Research team confirms blood vessel changes caused by infection with SARS-CoV-2. When the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus enters the lung, it causes massive tissue damage. A characteristic consequence of the infection is, among other things, the blockage of the pulmonary vessels due to a locally excessive blood clotting. Now, an international research team led by Professor Dr. Danny Jonigk and Christopher Werlein from the Institute of Pathology at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) and PD Dr. Max Ackermann from the University Medical…
The Gutenberg Gait Database: Publicly accessible database provides a reference set of data to be used for the diagnosis and treatment of gait disorders / Further expansion of the database is planned. Gait disorders manifest themselves in various ways: One walks with small tripping steps, another drags a leg while walking. In one case, a foot does not roll over the sole of the foot, and in another, a foot is not lifted sufficiently but is rather dragged across the…
3D Printing Photo Report… Additive Manufacturing, AM in brief, is fascinating: As if by magic, complex workpieces grow in 3D printers: layer by layer by layer … – without human intervention, as it may seem at first glance. But the technology is demanding and requires a lot of manual work with a sure touch, as a visit to the expert team at the Swiss m4m Center in Bettlach shows. The Technology Transfer Center in Bettlach near Solothurn does not work…
Seagrasses provide a vital habitat in shallow coastal seas. They also remove large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere. Up to now, researchers have assumed that the plants take up nitrogen necessary for growth primarily from the seawater and sediment. However, in many regions where seagrasses thrive little nitrogen is available. Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology show that seagrass in the Mediterranean Sea lives in symbiosis with bacteria that reside in their roots and provide the…
Cellular immunotherapies have so far not been very effective against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A team led by Armin Rehm of the MDC has discovered a possible reason. As the they describe in “Cell Reports”, this cancer induces changes in the large blood vessels through which immune cells normally migrate to the lymph nodes. Immunotherapies have become an indispensable part of modern cancer treatment. They are particularly effective against cancers like Hodgkin’s disease, a type of blood cancer that attacks the lymphatic system….
TU Graz, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, AVL and Fraunhofer Austria have developed a method to validate test drives through highly realistic driving simulation studies and to substantially simplify the approval process for automated driving systems. Driving simulator tests are popular – for understandable reasons: any scenario can be simulated at the touch of a button. They are independent of time and weather conditions and without any safety risk for the vehicle, people or the environment. Moreover, an hour in the driving simulator…
Scientists at ETH Zurich have built a plant that can produce carbon-neutral liquid fuels from sunlight and air. The next goal will be to take this technology to industrial scale and achieve competitiveness. In a paper published in the scientific journal “Nature”, researchers from Zurich and Potsdam describe how this novel solar reactor functions and outline a policy framework that would provide incentives to expand the production of “solar kerosene”. Carbon-neutral fuels are crucial for making aviation and maritime transport…
Fraunhofer IDMT is making an important contribution to the digitalization of the hospitality sector within the newly established Foodservice Digital Hub. September 2021 saw the launch of the innovation network “Foodservice Digital Hub”. Coordinated by the University of Leipzig, leading representatives of the sector are working hand in hand with innovative start-ups and research partners to develop viable future scenarios and digital prototypes. Fraunhofer IDMT from Oldenburg is contributing its know-how in the integration of speech recognition. The hospitality sector…
Using pyrolysis, dewaxing catalyst to upcycle plastic waste into fuel source. More than 300 million tons of plastic waste are produced annually, which causes serious environmental issues because of plastic’s life cycle and the difficulty of eliminating it. Consequently, most plastic waste ends up in either a landfill or the ocean. A significant number of plastics break down into microplastics, which are ingested by fish and other marine life causing havoc to marine ecosystems. In Journal of Renewable and Sustainable…
MEDICA 2021: Point-of-care diagnostics. Resistance to antibiotics is on the rise worldwide. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM alongside the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich have developed a process for rapidly detecting multidrug-resistant pathogens. The unique feature: Even one single molecule of DNA is sufficient for pathogen detection. In future, the platform could be introduced as part of point-of-care diagnostics on hospital wards or in medical practices as an alternative to the established PCR analyses or…
Implants can actively support the body, as in the case of pacemakers, neuro-prostheses or cochlear implants. In the future, active implants will be smaller, less energy-intensive and, above all, more patient-friendly. This is why the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT is working on miniaturization, external power supplies and wirelessly networked implants. The latest developments will be presented at COMPAMED/MEDICA in Düsseldorf from November 15 to 18 (Hall 13, Stand D60). While dental implants “just” replace the tooth and help…
Optimum prevention, diagnosis and treatment in just one click. As part of the “MED²ICIN” lighthouse project, seven Fraunhofer Institutes are presenting the first prototype of a digital patient model. This prototype revolutionizes the very foundation of personalized and cost-optimized treatment, opening up new perspectives. It has already been tested at University Hospital Frankfurt. “This prototype of a digital patient model marks the start of a new era in patient treatment,” says Dr. Stefan Wesarg, Head of Competence Center Visual Healthcare…
Study sheds light on the evolution of underground microbes. A new study sheds light on the evolutionary history of what might be the most elusive form of life on Earth: the deep biosphere – a hidden realm of microbes inhabiting the upper few kilometers of Earth’s crust. Deep, dark fractures reaching far down into the oldest rocks on Earth may seem about as hospitable to life as outer space, but some estimates suggest that microbes dwelling deep in the Earth’s…
— thanks to graphene innovation. Space habitats of the future being designed using revolutionary graphene-based composite. Advanced manufacturing experts from Manchester have revealed what human life in space could look like – with a graphene-enhanced space habitat developed to meet anticipated demand for human settlements beyond Earth. A community of specialists at The University of Manchester have teamed up with global architect firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) to research the design and manufacturing of space habitats for the space…
UBCO researchers cook up jet fuel with graphene nanomaterials. The goal of creating a cleaner fuel for aircraft engines is creating a spark at UBC Okanagan. A team of researchers studying the burning rate of nanomaterials in liquid fuels believe they have created a recipe for a clean-burning, power-boosting aircraft fuel. The project is a collaboration between the School of Engineering’s Combustion for Propulsion and Power Laboratory (CPPL) and its Nanomaterials and Polymer Nanocomposites Laboratory. Inside the CPPL, researchers watch…
Why when walking in the city we do not enter blind alleys, or at least it happens to us very rarely, rather only when we lose our train of thought? Thanks to our perception (i.e., seeing appropriate signs and assessing distances) we are able to predict that there is an obstacle in front of us – we do not have to check it at all while walking to the end of the street. We are able to move onto the…
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