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Materials Sciences

Green Solid Electrolyte Enhances Electrochemical Devices

The majority of all polymers are insulators which do not show any remarkable electro activity. In the past, researchers have found out how to obtain a…

Physics & Astronomy

Unlocking Order: The Science Behind Ice Formation

During the freezing of water, the initially unordered molecules start to form an ordered crystal, namely ice. During this phase transition, they rearrange from…

Life & Chemistry

New Tapaculo Species Discovered in South America After 70 Years

After being misidentified and sitting in a museum drawer for more than seventy years, a group of bird specimens collected in Colombia and Venezuela has been…

Health & Medicine

Steroids Restore Blood-Brain Barrier Function After Blast

Barclay Morrison III, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has led the first study to determine underlying biological…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Understanding plants' immune systems could lead to better tomatoes, roses, rice

However, some of the plants will be infected by bacteria, leading to stunted growth and less nutritional value. Now, a University of Missouri research team has…

Materials Sciences

New Carbon-Capture Material Cuts Energy Costs in Half

UC Berkeley chemists have made a major leap forward in carbon-capture technology with a material that can efficiently remove carbon from the ambient air of a…

Life & Chemistry

Blue blood on ice – How an Antarctic octopus survives the cold

The study suggests that the octopus’s specialized blood pigments could help to make it more resilient to climate change than Antarctic fish and other species…

Earth Sciences

NASA Tracks Tropical Cyclone Olwyn’s Formation Near Australia

Data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite is gathered and processed daily into…

Life & Chemistry

Discovery Sheds Light on the Origin of Life Mystery

The origin of life is still a mystery with many unsolved puzzles. How were molecules created? How did they assemble into large structures?

Physics & Astronomy

Significant Solar Flare Erupts: Insights and Impact

The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 12:22 p.m. EDT on March 11, 2015.

Earth Sciences

NASA-JAXA's GPM sees birth of Tropical Depression 3W in northwestern Pacific

A tropical storm watch was already in effect on March 11 for Ujae and Ailinglaplap atolls in the western Marshall Islands.

Life & Chemistry

A 'warhead' molecule to hunt down deadly bacteria

Targeting deadly, drug-resistant bacteria poses a serious challenge to researchers looking for antibiotics that can kill pathogens without causing collateral…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Smart Data Platform for Optimizing Energy Management

How can operators of complex infrastructure facilities such as airports, factories and manufacturing plants optimize energy management given the rapidly…

Trade Fair News

Saarland University Simplifies Parallel Programming at Cebit 2015

“Multicore architectures are becoming more and more important, even in netbooks and mobile phones,” says Andreas Zeller. “While devices are shrinking, they are…

Event News

European Geosciences Union Meeting: Press Schedule & Registration

The meeting, taking place on 12–17 April in Vienna, attracts over 12,000 scientists and provides an opportunity for journalists to hear about the latest…

Corporate News

Siemens Boosts Power Output of Offshore Wind Turbines

Reliable technology is one of the primary levers in Siemens' goal to reduce the cost of offshore wind power generation. In this regard, the company's flagship…

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