Phase IV of the international C4 Rice Project has received the green light for the next 5 years. During this time an international team of scientists* want to…
The International Coral reef Symposium (ICRS) is by far the most significant international conference that deals with the coral reef ecosystems. Since 1967,…
A new analysis of the changing character of runoff, river discharge and other hydrological cycle elements across the North Slope of Alaska reveals significant…
The inner region of our Milky Way galaxy is characterised by large amounts of warm gas, cosmic-rays and enhanced radio emission. “Astronomers have been…
Type 1 diabetes is the most common metabolic disease in children and adolescents. In this autoimmune disease, the body's own immune cells gradually destroy the…
Since their discovery in 2009, topological insulators are a hot topic of material physics. The special thing about them is that they simultaneously act as both…
An international team of brain researchers achieved a breakthrough in uncovering a switch-like mechanism that flips the brain between two motivational states…
The process was developed jointly with Freiberg researchers at Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC). Synthetic petrol is produced from methanol. Biomethanol, i.e….
It is about organic photovoltaic cells (OPV cells), which are less efficient than traditional silicon-based solar cells, but are flexible and transparent….
Laptops and servers would be doomed to heat-death if there were no energy-guzzling and voluminous technology to cool the sensitive circuits. Unwanted, but so…
“Our task is to open our collection to science and for the good of mankind. In order to find answers to questions about insect mortality, for example, it is an…
The aim of the OPS-SAT mission, which is being controlled from ESA’s European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, is to carry out low-risk tests on space…
Many microbes wear beautifully patterned crystalline shells, which protect them from a harsh world and can even help them reel in food.
Further, the AI identified features relevant to cancer prognosis that were not previously noted by pathologists, leading to a higher accuracy of prostate…
The FAU team led by the material scientist Prof. Marcus Halik from the Interdisciplinary Centre for Nanostructured Films (IZNF) and physicist Prof. Dirk Zahn…
The Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is transmitted by aedes mosquitos such as the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) and causes Chikungunya fever in humans.
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