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Statistics

Foreign First-Semester Students Increase by 5.8% in 2013

Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that, compared with the previous year, their number increased by 5.8% to…

CeBIT 2014

Civil Security Innovation: SAFEST Project at CeBIT 2023

The Smart-City-Institute FOKUS with the joint project SAFEST (Social-Area Framework for Early Security Triggers at Airports) will show at this year’s CeBIT,…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Tracks Tropical Cyclone Faxai’s Unique Development

On March 5 at 1500 UTC/10 a.m. EST, Tropical Cyclone Faxai's center was located near 22.5 south and 155.2 east, about 699 nautical miles/804.4 miles/ 1,295 km…

Life & Chemistry

Combatting Hospital-Acquired Infections with Protein Metal Complex

Nagoya, Japan – Professor Yoshihito Watanabe (WPI-ITbM, Cooperating Researcher), Associate Professor Osami Shoji, Ms. Chikako Shirataki of Nagoya University…

Physics & Astronomy

Physics in 3-D? That's nothing. Try 0-D

In physics, there's small, and then there's nullity – as in zero-dimensional.

Life & Chemistry

Brandeis Researchers Uncover Key Structure in Heart Cells

Brandeis University researchers have unlocked a controversial structure in heart cells responsible for regulating heart contractions.

Earth Sciences

New Data Reveals Accelerating Arctic Sea Ice Loss Trends

New analysis of satellite data shows the Arctic Ocean absorbing ever more of the sun’s energy in summer, leading to an ever later appearance of sea ice in the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Predators Help Delay Pest Resistance in Bt Crops

Cornell research shows that the combination of natural enemies, such as ladybeetles, with Bt crops delays a pest’s ability to evolve resistance to these…

Health & Medicine

New Innovations for Vision Improvement Without Glasses

Middle-aged adults who suddenly need reading glasses, patients with traumatic brain injuries, and people with visual disorders such as “lazy eye” may have one…

Health & Medicine

New Markers for Early Detection of Acute Kidney Injury

AKI has been difficult to diagnose and treat early because current markers for it don’t show up until several hours after it has begun. The research group,…

Information Technology

New Technique Detects Malware in C Code for Enhanced Security

Root exploits take over the system administration functions of an operating system, such as Android. A successful Android root exploit effectively gives…

Communications Media

Silence No More: Innovations in Digital Media Technology

“Here, this sort of event is greeted by silence,” says Christian Dittmar from the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Ilmenau. The…

Medical Engineering

Silk-Based Implants: A New Approach to Bone Repair

When a person suffers a broken bone, treatment calls for the surgeon to insert screws and plates to help bond the broken sections and enable the fracture to…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellite Tracks Typhoon Strength of Tropical Cyclone Faxai

On March 4 at 1500 UTC/10 a.m. EST, Tropical cyclone Faxai reached typhoon strength with maximum sustained winds near 65 knots/74.8 mph/120.4 kph.

Event News

International expert meeting point: ΣYSTEMS INTEGRATION takes place in the Netherlands

On June 17, 2014 the established symposium will focus on “Automation in the production and application of microfluidic devices in chemistry and biotechnology”.

Architecture & Construction

City-Based Manufacturing Strategies for Enhanced Value

What strategies and concepts are required to ensure city-based manufacturing gives all its stakeholders added value? The Urban Production innovation network…

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