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Materials Sciences

Graphene Innovations: Transforming Textiles for the Future

What does a graphite or lead pencil have to do with a spectacular discovery in the world of materials research? Graphene is a single layer of carbon just one…

Event News

Nobel Laureates and Young Scientists Unite at Lindau 2023

Among the 70 participating laureates are three of last year’s award-winning researchers: Germany’s Stefan Hell as well as the US-Americans Eric Betzig and…

Awards Funding

Helmholtz Backs Three Innovative Research Projects for Efficiency

Independent assessors have recently recommended to financially supporting three more projects: a continuous production process for more cost efficient…

Environmental Conservation

New EU Energy Label for Heating Systems and Storage Devices

As of September 26, 2015, heating systems will have to bear an European Union energy label. The label, which already applies to refrigerators and washing…

Architecture & Construction

Flexible and Functional – Prefabricated Façade Elements Simplify Building Renovation

The multi-functional insulation boards and window elements can be implemented in new buildings as well as buildings undergoing renovation. The type of…

Event News

Registration open: 11th X-ray Forum for Customers of GE’s Digital Radiography and Industrial CT Inspection Technologies

GE Inspection Technologies offers for the eleventh time a X-Ray forum from July 7-9, 2015 in Cologne, Germany. This customer is intended to serve the…

Physics & Astronomy

Float Like a Mosquito, Sting Like a…Mosquito

Small semi-aqueous arthropods, such as mosquitoes and water striders, are free to go about their waterborne business thanks to their unique leg-based…

Physics & Astronomy

Flower-Like Magnetic Nanoparticles Target Tough Tumors

Thanks to the work of an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Dartmouth Center of Nanotechnology Excellence, funded by the National Institutes of…

Physics & Astronomy

3-D Printed Parts Offer Affordable, Custom Lab Equipment Solutions

“The printer is now a crucial piece of our laboratory and used regularly,” said Andrew Zwicker, the head of Science Education at PPPL and lead author of a…

Architecture & Construction

Iowa State Engineers Innovate Snow Removal for Runways

Next, Therin Young stepped up to the demonstration table and carefully squeezed drops of green-colored water on top of another set of small concrete blocks….

Environmental Conservation

New Technique Improves Forecasts for Canada’s Prized Salmon Fishery

A powerful method for analyzing and predicting nature’s dynamic and interconnected systems is now providing new forecasting and management tools for Canada’s…

Materials Sciences

Black Phosphorus Is New ‘Wonder Material’ for Improving Optical Communication

The devices showed vast improvement in efficiency over comparable devices using the earlier “wonder material” graphene.

Environmental Conservation

Conservation Groups Must Adapt to Nature’s Changes

A new paper authored by a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professor suggests that in order to cope, conservation organizations need to adapt like the…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Challenges Beliefs on Brain Visual Processing

Now, however, a brain imaging study – published online by the journal Nature Neuroscience on Mar. 2 – challenges this basic assumption. Using high-resolution…

Communications Media

Factors Influencing Conservation News Shares on Social Media

News coverage of conservation issues is an important pathway to transfer information to large audiences because it can translate academic research and policy…

Studies and Analyses

Mammals Inherit More From Fathers, Study Reveals New Insights

You might resemble or act more like your mother, but a novel research study from UNC School of Medicine researchers reveals that mammals are genetically more…

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