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Avian vs. Mammalian Sleep: Insights on Memory Consolidation

Sleep in birds and mammals is very similar with two distinct sleep phases. During rapid eye movement (REM) sleep the eyes twitch, the muscles relax and the…

Materials Sciences

Discover First Principles for Correlated Materials Innovation

Modern functional materials such as superconductors or magnets are underlain by interacting electrons. A detailed description of electronic correlations is…

Earth Sciences

AI Enhances Earth System Science: New Insights Unveiled

In the past decades mainly static attributes have been investigated using machine learning approaches, such as the distribution of soil properties from the…

Physics & Astronomy

Regensburg Physicists Observe Electron Transfer in Single Molecule

The building blocks of matter surrounding us are atoms and molecules. The properties of that matter, however, are often not set by these building blocks…

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Earth Sciences

Geothermal Drilling Innovation: Laser Technology Breaks Hard Rock

Hard rock can only be drilled with low rates of penetration and the drill bit wears more quickly. The cost can be pro-hibitive, frequently preventing investors…

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LASER World of PHOTONICS China Shanghai 2019: When the laser drills, cuts and coats…

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Enhancing EV Range with Fast Functionalized Thermoplastic Components

The heat storage material developed by Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF can be used to precondition the…

Life & Chemistry

Chemical Data Mining Enhances Search for Organic Semiconductors

Producing traditional solar cells made of silicon is very energy intensive. On top of that, they are rigid and brittle. Organic semiconductor materials, on the…

Materials Sciences

New Additive Enhances Fire Protection for Wood Structures

Fire protection requirements are increasing worldwide – especially in public buildings and vehicle construction.

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Brain Evolution: What Makes Us Human?

What makes us human, and where does this mysterious property of “humanness” come from? Humans are genetically similar to chimpanzees and bonobos, yet there…

Life & Chemistry

University of Konstanz Uncovers Insights on Immune System Evolution

Cell biologists from the University of Konstanz shed light on a recent evolutionary process in the human immune system and publish their findings in the…

Life & Chemistry

New Method Identifies Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Cells

A team of physicists from Immanuel Kant Baltic State University suggested a method to quickly identify single antibiotic-resistant bacteria cells that are the…

Earth Sciences

Surface lakes cause Antarctic ice shelves to 'flex'

A team of British and American researchers, co-led by the University of Cambridge, has measured how much the McMurdo ice shelf in Antarctica flexes in response…

Life & Chemistry

New Therapy Discovered for Aggressive Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common form of acute leukemia. It is characterized by an increase of malignant myeloid progenitor cells at the expense…

Information Technology

New Cross-University AI Project Advances Deep Learning

A new innovative cross-university project in the field of computer science designed to further develop deep learning, the current engine of artificial…

Life & Chemistry

Viral decoys – how the Ebola virus leads the immune system astray

As reported by the team led by the Tübingen virologist Prof. Michael Schindler, the glycoprotein of the Ebola virus causes cells to release small vesicles…

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