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Earth Sciences

Submarine Springs: Impact on Coral Reefs Explained

Many divers are familiar with the phenomenon: when diving through a coral reef, the water can suddenly become blurred and much colder, which is often the…

Earth Sciences

HALO Mission Examines Ozone Depletion in Southern Hemisphere

The German research aircraft HALO will explore the southern hemisphere as part of the SouthTRAC (Transport and Composition of the Southern Hemisphere UTLS)…

Trade Fair News

Fraunhofer FHR Unveils Advanced Radar Technology at EMW 2019

In cooperation with top-level partners, Fraunhofer FHR will present the latest research results and projects in the field of high frequency and microwave…

Information Technology

New Breakthrough in Quantum Computing Error Correction

But transferring information and correcting errors within a quantum system remains a challenge to making effective quantum computers.

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Genetic Mutations in Cancer Cell Division

When a cell divides into two daughter cells, it must replicate its DNA according to a very specific scenario. In the presence of some disruptive elements,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Diode Converts Microwaves to Electricity Efficiently

The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Fujitsu Limited, and the Tokyo Metropolitan University announced that they developed a highly sensitive…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Laser Pulses Ignite Superconductivity in Iron-Based Compound

For the first time researchers successfully used laser pulses to excite an iron-based compound into a superconducting state. This means it conducted…

Materials Sciences

Machine Learning Optimizes Metamaterials for Energy Harvesting

Electrical engineers at Duke University have harnessed the power of machine learning to design dielectric (non-metal) metamaterials that absorb and emit…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Method for Producing Curvy Health-Monitoring Electronics

Contact lenses that can monitor your health as well as correct your eyesight aren't science fiction, but an efficient manufacturing method – finding a way to…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA visualization shows a black hole's warped world

Bright knots constantly form and dissipate in the disk as magnetic fields wind and twist through the churning gas. Nearest the black hole, the gas orbits at…

Materials Sciences

Spider Silk: Malleable Protein Reinforces Tough Materials

Why are the lightweight silk threads of web spiders tougher than most other materials? Scientists from the Universities of Würzburg and Mainz teamed up to find…

Life & Chemistry

Neural Circuits: How Hunger Fuels Peak Performance in Flies

The odor of vinegar or fruit lets fruit flies walk faster. To reach the food, they run until exhaustion. But despite their efforts, they do not get any closer…

Life & Chemistry

Less is more – Shedding genes for a new life in water

While whales and dolphins spend their entire life in the ocean, these air-breathing mammals actually evolved from terrestrial species. The transition from land…

Life & Chemistry

Designer Molecule Combats Type 2 Diabetes Effectively

Scientists led by Professor Stefan Rose-John, a biochemist at Kiel University (CAU) and member of the Cluster of Excellence “Precision Medicine in Chronic…

Life & Chemistry

New Discoveries Reveal CRISPR-Cas Defense Systems in Bacteria

With the aid of highly advanced microscopes and synchrotron sources, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have gained seminal insight into how…

Materials Sciences

Iridium 'loses its identity' when interfaced with nickel

Hey, physicists and materials scientists: You'd better reevaluate your work if you study iridium-based materials – members of the platinum family – when they…

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