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Power and Electrical Engineering

Edenhofer to advise „Energiewende Research Forum”

The interdisciplinary initiative was sparked by the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina,…

Science Education

CHF 755 Million Boost for Swiss Basic Research in 2012

In 2012, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) was able to invest CHF 755 million in basic research, the highest amount in its sixty-year history….

Trade Fair News

Laser Wire Buildup Welding: Clean, Eco-Friendly Advantages

In a form-giving laser buildup welding process the use of wire instead of powder imparts a number of decisive advantages. For example, independent from the…

Life & Chemistry

Concerns Over Unproven Stem Cell Therapies: Key Insights

The commentary is published online today in The EMBO Journal ahead of a debate in the Italian parliament on whether to change a recent law that allows certain…

Technology Offerings

Nanogrid Photomixer Innovates Continuous-Wave Terahertz Generation

According to the invention, the state-of-the-art design has been significantly improved using a nanogrid which is connected to the top contact. The new design…

Technology Offerings

New Capacitor Tech Uses Metal Oxide Nanotubes for Detection

This development allows for a capacitor consisting of metal-filled nanotubes to be produced. This has the particular advantage of making a very large capacitor…

Technology Offerings

Animal model für sporadic Alzheimer's Disease

New transgenic mouse model for sporadic Alzheimer's Disease. It does not have any mutation and it shows neurological deficits by transgenic over-expressing a…

Innovative Products

Robotic Insects Achieve First Controlled Flight at Harvard

In the very early hours of the morning, in a Harvard robotics laboratory last summer, an insect took flight. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a…

Physics & Astronomy

Dual-Color Lasers Promise Affordable, Efficient LED Lighting

The proof-of-concept device, which has been presented today, 3 May, in IOP Publishing's journal Semiconductor Science and Technology, takes advantage of the…

Life & Chemistry

‘Dark genome’ is involved in Rett Syndrome

Researchers at the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program at IDIBELL led by Manel Esteller, ICREA researcher and professor of genetics at the University of…

Life & Chemistry

Heart Cells Influence Stem Cell Behavior for Tissue Engineering

Stem cells drawn from amniotic fluid show promise for tissue engineering, but it’s important to know what they can and cannot do. A new study by researchers at…

Life & Chemistry

Separation by Milling: How Host Compounds Identify Guest Molecules

In their process, a “host compound” recognizes the desired “guest molecules”, not only in solution, but also when the host and mixtures of competitive guest…

Awards Funding

Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation Donates €50M for Life Sciences at JGU

The Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation is providing support for top level research at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). The foundation will donate a…

Information Technology

New Tools for Optimizing Business Models and Development Processes

The free offers, which are available online, build upon a growing data base and offer empirically based recommendations. They are results of research projects…

Business and Finance

Texas Tech Cotton Economists Unveil New Global Cotton Outlook Analysis

“The global outlook for cotton remains less optimistic as a result of a weaker global economy in the years ahead as advanced countries continue to work on…

Life & Chemistry

Finding Nematostella: An Ancient Sea Creature Shines New Light on How Animals Build an Appendage

Gibson’s lab investigates the cellular and molecular mechanisms used by cells to assemble into layers or clusters during embryogenesis. Those tissues,…

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