A team of Korean researchers, affiliated with UNIST has recently pioneered in developing a new simple nanowire manufacturing technique that uses self-catalytic…

Once this dynamic system was spotted, the next step was to understand what caused it. For this, scientists have turned to a combination of real time…

The observation in a ferroelectric material of “polar vortices” that appear to be the electrical cousins of magnetic skyrmions holds intriguing possibilities…

“Billions of tiny computers will in future communicate with each other via the Internet or locally. Yet power consumption currently remains a great obstacle”,…

Though hundreds of enormous, high-velocity gas clouds whiz around the outskirts of our galaxy, this so-called “Smith Cloud” is unique because its trajectory is…

The invented substances have been characterized with regard to the inhibition of the cPLA2 (IC50 in the submicromolar range) and metabolic stability (tested in rat liver homogenates). The inventors are currently conducting such experiments with further, newly generated derivatives of the same inhibitor family. On behalf of the Westfalian Wilhelms-University of Muenster, PROvendis offers access to rights for commercial use as well as the opportunity for further co-development. The cPLA2 has been identified as target for the inhibition of inflammatory immune responses. The invented substances are of high interest for any pharma company with an immunological pipeline and may constitute the first-in-class cPLA2 inhibitors for systemic application.

Our day-to-day lives are being filled with more and more devices that let users find out the status of an object via the Internet or the Cloud. Examples of…

In a laboratory experiment, physicists at the Center for Quantum Dynamics of Heidelberg University have succeeded in determining the equation of state for an…

In the new competence center for optical simulation, the LZH is working on three subprojects in the areas of high-power glass fiber amplifiers, dielectric…

The team uses a robotic arm called the Primary Mirror Alignment and Integration Fixture to lift and lower each of Webb's 18 primary flight mirror segments to…

“Our method brings us closer to making do-it-yourself optics a reality by greatly simplifying the design iteration steps,” explained Kimani Toussaint, an…

The Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP) within IBS has reported results correlating the flake merging angle with grain boundary (GBs)…

Simultaneously recorded signals from all participating radio telescopes were combined at the special correlator facility operated at the MPIfR in Bonn,…

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological movement disorder. Atypical Parkinson syndromes arise from other neurodegenerative diseases like Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The accurate distinction between them is challenging. Our scientists developed a new diagnostic test to differentiate between DLB, PD and other neuropathies.

For two-dimensional film thickness determination, a measurement system based on a hyperspectral imager has been developed for the first time. A head forms a measurement line. Reflection of the measurement object is displayed on the entrance slit of the hyperspectral imager. From the spectral reflectance data of each locally resolvable pixel of the examined object the layer height is reconstructed. If the measurement object is moving uniformly, combined measurement lines are resulting in a two-dimensional measuring surface. In addition, for each locally resolvable pixel the distance between head and measurement object can be determined.

From trains to turbines, a vast range of machines generate and transmit data every second. With a view to providing benefits for its customers, Siemens wants…