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Physics & Astronomy

Ultra-Short X-Ray Pulses Unveil Nano World Secrets

Ultra-short and extremely strong X-ray flashes, as produced by free-electron lasers, are opening the door to a hitherto unknown world. Scientists are using…

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Cost-Effective Manufacturing: SLM and Casting Combine for Efficiency

Injection molding is used to make the majority of plastic components. With additive manufacturing techniques such as SLM, it is possible to integrate complex…

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Fraunhofer IBMT at the 100th RSNA 2014 in Chicago – Custom-tailored Ultrasound Technology

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) was founded in 1915 to promote the highest standards of radiology and related sciences in teaching and…

Information Technology

Virtual money: User’s identity can be revealed much easier than thought

Several research groups worldwide have shown that it is possible to find out which transactions belong together, even if the client uses different pseudonyms….

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Discover Second-Gen Wired Mobile Panels for Automation

New Simatic HMI Mobile Panels with enhanced performance, flexibility, convenience and quality
Brilliant seven or nine inch widescreen display with 40 percent…

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Siemens IDS Roadshow: Discover Real-World Innovations in Europe

IDS Roadshow launches in November from Nuremberg to wide-ranging destinations across Europe
Mobile exhibition focuses on tangible customer benefits
Application-specific exhibits and live demos illustrate added value of IDS across different industries…

Physics & Astronomy

Asteroid Impacts Create Unique Diamonds, ASU Scientists Find

The scientists' report is published in Nature Communications, Nov. 20, by Péter Németh, a former ASU visiting researcher (now with the Research Centre of…

Physics & Astronomy

Climate Control Innovations in Termite Mounds Uncovered

When they make their way into homes, some species of termites can be destructive pests. Their fungus-harvesting relatives in Africa and Asia, however, are…

Medical Engineering

VTT Unveils Highly Sensitive Magnetometer for Advanced Applications

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an innovative magnetometer that can replace conventional technology in applications such as…

Earth Sciences

First 3D Images of Antarctic Sea Ice Captured by AUV

A National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research team has successfully tested an autonomous underwater vehicle, AUV, that can produce high-resolution,…

Environmental Conservation

Grasshoppers Indicate Recovery in Post-Agricultural Woodlands

But even now, the ghosts of land-use past haunt these woods. New research by Philip Hahn and John Orrock at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on the recovery…

Statistics

Micro and Nanotech Leaders Back TTIP for US Market Access

The industry experts are convinced that TTIP would make it easier for German high-tech companies to access the US market. Presently, especially export laws are…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Cancer’s Secrets: Growth in Low Oxygen Environments

Healthy cells reduce their growth when there is a lack of oxygen (hypoxia). This makes it even more surprising that hypoxia is a characteristic feature of…

Life & Chemistry

Biology Outshines Chemistry: Ocean’s Oxygen Producers Unveiled

Single-cell phytoplankton in the ocean are responsible for roughly half of global oxygen production, despite vast tracts of the open ocean that are devoid of…

Life & Chemistry

Chimpanzee Moms of Sons Show Increased Social Behavior

Nearly four decades of observations of Tanzanian chimpanzees has revealed that the mothers of sons are about 25 percent more social than the mothers of…

Environmental Conservation

CT Scans Show Coral Skeletons Eroded by Ocean Acidity

Simultaneously, bioeroders, such as parrotfish and boring marine worms, breakdown the reef structure into rubble and the sand that nourishes our beaches. For…

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