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Environmental Conservation

Energy Recovery from Agricultural Residues: Insights from China and Germany

The “ChinaRes” project aims to pool knowledge on the energy recovery of agricultural residues. Against this background, the project objectives are

Materials Sciences

Breakthrough Material Exhibits Highest Electron Mobility Yet

All the elements are there to begin with, so to speak; it's just a matter of figuring out what they are capable of – alone or together. For Leslie Schoop's…

Medical Engineering

Hybrid Microscope Enables Digital Biopsies in Clinics

Pairing infrared measurements with high-resolution optical images and machine learning algorithms, the researchers created digital biopsies that closely…

Materials Sciences

Graphene forms under microscope's eye

You don't need a big laser to make laser-induced graphene (LIG). Scientists at Rice University, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville) and Oak…

Information Technology

Optimizing the Internet for Energy Efficiency

Streaming films and music, scrolling through social media, and using cloud-based storage services are everyday activities now.

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Cellular Processes: How Proteins Work in Sequence

Numerous cellular processes such as immune responses or cell multiplication depend on many different proteins working in sequence. In order for the cell to…

Life & Chemistry

Coral Reef Restoration: Successes and Challenges Uncovered

“What has been good practice in forestry for many decades has not yet been fully established in reef restoration: often there are no clearly defined goals, no…

Information Technology

3D Scanners Enhance Forensic Investigations at Crime Scenes

If the police commissioner in TV crime series finds a corpse, the forensic collects DNA traces, secures fingerprints, takes photos and casts shoe prints, tire…

Materials Sciences

New Simulation-Experiment Pair Enhances Femtochemistry Insights

Since the 1990s, femtochemistry has been researching ultrafast processes at the molecular level. In the last few years, the research group Femtosecond Dynamics…

Trade Fair News

Hannover Messe 2020: Innovations in Fuel Cell Production

When it comes to providing energy in electric engines, fuel cells are an ideal way to supplement batteries to increase the driving range. However,…

Health & Medicine

Recent Advances in Tuberculosis Research Offer New Hope

In September 2018, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the NIH, issued its Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Research,…

Information Technology

Smart 3-D Printing: Enhancing Manufacturing with Machine Learning

3-D printing is often touted as the future of manufacturing. It allows us to directly build objects from computer-generated designs, meaning industry can…

Life & Chemistry

New Synthesis Methods Expanding 3D Chemical Space for Drug Discovery

“Our tools open up whole new chemical space for potential drug targets,” says Huw Davies, Emory professor of organic chemistry and senior author of the paper.

Information Technology

Are Software Updates Slowing You Down? Find Out Why

We've all shared the frustration — software updates that are intended to make our applications run faster inadvertently end up doing just the opposite. These…

Machine Engineering

Additive Manufacturing: Aerospike Nozzle Boosts Microlaunchers

The market for small satellites is sure to boom in the years ahead. The United Kingdom aims to build a spaceport in the north of Scotland, the first on…

Event News

70th Lindau Nobel Meeting: Laureates Inspire Young Scientists

To mark the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, the organisers are delighted to announce that a record number of highly decorated scientists will be attending:…

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