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Physics & Astronomy

Our Sun Came Late to the Milky Way's Star-Birth Party

Our Sun, however, is a late “boomer.” The Milky Way's star-birthing frenzy peaked 10 billion years ago, but our Sun was late for the party, not forming until…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Scientists Advance Renewable Propane for Next-Gen Biofuels

This study provides new insight and understanding of the development of next-generation biofuels. In this latest study, published in the journal Biotechnology…

Event News

HHL's Entrepreneurship Conference on FinTech

250 participants from more than 20 nations will discuss new business models in the field of financial technology (“FinTech”) and the future of the financial…

Earth Sciences

Permafrost Thaw: Understanding Its Carbon Impact on Climate

An estimated 1,330 billion to 1,580 billion tons of organic carbon are stored in permafrost soils of Arctic and subarctic regions with the potential for even…

Life & Chemistry

Breakthrough finds molecules that block previously 'undruggable' protein tied to cancer

“These are the first reported small-molecule HuR inhibitors that competitively disrupt HuR-RNA binding and release the RNA, thus blocking HuR function as a…

Life & Chemistry

New Fluorescent Probes Enhance Lysosomal pH Detection

“A lot of diseases are related to problems with lysosome functions,” says Jingtuo Zhang, a chemistry doctoral candidate at Michigan Tech. Zhang and his…

Life & Chemistry

Carnegie Mellon chemists create tiny gold nanoparticles that reflect nature's patterns

Unveiling the kaleidoscope of these patterns was a Herculean task, and it marks the first time that a nanoparticle of this size has been crystallized and its…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Understanding Carbon Nanostructure Formation: Key Insights

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are microscopic tubular structures that engineers “grow” through a process conducted in a high-temperature furnace. The forces that…

Earth Sciences

TRMM Rainfall Mission Concludes After 17 Years of Insights

TRMM observed rainfall rates over the tropics and subtropics, where two-thirds of the world's rainfall occurs. TRMM carried the first precipitation radar flown…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Siemens and Statoil Unveil New Subsea Hydraulic Power Unit

The Subsea Hydraulic Power Unit (SHPU) supplies low pressure and high pressure control fluid to the subsea control modules. The subsea control module operates…

Trade Fair News

User-Friendly Safety Relays: Sirius 3SK2 Features Six Functions

Sirius 3SK2 with up to six safety functions that can be parameterized using software
User-friendly software interface – create complex safety applications…

Physics & Astronomy

Understanding Electronic Charge Distribution at Atomic Scale

Scientists from the University of Göttingen and the Jülich Research Centre have made an important step towards a deeper understanding of metal-semiconductor…

Trade Fair News

Hannover Messe 2015 – Fraunhofer IDMT presents Micro-Sleep Alerter and Eyetracker

Unlike other driver fatigue monitoring and warning systems, which usually analyze vehicle data and based on this recommend the driver to rest (by displaying a…

Physics & Astronomy

Our Sun came late to the Milky Way's star-birth party

Our sun, however, is a late “boomer.” The Milky Way's star-birthing frenzy peaked 10 billion years ago, but our sun was late for the party, not forming until…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Crop Virus Discovered in North America: Switchgrass Mosaic

University of Illinois scientists reported in Archives of Virology evidence of the new mastrevirus, tentatively named switchgrass mosaic-associated virus 1…

Earth Sciences

Smithsonian's Panama debate fueled by zircon dating

A team analyzed zircon grains from rocks representing an ancient sea and riverbeds in northwestern South America. The team was led by Camilo Montes, former…

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