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Environmental Conservation

Businesses Boost Environmental Initiatives for Real Impact

Frightening reports about the state of the Earth have forced businesses to claim that they care about the environment. At the same time, public authorities are…

Health & Medicine

High Antibody Levels Linked to Lower Cancer Risk

The results are now being published in Cancer Research and are part of a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. The antibodies produced during the…

Studies and Analyses

Significant Rise in Childhood Obesity: A 20-Year Study

Swedish researchers who studied BMI figures for more than a thousand children over two decades discovered that obesity levels had risen significantly among…

Health & Medicine

Understanding Spinal Interneurons and Movement Control

Interneurones in the spinal cord integrate command signals from the brain, with information from the senses, and their own internal pattern generating…

Physics & Astronomy

School Students Shine in European Astronomy Competition

School students from across Europe and beyond have won prizes in an astronomy competition, including the trip of a lifetime to one of the world's most powerful…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Satellite Images Enhance Agricultural Reforms Monitoring

Using very high resolution (VHR) satellite images for monitoring whether land is safeguarded in Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC), as…

Information Technology

Enhancing Test Reliability for Coffee Machines and More

She improved both the tests and the method to determine the reliability of the tests. This means, for example, that washing machines and coffee machines can be…

Earth Sciences

Better CO2 Storage Prediction Using Enhanced Coalbed Methane

The ‘Enhanced Coalbed Methane process’ kills two birds with one stone: carbon dioxide (CO2) is stored in coal seams in the ground and at the same time methane…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Fertilizers Boost Crop Yields for Zimbabwean Farmers

Ncube studied smallholder farms in the southwest of Zimbabwe. She mapped resource flows and carried out field experiments. The Zimbabwean semi-arid regions are…

Earth Sciences

Enhancing CO2 Capture and Storage for Future Environmental Gains

To realise such reductions in CO2 emission, a clear and internationally-oriented vision and bridging strategy is necessary, so that the storage capacity that…

Power and Electrical Engineering

350W Fuel Cell System Boosts Energy for Service Robots

An important prerequisite for their continued market penetration is finding innovative solutions to meet the high energy consumption. Together with the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Hydrogen from Diesel – efficient, residue-free, reliable Diesel vaporizer for combustion motors, burners and fuel cells

Together with a Swiss engineering company, Fraunhofer ISE developed a patented procedure to transform liquid diesel fuel into vapor without residue formation…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Large-Scale Solar Thermal Power: Linear Fresnel Innovations

In addition to photovoltaics, solar thermal power stations are central to solar electricity generation. Over the past years, Fraunhofer ISE has performed…

Life & Chemistry

High-Pressure Chemistry: Innovations in Mini Pressure Cookers

The results were very promising. The reaction rate increased compared to conventional equipment, the measurements were accurate and safety was not a problem….

Business and Finance

UK Export Levels Steady Despite Exchange Rate Changes

Changes in exchange rates have little impact on UK manufacturing exports and are likely to have only a modest effect in reducing the country’s record trade…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Possible Breakthrough in Tomato Cultivation: Grey Mould Research

Finkers started off with wild tomato accessions that were resistant to grey mould. When crossing the resistant wild tomato Solanum habrochaites LYC4 with the…

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