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Power and Electrical Engineering

Memory Effect Discovered in Lithium-Ion Batteries

That’s how experts call a deviation in the voltage of the battery that can limit the usability of the stored energy as well as the ability to determine the…

Environmental Conservation

Self-Medication in Animals Much More Widespread Than Believed

But in recent years, the list of animal pharmacists has grown much longer, and it now appears that the practice of animal self-medication is a lot more…

Environmental Conservation

Nanny Withdrawal: Parents Embrace New Responsibilities

By removing the large helper for 30 days – which corresponds to one breeding cycle in this species – a team from the University of Bristol and the University…

Technology Offerings

Agent for optimizing fertilization media – Fetuin-B as an essential agent for in vitro fertilization

Fetuin-B is necessary for fertilization. Scientists of the RWTH Aachen University discovered, that this liver-derived plasma protein sustains fertility by…

Event News

European Report 2013: Global Action for Sustainable Future

The ERD 2013 is entitled “Post-2015: Global Action for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future”. It addresses the debate on the post-2015 global development agenda…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Baden-Württemberg Launches Electromobility Showcase Initiative

The Baden-Württemberg electromobility showcase initiative “LivingLab BWe mobil” kicked off in mid-March this year. With the goal of finding solutions for…

Health & Medicine

High Blood Pressure Increases Cardiovascular Risks in Pregnancy

In a recent study, researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg examined 105 women who gave birth in the early 1970s. Half the women had…

Physics & Astronomy

“Spooky action at a distance” in the quantum world shortly before final proof

In everyday life it is only natural that the properties of objects exist independent of being observed or not. The quantum world on the other hand is ruled by…

Trade Fair News

TUM CREATE Unveils Compact Scooter for Crowded Megacities

VOI gets its name from the Vietnamese word for elephant – a symbol of a safe and intelligent mean of transport. It is a two-wheel concept vehicle jointly…

Power and Electrical Engineering

A Solar Booster Shot for Natural Gas Power Plants

Natural gas power plants can use about 20 percent less fuel when the sun is shining by injecting solar energy into natural gas with a new system being…

Life & Chemistry

Material Screening Method Allows More Precise Control Over Stem Cells

Now, a new screening process will simplify non-viral transfection, providing a method researchers and clinicians use to find an optimal set of biomaterials to…

Information Technology

New Software Alleviates Wireless Traffic

New software being developed at the University of Michigan works like a stoplight to control the traffic and dramatically reduce interference.The software,…

Earth Sciences

Recent Climate, Glacier Changes in Antarctica at the 'Upper Bound' of Normal

New ice core research suggests that, while the changes are dramatic, they cannot be attributed with confidence to human-caused global warming, said Eric Steig,…

Life & Chemistry

Gene That Causes Newborn Spleen Disease Identified

An international team of researchers led by scientists from Rockefeller’s St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics and Infectious Diseases has now identified the…

Life & Chemistry

How Alzheimer's could occur

A new hypothesis has been developed by researchers in Bochum on how Alzheimer's disease could occur. They analysed the interaction of the proteins FE65 and BLM…

Physics & Astronomy

Evaluating Bose-Einstein Condensates for Quantum Communication

Quantum computers promise to perform certain types of operations much more quickly than conventional digital computers. But many challenges must be addressed…

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