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Novel coatings combine protection with colour effects

New coloured protective coatings offer the same corrosion and wear protection as colourless coatings while their colouration opens new opportunities. Red could…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers master gene editing technique in mosquito that transmits deadly diseases

Thanks to the recent advance of gene editing technology, this gold standard genetic experiment has become much more accessible in a wide variety of organisms….

Health & Medicine

Antibiotic effectiveness imperiled as use in livestock expected to increase

Five countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — will experience a growth of 99 percent in antibiotic consumption, compared with an expected…

Life & Chemistry

Honey bees use multiple genetic pathways to fight infections

The findings may help scientists develop honey bee treatments that are tailored to specific types of infections. “Our results indicate that different sets of…

Physics & Astronomy

A first glimpse inside a macroscopic quantum state

Quantum entanglement is always related to the microscopic world, but it also has striking macroscopic effects, such as the squeezing of light or…

Physics & Astronomy

Magnetic quantum crystals

Materials with a defined crystal structure are a familiar phenomenon in condensed matter physics. A crystal exhibits a regular structure, due to a periodic…

Corporate News

Siemens Extends Service Agreement for Rhyl Flats Wind Farm

Siemens has signed a long-term agreement with Rhyl Flats Wind Farm Ltd., 50.1% owned by RWE AG, to continue providing service and maintenance at the Rhyl Flats…

Corporate News

Siemens Secures Billion-Euro Order for Rhine-Ruhr Express

Siemens was officially awarded today a record-breaking order from the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region. The municipalities involved in the new Rhine-Ruhr Express…

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Surface-Modified Nanoparticles Enhance Coating Performance

Fabricators and processors alike demand consistently high quality for their intermediate and final products. The properties of these goods usually also have to…

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria Poised to Evolve into Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

The study shows that two genes that confer resistance against a particularly strong class of antibiotics can be shared easily among a family of bacteria…

Physics & Astronomy

Suzaku, Herschel link a black-hole 'wind' to a galactic gush of star-forming gas

“This is the first study directly connecting a galaxy's actively 'feeding' black hole to features found at much larger physical scales,” said lead researcher…

Studies and Analyses

Japan Quake’s Impact: Global Warming and Ozone Loss Insights

New research suggests that the thousands of buildings destroyed and damaged during the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan four years ago…

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Smart Sensor System Enhances Continuous Machinery Monitoring

The mobile tablet-based system supplies information on the operational state of industrial machinery and plant equipment and can inform operators if a part…

Materials Sciences

Rare-Earth Innovation Enhances Nylon Manufacturing Process

The process uses a cerium-based material made into nanometer-sized particles with a palladium catalyst to produce cyclohexanone, a key ingredient in the…

Materials Sciences

New Insights in Hydrodynamics: Liquid Transport Under Electric Fields

A new theory, which gives new insights into the transport of liquid flowing along the surface under applied electric field, was developed by the group of…

Materials Sciences

Novel plastic could spur new green energy applications, 'artificial muscles'

ACS, the world's largest scientific society, is holding the meeting here through Thursday. It features nearly 11,000 presentations on a wide range of science…

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