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Life & Chemistry

Bayreuth Geneticists Unveil Chromosome Inheritance Mechanism

Crucial for healthy cell development: the regulation of separase

Materials Sciences

KIST Unveils Washable Foldable Luminescent Film Innovation

Infrared radiation, which is invisible yet highly utilizable, is used in various fields and for various purposes, such as for coronavirus detection (i.e….

Power and Electrical Engineering

Next gen solar cells perform better when there's a camera around

A literal “trick of the light” can detect imperfections in next-gen solar cells, boosting their efficiency to match that of existing silicon-based versions,…

Life & Chemistry

Tracking Atomic Pathways in Liquid Cell TEM Innovations

But the detailed formation mechanisms of core-shell structures in solution, especially, at gas-liquid interface are still not completely clear, which is mostly…

Life & Chemistry

Soap Bubbles and Butterflies: A New Innovation in Color

Edith Smith bred a bluer and shinier Common Buckeye at her butterfly farm in Florida, but it took University of California, Berkeley, graduate student Rachel…

Physics & Astronomy

X-Ray Vision: Exploring Attosecond Light Pulses Through Water

The ability to generate light pulses of sub-femtosecond duration, first demonstrated some 20 years ago, has given rise to an entirely new field: attosecond…

Life & Chemistry

Artemisia Annua: Testing Its Potential Against COVID-19

Currently, there are no effective treatments against COVID-19. Medications commonly used against malaria or Ebola, as well as antiviral drugs, are being…

Medical Engineering

Optimizing Diabetes Kidney Treatment with New Computer Model

An international consortium has started the R&D project “DC-Ren: Drug combinations for rewriting trajectories of renal pathologies in type II diabetes’.

Information Technology

Light-Emitting Silicon-Germanium Alloys Propel Photonic Computing

Electronic chips produce heat when processing data. The laptop starts to feel uncomfortably hot on the user's knees; data centers need energy-hungry cooling…

Physics & Astronomy

Challenging Assumptions: New Insights on Universe Expansion

Since the big bang, the universe has swollen like a freshly formed raisin roll put in a warm place to rise. Until recently, it was thought that this increase…

Medical Engineering

Ear’s inner secrets revealed with new technology

The study, which was published in the scientific journal Scientific Reports, can provide an explanation for why it is so effective to treat deafness in people…

Information Technology

DFKI Welcomes NVIDIA: Boosting AI Innovation Together

“The partnership between DFKI and NVIDIA combines our sophisticated models and procedures with their high-performance AI platforms,” said Professor Dr. Andreas…

Materials Sciences

House Cleaning on the Nanoscale: The World’s Smallest Broom

World’s smallest broom

Life & Chemistry

Research against the corona virus – tissue models for rapid drug testing

The tissue models from the Fraunhofer Translational Center for Regenerative Therapies (TLC-RT), which has been part of the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Fungi’s Role in Soil Health and Industry

Fungi play an important role for mankind. In the soil, they decompose dead organic material, making it accessible to plants as a nutrient. In industrial…

Life & Chemistry

New Antibiotics Discoveries by Dr. Yvonne Mast’s Team

A team of researchers led by Professor Dr. Yvonne Mast from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures in Braunschweig…

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