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IP Management Award 2015: Celebrating Excellence in Innovation

For the eighth year in a row, Fraunhofer IAO and Management Circle have recognized companies that have demonstrated excellence in the field of commercial…

Life & Chemistry

Long-Lasting Lighting Devices: A Bright Innovation Ahead

Lighting technology is in a state of change. The old-fashioned light-bulb, which was more efficient at converting electricity into heat than light, is…

Awards Funding

Max Planck Scientists Awarded €3 Million for Groundbreaking Research

The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory (FML) is the smallest research institute on the Max Planck Campus in Tübingen, Germany. Two of its research group leaders,…

Trade Fair News

How Tablets and Smartphones Impact Joint Health at Cebit 2015

Tense shoulders, neck strain or a painful wrist are not uncommon among those who spend long periods of time working at a computer. Indeed, this sort of problem…

Environmental Conservation

Gasoline Emissions: A Surprising Source of Lead Pollution

Leaded gasoline was a larger emission source of the toxic heavy metal lead than mining in South America – even though the extraction of metals from the…

Environmental Conservation

Benzin schlägt Bergbau

Verbleites Benzin war in Südamerika bis zu seinem Verbot eine stärkere Quelle von Emissionen des giftigen Schwermetalls Blei als der Bergbau. Dies, obwohl die…

Studies and Analyses

Traffic Light Food Labels Boost Self-Control and Health Choices

Red, yellow, green: The traffic signal labels on packages are supposed to be an easy-to-understand indication of the overall “healthiness” of a food product….

Life & Chemistry

Bioelectrochemical Processes: A Green Alternative to Petrochemistry

In contrast to the energy and fuel sectors that are influenced by government targets for green alternatives, the chemical industry is mainly driven by market…

Earth Sciences

Surviving the 'most explosive era of infrastructure expansion' in 9 steps

James Cook University Distinguished Research Professor, William Laurance is the lead author of the study, which has been published in the journal Current…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Black Holes and Dark Matter Through Quantum Gravity

Questions such as how do we reconcile GR and Quantum Theory? What is Dark Matter? And what is Dark Energy? These are what keep most physicists awake late at…

Health & Medicine

Scientists Uncover Complex Heartbeat Mechanisms at Weizmann

The findings, reported recently in Nature Communications, provide an extremely detailed glimpse into the mechanisms behind normal and irregular heart muscle…

Materials Sciences

Transforming Textiles: Wearable Fabric Battery Innovations

While the pattern for making a wearable fabric battery has already been laid out, it’s now time to select the threads that will turn a textile into an energy…

Environmental Conservation

"Extinct" Bird Re-Discovered

Babbler Rising: Bird thought to be Extinct Re-emerges in Neglected Area

Earth Sciences

Unlocking Earthquake Insights: New Understanding Revealed

As everyone who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area knows, the Earth moves under our feet. But what about the stresses that cause earthquakes? How much is…

Environmental Conservation

Hurricanes Accelerate Lionfish Spread, Researchers Find

Just when you thought hurricanes couldn't get any scarier, think again.

Environmental Conservation

Wild Yaks – Shaggy Barometers of Climate Change

Wild Yaks: Shaggy Barometers of Climate Change

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