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Biodegradable Magnesium Alloy: A Breakthrough in Medical Devices

This biodegradable and bioabsorbable metal decomposes from 6 months to 2 years after being transplanted into human body and hence, medical devices made with…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Enhancing E-Vehicle Energy Management Through Smart Communication

The aim is to create a system in which electric vehicles use and temporarily store energy. The charging station serves as an active node that communicates with…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Diagnosis and Vaccination for Aspergillus Fumigatus

The present invention relates to an antigen specific for invasive aspergillosis and the use of the antigen for a diagnostic test as well as the use of the…

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Innovative Integration of Ophthalmologic Diagnostic Tools

The invention integrates diagnostic technologies in ophthalmology which have been applied independently so far. This allows faster, high-quality diagnoses and…

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Self-Adhesive Foil Enhances Vision with Optical Innovation

The invention describes a micro-structured foil with optical functionality which is able to create a magnified image and/or to redirect the field of view.Further Information: …

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Mikropumpe Ohne Mechanische Teile: Innovative Fluidströmung

Die erfindungsgemäße Mikro- bzw. Nanopumpe kommt vollkommen ohne bewegliche mechanische Komponenten aus. Das zu fördernde Fluid selbst wird als Arbeits- bzw….

Technology Offerings

Programmable Aperture Enhances Analysis of Eye Conditions

The invention allows ophthalmologists to better quantify scattered light in the anterior eye segment and to grade lens opacities in cataract patients. Owing to…

Physics & Astronomy

The secrets of a bug's flight

Researchers have identified some of the underlying physics that may explain how insects can so quickly recover from a stall in midflight — unlike conventional…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Penn and Drexel Team Demonstrates New Paradigm for Solar Cell Construction

This goal has sent chemistry, materials science and electronic engineering researchers on a quest to boost the energy-absorption efficiency of photovoltaic…

Materials Sciences

DuPont™ Entira™ EP compatibilizers support high-value recycling of mixed polymers

The first grades which have now become available in the market are ethylene-copolymers, optimized for mixed waste streams of polypropylene (PP) and…

Event News

Aachen Polymer Optics Days 2014: Innovations in Plastics

“Aachen Polymer Optics Days 2014” will be hosted on April 8-9, 2014 by Fraunhofer IPT in cooperation with Fraunhofer ILT and the Institute of Plastics…

Awards Funding

Inspiro Wins Federal Ecodesign Award for Innovative Solutions

This prize is awarded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Federal Environmental Agency…

Materials Sciences

How Zinc Starves Lethal Bacteria to Stop Infection

The finding, by infectious disease researchers at the University of Adelaide and The University of Queensland, opens the way for further work to design…

Studies and Analyses

Osteoporosis Impacting 22M Women Over 50 in the EU

A recent report issued by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) estimates that more than 22 million women aged between 50-84 years in the European…

Life & Chemistry

Changing the conversation — polymers disrupt bacterial communication

The findings, published in the journal Nature Chemistry, could further our knowledge on how better to control and exploit bacteria in the future and will have…

Health & Medicine

New Discovery Offers Hope for Allergy Disease Treatments

The researchers from Tel Aviv University and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have discovered how this pathway kills eosinophils before they can…

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