Constructor University scientist conducts research off the coast of Brazil. A team of 60 international researchers on board the French research vessel “Marion Dufresne” is currently investigating the presence of gas hydrates, fluid venting and slope failures in the submarine sediments off the coast of Brazil to track the effects of climate change. Dr. Vikram Unnithan, Professor of Geosciences at Constructor University in Bremen, is the only scientist from a German university to join the first leg of the research…
For the first time, astrophysicists have found compelling evidence for the existence of gravitational waves which oscillate with periods ranging from years to decades. For this, the researchers evaluated data from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves. Prof. Kai Schmitz from Münster University and Dr. Andrea Mitridate from DESY in Hamburg are involved in one of a total of five current research articles. This publication deals with the hypothesis that NANOGrav sees gravitational waves which were produced in…
The genetic plans within our DNA come to functional fruition through proteins, which underlie our bodies’ structure and activity. Yet, the proteome – all the proteins within a cell or given area – remains relatively mysterious because protein landscapes are incredibly complex. Humans, for example, make tens of thousands of different proteins. To help decipher this complexity, a team of Stanford University researchers has led the development of a new method, called TransitID, for tracking the complete activity of proteins…
An international collaboration of European astronomers including the Max Planck Institutes for Radio Astronomy and Gravitational Physics, together with Indian and Japanese colleagues, have published the results of more than 25 years of observations from six of the World’s most sensitive radio telescopes. Along with other international collaborations, the European and Indian Pulsar Timing Arrays have independently found evidence for ultra-low-frequency gravitational waves, expected to come from pairs of supermassive black holes found in the centres of merging galaxies. These…
…to accelerate development of new antivirals and drug discovery. This breakthrough has the potential to get drugs to people faster in the next crisis and bring treatments for urgent, life-threatening illnesses within reach. In a new study, researchers from IBM, Oxford University and Diamond Light Source show that IBM’s AI Model, MoLFormer, can generate antiviral molecules for multiple target virus proteins, including SARS-CoV-2, that can accelerate the drug discovery process.. The results, are laid out in a new paper in Science Advances, and…
With a flick of a switch, current technologies allow you to quickly change materials from being dark to light, or cold to hot, just by blocking or transmitting specific wavelengths. But now, inspired by squid skin, researchers in ACS Nano report a soft film that can regulate its transparency across a large range of wavelengths — visible, infrared and microwave — simultaneously. They demonstrated the material in smart windows and in health monitoring and temperature management applications. Unique to the…
NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission acquired stunning views of Mars in two ultraviolet images taken at different points along our neighboring planet’s orbit around the Sun. By viewing the planet in ultraviolet wavelengths, scientists can gain insight into the Martian atmosphere and view surface features in remarkable ways. MAVEN’s Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instrument obtained these global views of Mars in 2022 and 2023 when the planet was near opposite ends of its elliptical orbit. The IUVS…
A group of Chinese scientists has recently found key evidence for the existence of nanohertz gravitational waves, marking a new era in nanoHertz gravitational wave research. The research was based on pulsar timing observations carried out with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). The research was conducted by the Chinese Pulsar Timing Array (CPTA) collaboration, which comprises researchers from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) and other institutes. Their findings were published online in…
Continuously detach and recycle thermoplastic carbon fiber tapes with new recycling process. The sales market for plastic products is growing. At the same time, however, the environmental impact of non-degradable plastics is increasing and requires new recycling strategies. At Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT in Aachen, researchers have developed a novel recycling process to recover the fiber composite material of used pressure tanks in a peeling process and reuse it for new lightweight products. The aim is to recycle…
Simple molecular liquids such as water or glycerol are of great importance for technical applications, in biology or even for understanding properties in the liquid state. Researchers at the MPSD have now succeeded in observing liquid glycerol in a completely unexpected rubbery state. Writing in PNAS, they report how they created rapidly expanding bubbles on the surface of the liquid in vacuum using a pulsed laser. However, the thin, micrometers-thick liquid envelope of the bubble did not behave like a…
… practical insights into leading-edge research. At this year’s automatica trade show, the munich_i high-tech platform will highlight robotics and AI developments for the third time. More than 30 demos will be on display in the AI.Society exhibition. The i_Space stage program will include the award presentation for this year’s winner of the Robothon competition for young researchers as well as round table discussions and featured speakers. The High-tech Summit will also bring together some of the world’s leading researchers…
To adapt to perceived changes in our environment, the brain constantly updates the activity of neural circuits in the prefrontal cortex, a region involved in attention, anticipation, and decision-making. But until now, researchers did not know what mechanisms were responsible for these modifications – which are essential to rodents, primates, and humans if they are to survive. “By studying this fascinating ability, we have found a specific type of neuronal connection in the prefrontal cortex, which helps to update our…
… smallest particles will deliver the drug to the lungs in future. KIT and Research Center Borstel present nanoparticles with a high antibiotic concentration for inhalation – nanocarriers of antibiotics can reduce resistances and enhance compatibility. Tuberculosis is the infectious disease with the highest death rate worldwide. As reported by WHO, therapy-resistant tuberculosis infections are increasing. Diseases due to this bacterial infection may also occur in Germany. Tuberculosis represents a special challenge for two reasons: First, the bacteria encapsulate in…
… to discover its key to success. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory were the first to use neutron reflectometry to peer inside a working solid-state battery and monitor its electrochemistry. They discovered that its excellent performance results from an extremely thin layer, across which charged lithium atoms quickly flow as they move from anode to cathode and blend into a solid electrolyte. “We want better batteries,” said ORNL’s Andrew Westover, who co-led a study published…
The exploration of quantum computing will expand longstanding IBM and RPI partnership and seeks to accelerate New York’s growth as a next-generation computing epicenter. Today, it was announced that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will become the first university in the world to house an IBM Quantum System One. The IBM quantum computer, intended to be operational by January of 2024, will serve as the foundation of a new IBM Quantum Computational Center in partnership with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). By partnering, RPI’s…
Results point to importance of internal structure of nucleons—and need for new measurements to disentangle other contributions. New measurements of how particles flow from collisions of different types of particles at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have provided new insights into the origin of the shape of hot specks of matter generated in these collisions. The results may lead to a deeper understanding of the properties and dynamics of this form of matter, known as a quark-gluon plasma (QGP). QGP is…
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