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Physics & Astronomy

T-Ray Camera Speed Boosted: A Leap in Terahertz Imaging

Scientists are a step closer to developing a fast and cost effective camera that utilises terahertz radiation, potentially opening the opportunity for them to…

Physics & Astronomy

High-Performance Data Storage via Magnetic Anisotropy

A team led by Prof. Matias Bargheer has now experimentally compared this fascinating phenomenon for the first time on different iron-platinum thin films….

Life & Chemistry

Zebrafish Neurons: Rapid Regeneration Discovery Unveiled

Biologists from the University of Bayreuth have discovered a uniquely rapid form of regeneration in injured neurons and their function in the central nervous…

Physics & Astronomy

Scientists demonstrate a new experiment in the search for theorized 'neutrinoless' process

Nuclear physicists affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) played a leading role in analyzing data…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Protein Structures: Affordable Electron Cryo-Microscopy

Electron cryo-microscopy has become increasingly important in recent years, especially in shedding light on protein structures. The developers of the new…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Top Innovations in Lithium-Ion Battery Technology for 2024

The global economy’s demand for lithium-ion batteries will be rising sharply in future. Electric cars depend on them, as do laptops, smartphones and power…

Information Technology

Virtual Reality Enhances Evaluation of Future Transport Concepts

In a multimedia project – “2049: Zeitreise Mobilität” – conducted together with the German regional broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk, Fraunhofer IAO has used…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Crop Production Trends Amid COVID-19: Key Insights

COVID-19 has only little structural impact on global crop production – this is one of the most important takeaways from the annual agri benchmark Cash Crop…

Life & Chemistry

X-Ray Scattering Reveals Insights Into Protein Folding

KAIST researchers have used an X-ray method to track how proteins fold, which could improve computer simulations of this process, with implications for…

Life & Chemistry

Peculiar Long Introns Discovered in Brain Genes

DNA is the molecule that stores information about the structure and functioning of living organisms. This “book of life” is a carefully arranged…

Materials Sciences

Exploring Linkers: Connecting Quantum Dots for Innovation

Just billionths of a meter across, quantum dots are routinely prepared in solution and coated or sprayed as an ink to create a thin electrically conducting…

Materials Sciences

High-Precision Laser Welding Transforms Microfluidic Chip Design

In the life science sector, microfluidic chips have proven their worth since they can transport, mix and filter even the smallest amounts of liquid…

Life & Chemistry

Nerve Cells and Microbes: A New Evolutionary Connection?

Various diseases of the digestive tract, for example severe intestinal inflammation in humans, are closely linked to disturbances in the natural mobility of…

Physics & Astronomy

Nobel Prize Innovations: Exploring Top Physics Breakthroughs

When the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 to David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, they lauded the…

Medical Engineering

First COVID-19 Patient in Germany Treated with Diaphragm Therapy

Department B for Internal Medicine of the University Medical Center Greifswald successfully used, within an international multi-center trial, a special…

Environmental Conservation

Global Road Access: Balancing Costs and Climate Impact

To connect almost all the world’s population, the global road network would only need to be extended by 8 per cent, causing a total CO2 emissions of about 1.5…

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