those involves the seemingly wind-created sand…

Earth Sciences

Exploring Ocean Diversity: 200,000 Species of Phytoplankton

Diversity of life abounds on Earth, and there's no need to look any farther than the ocean's surface for proof. There are over 200,000 species of phytoplankton…

Earth Sciences

Liquid Water Found on Mars: New Insights from Curiosity

Researchers have long known that there is water in the form of ice on Mars. Now, new research from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows that it is possible that…

Materials Sciences

KAIST Develops Hyper-Stretchable Elastic Energy Harvester

Flexible electronics have come into the market and are enabling new technologies like flexible displays in mobile phone, wearable electronics, and the Internet…

Health & Medicine

Heart Cells Regenerated in Mice After Heart Attack

When a heart attack strikes, heart muscle cells die and scar tissue forms, paving the way for heart failure. Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of death…

Information Technology

Passenger-Focused Air Conditioning: Enhancing Vehicle Comfort

How can a pleasant vehicle climate be achieved efficiently? Researchers at the Technische Universität München (TUM) pursued this question in the context of the…

Earth Sciences

Earth’s Icy Past: Geologists Uncover Snowball Planet Mysteries

It is probable that for several times planet earth was completely covered by ice, geologists say. From a distance, it would have looked like a huge snowball.

Environmental Conservation

Floodwater Harvesting Plant Launch in Iipopo, Namibia

Under the lead of the ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research the project team had been exploring the novel utilization concept of floodwater…

Awards Funding

New DFG Research Group: “What Does a Neutrino Weigh?”

A new research group, established at Heidelberg University with funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG), is working on determining the mass of the…

Materials Sciences

MIPT researchers grow cardiac tissue on 'spider silk' substrate

The cultivation of organs and tissues from a patient's cells is the bleeding edge of medical research – regenerative methods can solve the problem of…

Life & Chemistry

Airway Cell Can Regenerate Lung Tissue, Study Finds

A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue has more dexterity in repairing tissue…

Trade Fair News

World Premiere at Prolight & Sound: First Mixing Console with integrated SpatialSound Wave 3D Sound

With SpatialSound Wave (SSW), integrated in the new ’POLARIS evolution’ mixing con-sole by Salzbrenner, sound engineers will have the opportunity to work with…

Machine Engineering

Short Laser Pulses Enhance Cold Spray Technology for Materials

Cold Gas Spraying is an additive manufacturing process in which metal powders are accelerated to supersonic speeds to adhere to material surfaces. The material…

Materials Sciences

Rapid Lab-to-Roll Transfer: Continuous Coating Innovation

Functional coatings are an ideal way to provide products with new properties by using just a minimum of extra material.

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Animals Adapt to Frequent Cold Snaps Amid Climate Change

As worldwide temperatures rise and the earth sees extreme weather conditions in both summer and winter, a team of researchers with the University of Florida…

Environmental Conservation

Dispersant More Toxic to Corals Than Deepwater Horizon Oil

In this collaborative study between researchers from Temple and the Pennsylvania State University, the researchers exposed three cold-water coral species from…

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