Interdisciplinary Research
News and developments from the field of interdisciplinary research.
Among other topics, you can find stimulating reports and articles related to microsystems, emotions research, futures research and stratospheric research.
AutoRAPID project enters the home stretch
Successful trial installation in Erlangen… The fully automated measurement of the biophysical properties of hundreds of cell samples in just a few days is the goal of the cooperative project…
Scientists discover ‘flipping’ layers in heterostructures to cause changes in their properties
Dark excitons emerge exclusively at the top layer of bi-layered transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures when the stacking order of the layers is changed. Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductors are special…
Diesel exhaust gases harm insects
Bayreuth animal ecologists study the effects on bumblebees for the first time. The decline of insects threatens many ecosystems worldwide. While the effects of pesticides are well researched, there has…
Innovative biocatalysts reduce pharmaceutical residues in wastewater
In a new interdisciplinary project between BTU Cottbus and TU Dresden, researchers are investigating the use of novel enzymes to remove micropollutants from municipal wastewater. Medicines are good for our…
Detection of bacteria and viruses with fluorescent nanotubes
An interdisciplinary research team from Bochum, Duisburg and Zurich has developed a new approach to construct modular optical sensors which are capable of detecting viruses and bacteria. For this purpose,…
LIONESS Puts a Laser Focus on Tissue Imaging
Large collaboration at ISTA yields an unprecedented “live” view into the brain’s complexity. In a new paper published today in the journal Nature Methods, an interdisciplinary team of scientists at…