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Medical Engineering

Medica 2018: Innovative Software for Efficient Minimally Invasive Surgery

Many surgeons today use minimally invasive surgery to remove, for example, a tumour in the brain: A small hole in the cranium is sufficient for them to reach…

Physics & Astronomy

Stable Perovskite Layers Boost High-Performance Solar Cells

Perovskites are currently receiving a great deal of attention in the solar industry. In 2009, researchers were first able to prove that organic-inorganic…

Event News

On the brain’s ability to find the right direction

Scientists from Germany and abroad will be meeting in Magdeburg from 27 to 29 November 2018 to discuss latest research on spatial cognition in aging and…

Environmental Conservation

Orangutan Population Stats: A Call for Better Monitoring

A recent report by the Government of Indonesia states that orangutan populations have increased by more than 10% from 2015 to 2017. These numbers are…

Life & Chemistry

Small Genetic Differences Enhance Plant Collaboration

The ongoing worldwide loss of biological diversity is one of the most pressing challenges humankind currently faces. Biodiversity is vital to humans not least…

Health & Medicine

Testosterone Link to Autism Risk Genes in Boys Explained

Autism is four times more common in boys than girls. Scientists in the Department of Human Molecular Genetics at Heidelberg University Hospital have for the…

Earth Sciences

INFACT Launches Trials for Non-Invasive Mineral Exploration

In its recently published action plan for batteries which identifies EU sources for the minerals required to produce batteries, the European Commission has…

Life & Chemistry

Rutgers Advances Stem Cell Therapy with Biodegradable Scaffold

Rutgers scientists have created a tiny, biodegradable scaffold to transplant stem cells and deliver drugs, which may help treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's…

Materials Sciences

New Material Cleans and Splits Water Using MOFs

Because MOFs are so versatile in both their structural design and usefulness, material scientists are currently testing them in a number of chemical…

Physics & Astronomy

Borexino Detects Solar Neutrinos Deep in Gran Sasso

For more than ten years, the Borexino Detector located 1,400 meters below surface of the Italian Gran Sasso massif has been exploring the interior of our Sun….

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Medica 2018: Control with your feet – computer game to help prevent thrombosis

Thrombosis is the third most common cardiovascular disease after heart attacks and strokes. The risk group mainly includes elderly people, but also patients…

Physics & Astronomy

Certifying Quantum Computers: A Guide to Innovation

Quantum computers are being developed by teams working not only at universities but also at Google, IBM, Microsoft and D-Wave, a start-up company. And things…

Life & Chemistry

Unveiling Genome Periodicity: Insights from IRB Barcelona Research

The researchers demonstrate that DNA damage and repair processes can play a role in the generation of sequence periodicity in the genomes of eukaryotic…

Physics & Astronomy

Russian Physicists Enhance Diode Laser for Precision Measurements

“This work has two main results,” said the paper's lead author RQC Scientific Director Michael Gorodetsky, who is also an MSU professor. “First, it serves to…

Materials Sciences

Disorder’s Impact on Material Phase Transitions Explained

While these arrangements can be easily studied in each phase individually, it is significantly harder to study how they change their arrangements from one…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Ring-Shaped Protein Complex and DNA Interaction

The Rice lab of José Onuchic has determined the structure of the condensin protein complex. The work settles the controversy over whether the complex is a…

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