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New Disease Trigger Identified for Chronic Pancreatitis

Patients suffering from chronic pancreatitis experience an either recurring or permanent inflammation of their pancreas.

Life & Chemistry

Noble Metal Aerogels Enabled by Freezing: Multi-Scale Structured Materials for Electrocataly­sis and Photoelectro­catalysis

As a new class of porous materials, noble metal aerogels (NMAs) have drawn tremendous attention because of their combined features including self-supported…

Life & Chemistry

Platelets Boost Immune Response in Injury Recovery Process

For a long time, the role of platelets appeared to be clear: in the event of an injury, they adhere to the wound and stick to each other to rapidly stop the…

Medical Engineering

Innovative Tattoo Electrodes Measure Brain Signals in Neurology

In 2015 Francesco Greco, head of the Laboratory of Applied Materials for Printed and Soft electronics (LAMPSe, http://lampselab.com/) at the Institute of Solid…

Science Education

Oink, oink makes the pig – Pictures and gestures are effective support methods in foreign language teaching for children

Foreign language teaching in primary schools literally opens up new worlds for primary school children: with a large portion of curiosity, willingness to learn…

Life & Chemistry

Impact of Global Warming on Soil-Borne Plant Pathogens

Global warming will increase the proportion of plant pathogens in soils across the globe. Many of these plant pathogens also affect important food and…

Medical Engineering

Tailored Implants: AI-Driven Solutions for Fracture Therapy

While theatrical performers use the phrase ‘break a leg’ to wish each other good luck before going on stage, breaking a leg is really not something any of us…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Microalgae: A Nutritional Boost for Honey Bee Health

Poor nutrition in honey bees is often an underlying factor in colony losses because malnutrition amplifies the detrimental effects of parasites, pathogens, and…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Advancing Non-Toxic Perovskite Solar Cells with Tin

Halogenide perovskites with tin instead of lead should show excellent optical properties, but in practice, their efficiencies are mediocre and decrease…

Information Technology

UCLA, Carnegie Mellon Unveil Real-Time Physics Engine for Soft Robotics

The findings were published May 6 in Nature Communications in a paper titled, “Dynamic Simulation of Articulated Soft Robots.”

Health & Medicine

New Optical Biosensor Enhances Gout Management 24/7

“Finding more ways to help patients reduce their risks of gout attacks is an important clinical need that hasn't been looked at in detail,” said Dr. Mike…

Life & Chemistry

Medicinal Plants Flourish in Biodiversity Hotspots

Their new approach makes it possible to predict which groups of plants and which geographical areas are likely to have a particularly high density of species…

Power and Electrical Engineering

H2020 Grant Advances Perovskite Lighting and Wearables

Perovskites are an emerging technology for OLAE-based devices that have the potential to revolutionize the photovoltaic sector and also the lighting sector….

Life & Chemistry

New Method Measures Drug Effects in Pancreatic Islets

The pancreas is an abdominal organ that produces digestive enzymes as well as hormones that regulate blood sugar levels. This hormone-producing function is…

Life & Chemistry

Who Monitors Temperature Changes in Our Cells?

The conditions in the environment are subject to large fluctuations. In Germany, for instance, temperatures can range from a freezing minus 20 degrees Celsius…

Information Technology

3D Quantum Spin Liquid: A Leap in Future Information Technologies

IT devices today are based on electronic processes in semiconductors. The next real breakthrough could be to exploit other quantum phenomena, for example…

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