The next round of the stepwise expansion of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) at Greifswald is in full swing….
Terahertz waves are becoming ever more important in science and technology. They enable us to unravel the properties of future materials, test the quality of…
A protein that normally deposits mineralized calcium in tooth enamel may also be responsible for calcium deposits in the back of the eye in people with dry…
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have devised a method for making small particles that are safe for living tissues that will allow them to create new…
The team made a clever tweak to the part of the battery called the separator, which serves as a barrier between the anode and cathode, so that it slows down…
A team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has captured in real…
The research used a computer model of gas bubbles flowing through hydrate deposits, a common phenomenon which according to existing models, should not be…
These findings should have a significant impact on future vaccination strategies and pave the way for new treatments of an underperforming or over-reacting…
The use of textiles as fibre reinforcement in lightweight construction is well established, as successful application examples from the automotive and…
Germany is getting a lot of rain in these days of March. Farmers who want to cultivate their fields are therefore faced with an important question: How wet is…
In their everyday life, insects often have to cope with both rough and smooth as well as sticky surfaces. They achieve a firm grip through special hooks or…
Spectroscopic analyses are based on the interaction of matter with light and represent the most important experimental tool to study the properties of…
Changes in the blood vessels are a hallmark of numerous brain disorders – from traumatic brain injury to stroke. Even diseases such as Alzheimer's show changes…
The condensed-matter physics world was shaken up when high-temperature superconductivity was reported in a copper oxide material in 1986 by Alex Müller and…
Every multicellular creature in the world is colonized by an unimaginably large number of microorganisms and has evolved together with them in the history of…
After the successful premiere of the special exhibition area “Microtechnologies for Optical Devices” last year, the IVAM Microtechnology Network once again…