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Life & Chemistry

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: McMaster’s Key Findings

This means the type of cell obtained from an individual patient to make pluripotent stem cells, determines what can be best done with them. For example, to…

Life & Chemistry

New Computer Model Designs Complex 3D DNA Shapes at MIT

MIT biological engineers have created a new computer model that allows them to design the most complex three-dimensional DNA shapes ever produced, including…

Architecture & Construction

CryoSol®Plus – Air conditioning of buildings with phase change slurries

Cryosol®Plus looks like milk. But don't even think about drinking it. While the composition made of paraffins and water is non-poisonous, it still isn't all…

Physics & Astronomy

Würzburg Astrophysics Celebrates Breakthrough in Astroparticle Physics

The Würzburg astrophysics department is thrilled: On 27 November, the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) announced that the 7,500 euro Gustav Hertz…

Awards Funding

Fraunhofer MEVIS Scientist Wins German High Tech Champions Award

Fabian Zöhrer, physicist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing MEVIS in Bremen, received the GHTC® – the German High Tech Champions Award on…

Studies and Analyses

Growing Cooperation: Balancing Incentives for Institutions

An adaptable strategy that intelligently and flexibly combines positive and negative incentives turns out to be the optimal approach for institutions to…

Earth Sciences

New Insights on Organic Carbon in Tissint Meteorite

There is persuasive evidence that the carbon originated on Mars. The scientists are convinced that biotic processes can explain all of their results better…

Corporate News

Siemens Enhances Algeria’s Railway Line for Double-Track Use

Siemens will equip a line section that runs 90 kilometers through the Atlas mountains and serves nine stations with its Trainguard 100 train protection system…

Information Technology

Boosting Energy Efficiency in Europe’s Building Sector

The building sector accounts for 40 percent of primary energy consumption in Europe. Home owners seeking for energy efficiency are faced with confusing and…

Life & Chemistry

Deer Impact on Biodiversity Conservation Efforts Explored

Not in all cases where nature and biodiversity conservation is intended, species protection is the outcome. The ambitious political target e.g. of the German…

Power and Electrical Engineering

First installation of Siemens' 6 megawatt wind turbine in Germany

The onshore location offers wind conditions comparable to offshore sites. The two ultra-modern wind turbines are equipped with direct-drive generators and…

Innovative Products

Transforming Sea Water to Drinking Water With Sunshine

Today sees the launch of a campaign to bring an end to the world water crisis by providing sustainable, pure drinking water to up to a billion people without a…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Muscle Contraction: The Role of Ryanodine Receptors

Whenever muscles contract, so-called ryanodine receptors come into play. Calcium ions, which are ultimately responsible for the contraction of muscle cells,…

Health & Medicine

Tailor-Made Pharmaceuticals: A New Approach to Antidepressants

The FK506-binding protein 51 (FKBP51) is an established risk factor for stress-related psychiatric disorders such as major depression. Drug discovery for…

Life & Chemistry

New 3D Tool Enhances Cell Exploration at TSRI

Researchers can now explore viruses, bacteria and components of the human body in more detail than ever before with software developed at The Scripps Research…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Marker Could Enhance Kidney Transplant Success Rates

If further studies prove the variation to cause fibrosis (scarring) in the kidneys of transplant recipients, researchers may be able to use it to better screen…

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