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Life & Chemistry

Electron Diffraction: New Method to Analyze Tiny Crystals

Now researchers from the MPSD and DESY in Hamburg have developed an inventive new method which avoids these pitfalls and uses accessible, cost-effective…

Earth Sciences

Marine Expedition Reveals Earth’s Interior Secrets

From Hannover to the Southwest Indian Ridge: Between 6 March and 12 April 2020, a team from the Institute of Mineralogy at Leibniz University Hannover (LUH)…

Life & Chemistry

Shaping Molecular Rings: Key to Unique Perfume Aromas

In manufacturing, controlling the three-dimensional shapes of macrocycles is critical. It helps decide, for example, whether the aroma in a perfume is unique…

Materials Sciences

KIST Develops High-Capacity EV Battery Materials Doubling Range

Dr. Hun-Gi Jung and his research team at the Center for Energy Storage Research of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, President Lee Byung…

Earth Sciences

Understanding How Earthquakes Affect Gravity Measurements

Lightning – one, two, three – and thunder. For centuries, people have estimated the distance of a thunderstorm from the time between lightning and thunder. The…

Life & Chemistry

Reproductive Flexibility in Hydractinia: NUI Galway Study Insights

A new study, led by Dr Tim DuBuc and Professor Uri Frank from the Centre for Chromosome Biology at NUI Galway, has found that Hydractinia, a North Atlantic…

Earth Sciences

Identifying Risks to U.S. Mineral Resource Supplies

Policymakers and the U.S. manufacturing sector now have a powerful tool to help them identify which mineral commodities they rely on that are most at risk to…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Genetic Mapping Breakthrough Enhances Maize Varieties

Maize is a staple food all over the world. In the United States, where it's better known as corn, nearly 90 million acres were planted in 2018, earning $47.2…

Life & Chemistry

Brain Cells Shield Muscles From Wasting Away as We Age

While many of us worry about proteins aggregating in our brains as we age and potentially causing Alzheimer's disease or other types of neurodegeneration, we…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Boosting Pest Control: Computer Vision Enhances Sterile Insect Technique

One of the strategies used for biological control of the South American fruit fly Anastrepha fraterculus is sterilization of males by X-ray or gamma-ray…

Health & Medicine

New Insights into Glioblastoma Treatment Innovations

Glioblastoma is an aggressive, killer disease. While victims of this fast-moving brain tumor comprise only about 15% of all people with brain cancer, its…

Medical Engineering

Active Droplets: Precision Dosing for Continuous Drug Delivery

Using a mixture of oil droplets and hydrogel, medical active agents can be not only precisely dosed, but also continuously administered over periods of up to…

Earth Sciences

Arctic Sea Ice Melting Linked to Past Climate Cooling

In a new paper, climate scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution propose that massive amounts of melting…

Physics & Astronomy

Beyond the brim, Sombrero Galaxy's halo suggests turbulent past

These latest observations of the Sombrero are turning conventional theory on its head, showing only a tiny fraction of older, metal-poor stars in the halo,…

Social Sciences

High Acceptance of Smart Products: Key Insights from 2020 Report

The “Smart Products Report 2020” by the Lucerne and St. Gallen universities on the use and consumer perception of smart products is based on an online survey…

Information Technology

Intelligent File Deletion: Streamlining Digital Management

In corporate administrative departments, enormous numbers of digital files tend to pile up. In extreme cases, staff even find it difficult to maintain…

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