If 1 kilogram of hydrogen allows for approximately 100 kilometers of range in a car, a hydrogen tank for an electric motorcycle can also fit within the limited space of its design. A more challenging task is integrating a complete fuel cell system (which converts onboard hydrogen into electrical energy) into the frame construction. A German-Czech consortium of research institutions and manufacturing companies is now taking on this challenge: By the end of 2025, they will construct a fully functional…
Bayreuth researchers combine hydrogels and fibres in a new technology. Prof. Dr Leonid Ionov and his team at the University of Bayreuth have developed a new type of 3D printing technology that combines hydrogels and fibres. The innovative process, combined in one device for the first time, enables the production of constructs with fibrous structures and uniaxial cell alignment. The research results, published in the journal “Advanced Healthcare Materials”, harbour potential for the artificial production of biological tissue. In the…
Researchers at EPFL and the University of Jena Develop Fast and User-Friendly GPT-3 Model for Chemical Tasks. GPT-3, the language model behind the well-known AI system ChatGPT, can also be utilised in chemistry to solve various scientific tasks. This was demonstrated by a team of researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and the Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications (HIPOLE) Jena. As reported in the journal “Nature Machine Intelligence”, they circumvented the…
Insect pollination is vital for many plants. Air pollution caused by humans can disrupt this sensitive process. This is shown in a review article written at the University of Würzburg. Pollination, i.e. the transfer of pollen grains from the male to the female organs, is an essential part of reproduction for the majority of plants. For many of these plants, this transfer is carried out by insects in search of food – this is known as insect pollination. The impact…
Physicists from the University of Augsburg succeeded to distinguish chiral orders with similar magnetization but opposite sense of rotation through electrical measurements at low temperatures. This is relevant for fundamental research on complex magnets and with respect to possible applications for magnetic data storage. The results were published in the renowned journal Nature Physics. Electrical currents and magnetic forces are directly liked to each other: current carrying cables create a circular magnetic field and vice versa a magnetic field deflects…
Bonn researchers test a new imaging method. An estimated five to ten percent of blindness worldwide is due to the rare inflammatory eye disease uveitis. Intermediate uveitis is often associated with a chronic course of the disease and the need for immunosuppressive therapy. Intermediate uveitis primarily causes inflammation of the vitreous body, but blood flow to the retina can also be restricted. Researchers at the Eye Clinic of the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn have tested…
Geologists from the University of Cologne are investigating the influence of past climate and environmental changes on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in regions that are ice-free today. In three expeditions with the research vessel ‘Polarstern’, a consortium of German geoscientists is exploring changes in the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in the geological past. The second of these expeditions was completed on 1 February 2024, and the third is still underway in Antarctica until early April 2024. The researchers are…
Mizzou’s new Digital Agriculture Research and Extension Center will enhance research, education and outreach in emerging digital technologies for farming. Nearly one-third of Missouri’s economy is tied to agriculture. That’s why the state’s flagship land-grant institution, the University of Missouri, has launched the Digital Agriculture Research and Extension Center (DAREC). The center aims to help farmers and other agricultural producers move toward a future of sustainable agriculture by leveraging emerging digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) for increased agricultural productivity,…
After successful editions of the conference in Münster (2022) and Aachen (2023) with over 130 participants from industry and research, the international conference Vehicle-to-Grid, Vehicle-to-Home, and Smart Charging will take place this year on 10 and 11 April at the MCC in Münster. The international conference, which takes place as part of the Battery Congress, will provide current insights into Vehicle-to-Grid, Vehicle-to-Home, and Smart Charging. With the help of concrete practical examples, potential analyses, and an outlook on foreseeable developments…
The international Conference Advanced Battery Power will once again provide exciting insights into the research and development of batteries in 2024. Participants can look forward to presentations, panel discussions, poster sessions and keynotes by renowned representatives from research and industry, including Prof. William Chueh (Standford University, USA), Nicolas Steinbacher (Northvolt, Germany) and Prof. Kohei Uosaki (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan). With over 350 presentations and posters submitted, the expectations for the 16th International Conference “Advanced Battery Power – Kraftwerk…
Fundamental step toward ultrafast magnetism-based computers comes from multi-institution team involving UCLA. One vision for the future of computing involves using ripples in magnetic fields — called magnons — as a basic mechanism. In this application, magnons would be comparable to electricity as the basis for electronics. In conventional digital technologies, such magnonic systems are expected to be far faster than today’s technologies, from laptops and smartphones to telecommunications. In quantum computing, the advantages of magnonics could include not only…
Researchers unveil how the self-killing activity of bacteria can be harnessed in the fight against antibiotic resistance. Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new approach to controlling bacterial infections. The findings were described in the February 6 online issue of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology [DOI # 10.1038/s41594-024-01220-x]. The team found a way to turn on a vital bacterial defense mechanism to fight and manage bacterial infections. The defense system, called cyclic oligonucleotide-based…
A collaborative effort from teams across Penn culminates in new techniques to repair lung tissue after damage from flu and COVID-19. In the human body, the lungs and their vasculature can be likened to a building with an intricate plumbing system. The lungs’ blood vessels are the pipes essential for transporting blood and nutrients for oxygen delivery and carbon dioxide removal. Much like how pipes can get rusty or clogged, disrupting normal water flow, damage from respiratory viruses, like SARS-CoV-2…
TUD geoscientists research in the frozen South. On February 6, 2024, when the German polar research vessel “Polarstern” sets sail from Hobart, Australia, on research cruise PS141, five researchers from TU Dresden will also be on board: Dr. Mirko Scheinert, Lutz Eberlein, and Erik Loebel from the Chair of Geodetic Earth System Research, Xabier Blanch Gorriz from the Junior Professorship in Geosensor Systems, and student Marie Weber (who is in the 5th semester of her studies in Geodesy and Geoinformation)….
How far into the future can we look? Research study confirms intrinsic limits of weather forecasting and identifies reasons / Forecasts for midlatitude weather could be significantly improved. Weather-related disasters and climatological extremes, including rivers bursting their banks and flooding as well as heatwaves and droughts, cause tragic loss of life and cost billions of dollars in property damage each year. Therefore, weather forecasts and protective measures are enormously important and will become even more relevant in the future. However,…
New method for testing the structural integrity of buildings. Building inspection benefits from laser-based measuring systems providing quick and accurate digital measurement data. Laser scanners are already being used to measure building geometries or to detect surface damage. In the future, lasers will help detect subsurface damage, too. Up until now, the only way of detecting hidden defects was the so-called impact hammer test. When it comes to assessing the condition of a building, visual inspections are still widely used….
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