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Medical Engineering

Exploring Wireless Power Transfer Using the Human Body

The project Electronic AXONs: wireless microstimulators based on electronic rectification of epidermically applied currents (eAXON, 2017-2022), funded by a…

Life & Chemistry

Tiny Marine Organisms Driving Global Ecosystem Cycles

Marine microorganisms, such as bacteria and so-called protists, form a large part of the biomass in the oceans. Protists are a group of unicellular…

Materials Sciences

X-Rays Uncover Crystal Growth in Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells

Two factors that significantly affect the efficiency of these solar cells are the ability to form thin films and the structure of the materials in the solar…

Life & Chemistry

Synthesis Breakthrough: Radiolabeled Molecules for Tumor Detection

Radiolabeled molecules, so-called radiotracers, help nuclear physicians to detect and precisely target tumors, which are often developing due to pathological…

Physics & Astronomy

Observing Bethe Strings: New Insights in Condensed Matter

The regular arrangement of atoms in a crystal allows complex interactions that can lead to new states of matter. Some crystals have magnetic interactions in…

Earth Sciences

Artificial Light Innovations Brighten Arctic Polar Night

The Arctic polar night remains one of the last undisturbed dark environments on the planet. But as the climate changes and human activities increase in the…

Interdisciplinary Research

New System for COVID-19 Could Combat Other Viruses

The scientists, led by Pei-Yong Shi, developed the system by engineering a reverse genetic system for SARS coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2, that is causing the…

Physics & Astronomy

Discoveries from Quasar 3C 279: Insights from EHT Data

The EHT collaboration continues extracting information from the exquisite data collected in its global campaign in April 2017. Target of the observations was…

Information Technology

Innovative Satellite Technologies: Simplifying Design for Efficiency

Some satellites are only slightly larger than a milk carton. This type of construction is now to be given a further simplified architecture and thus become…

Life & Chemistry

Novel Coronavirus: Which Cells Does It Target?

They discovered that the receptor for this coronavirus is abundantly expressed in certain progenitor cells. These cells normally develop into respiratory tract…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Fraunhofer IWKS Starts Project “BReCycle” on Efficient Recycling of Fuel Cells

More sustainable, efficient and environmentally friendly energy conversion technolo-gies such as fuel cells will play an increasingly important role in the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Switching to Synthetic Gas: A Sustainable Energy Alternative

The call to abandon fossil fuels altogether is becoming ever louder, not just in Switzerland but also in the EU and numerous other countries. While a number of…

Life & Chemistry

Discovering the Unique Genetics of the Fly Agaric Fungi

The white-spotted fly agaric is probably the most famous of all forest fungi. That is not just due to its characteristic appearance, but also due to its…

Event News

Aachen Machine Tool Colloquium AWK'21 will take place on June 10 and 11, 2021

With the upcoming year and the effects caused by the corona virus, which are already affecting many manufacturing companies and will have a long-term impact on…

Physics & Astronomy

Belle II yields the first results: In search of the Z′ boson

Scientists at 12 institutes in Germany are involved in constructing and operating the detector, developing evaluation algorithms, and analyzing the data.

Life & Chemistry

Noble Metal Aerogels Boost Electrochemical Hydrogen Production

Electrocatalysis is one of the most studied topics in the field of material science, because it is extensively involved in many important energy-related…

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