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Machine Engineering

3D Printing on the Moon: MOONRISE Transforms Moondust

“With these spheres, we have come a big step closer to 3D-printing on the moon”, explains Niklas Gerdes, a scientific employee of the LZH. A laser system…

Earth Sciences

Groundwater protection on Spiekeroog Island – first installation of a salt water monitoring system

Scientists of the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG) have installed for the first time a saltwater monitoring system (SAMOS) on the Spiekeroog…

Studies and Analyses

Cortisol Levels and Aging: How Stress Hormones Influence Time

The phenomenon of human ageing is the result of a complex interaction between numerous factors, with our own immune system playing a critical role. As we get…

Life & Chemistry

Advancements in High-End Microscopy for Cell Structure Insights

The synaptonemal complex is a ladder-like cell structure that plays a major role in the development of egg and sperm cells in humans and other mammals.

Physics & Astronomy

Rice lab's bright idea is pure gold

Seeing light emerge from a nanoscale experiment didn't come as a big surprise to Rice University physicists. But it got their attention when that light was…

Life & Chemistry

New Technique Unveils Heart Tissue Functioning Insights

The heart tissue is a special kind of muscle. When excitation waves propagate through it, this causes the constituent fibers to contract. The excitation waves…

Information Technology

Simplifying Complex Geometric Model Analysis at Carnegie Mellon

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an efficient new way to quickly analyze complex geometric models by borrowing a computational approach…

Information Technology

Computing Collaboration Uncovers Impact of Shifting Monsoons

Scientists from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a dozen other international research institutions have produced the most elaborate…

Medical Engineering

AI Identifies and Locates Seizures in Real-Time

Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis' McKelvey School of Engineering have combined artificial intelligence with systems theory to develop a more…

Physics & Astronomy

SwRI Unveils Fast, Accurate In Situ Planetary Dating Device

Southwest Research Institute scientists have increased the speed and accuracy of a laboratory-scale instrument for determining the age of planetary specimens…

Materials Sciences

Designing Reliable Nano and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems

Mobile phones, data storage for laptops, solar cells, power electronics for renewable energy, or sensors in cars are applications where silicon is the…

Earth Sciences

Handing over the baton in ZMT's scientific management

Hildegard Westphal will continue at ZMT as head of her research group “Geoecology and Carbonate Sedimentology” and continue to do research and teach in her…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Assessing Impact of F-Gas Free Medium Voltage Switchgear

The Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology IEE in Kassel designed a model for estimating the installed base and analyzing the…

Earth Sciences

Unveiling Submarine Volcanism: How Deep Sea Eruptions Occur

Most volcanic eruptions take place unseen at the bottom of the world's oceans. In recent years, oceanography has shown that this submarine volcanism not only…

Life & Chemistry

Optogenetics: Harnessing Light to Control Plant Processes

A research team of biologists within the CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has succeeded, together with colleagues…

Earth Sciences

Beavers Thrive in Alaska’s Warming Tundra Regions

Alaska’s beavers are profiting from climate change, and spreading rapidly. In just a few years’ time, they have not only expanded into many tundra regions…

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