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Life & Chemistry

Yeast Cells Discover Self-Curing Mechanism for Prions

The new finding contradicts the idea that once prion proteins have changed into the shape that aggregates, the change is irreversible.

Earth Sciences

Oxidation Mechanism Discovered in Atmosphere: Key Findings

Laboratory experiments have been conducted with latest analytical techniques allowing to discover the reaction mechanism of autoxidation as far as possible….

Awards Funding

Eight Scientists Win EMBO Installation Grants for Research

“Our grants directly support young scientists going to participating member states to establish their own research groups. The awards help talented researchers…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Visualize Protein Movement Inside Cells

Studying the relationship between protein folding and transport could provide great insight into protein-misfolding diseases such as Alzheimer’s and…

Life & Chemistry

Drug developed at Pitt proves effective against antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'

The findings, announced online in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and funded by the National Institutes of Health, provide a needed boost to…

Technology Offerings

Störungsfreie Kalibrierung Von Ionenstrahlen In Der Forschung

Ionenstrahlen finden in vielen Gebieten wie Medizin, Halbleiterindustrie und auch in der Grundlagenforschung Anwendung. Hierbei werden hohe Anforderungen an die Qualität des Ionenstrahls gestellt, so dass die Bestimmung der Energie des Ionenstrahls, d.h. seine Kalibrierung, essentiell ist.
Die vorliegende Innovation beschreibt ein Messgerät und ein Verfahren um die Energie beschleunigter Ionen zu bestimmen ohne diese zu stören.

Corporate News

Discover LAS Laser Sensors: Compact, Precise Innovations

With its LAS sensor series, WayCon Positionsmesstechnik GmbH offers sensors which can meet any specific requirement: whether extremely compact or specifically…

Environmental Conservation

Caribbean Gorgonian Corals Show Resistance to Ocean Acidification

A new study on tropical shallow-water soft corals, known as gorgonians, found that the species were able to calcify and grow under elevated carbon dioxide…

Life & Chemistry

Visualizing DNA Double-Strand Breaks: CNIO’s Groundbreaking Method

Scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by Guillermo Montoya, have developed a method for producing biological crystals that…

Life & Chemistry

Nerves and Touch: Exploring Sensory Innovation in Mice

The riot of colour before your eyes provides a glimpse at another sense: touch. When something brushes a mouse’s skin, or the temperature around it changes,…

Awards Funding

European Aerosol Researchers Win Prestigious Award

The selection has been made by an international committee of eminent scientists from six countries. „Your contributions are truly seminal and have been…

Life & Chemistry

Quails Reveal Secrets of Dinosaur Gait and Bipedalism

Dinosaurs did it. Human beings and monkey do it. And even birds do it. They walk on two legs. And although humans occupy a special position amongst mammals as…

Machine Engineering

New Forging Procedure Cuts Burr Percentage to 7%

For two years, the IPH researched the procedure – with funding from the European Union and in close collaboration with companies from Spain, Romania and…

Earth Sciences

3D Modeling Transforms Earthquake Scenarios in Coachella Valley

New three-dimensional (3D) numerical modeling that captures far more geometric complexity of an active fault segment in southern California than any other,…

Earth Sciences

NASA Catches Three Days of Typhoon Hagupit's Motion Over Philippines

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite caught a picture of Hagupit on Dec. 6 before it made…

Life & Chemistry

Injectable 3D Vaccines: A New Approach to Cancer and Infections

One of the reasons cancer is so deadly is that it can evade attack from the body's immune system, which allows tumors to flourish and spread. Scientists can…

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