The Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer formulated a metaphor called the porcupine dilemma, which explains a certain optimal distance between people. People feel…
In order to evaluate the successful development of the H2020 project PI-SCALE and ist final results, a review meeting together with representatives of the…
The prediction of molecular reactions triggered by light is to date extremely time-consuming and therefore costly. A team led by Philipp Marquetand from the…
Alignment of the optical components with micrometer accuracy
EU Commission staff will soon be receiving location-based danger alerts on their mobile phones from an app that calls their attention to potential hazards such…
Aortic valve stenosis (AVS), a progressive disease characterized by heart valve tissue stiffening and obstructed blood flow from the heart, is known as a…
A newly developed type of architected metamaterial has the ability to change shape in a tunable fashion.
Astronomers at the Center for Space Exochemistry Data at the University College London in the United Kingdom used data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to…
In 2017, Scot Martin, the Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied…
The topics of deburring and polishing are becoming increasingly important in metalworking. Laser-based deburring and polishing processes are particularly…
The enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy is having an unusually large meal of interstellar gas and dust, and researchers don't yet understand why.
“The current treatment for stroke has a narrow time window, typically within a few hours after the occurrence of stroke,” said lead author Yuchen Chen, a…
“We are thrilled to be able to present such outstanding results so soon after the inauguration of our PV-TEC,” said Dr. Ralf Preu, Division Director of PV…
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam have shown that growing bone tissue behaves like a viscous liquid on long time…
Robots that can transition from water to air are desirable in certain situations, but the launch requires a lot of power, which has been difficult to achieve…
If you want to build the most accurate clock in the world, you need something that “ticks” very fast and extremely precise. In an atomic clock, electrons are…