The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) exhibits a selection of current improvements and new developments regarding diode lasers and UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs)…

In orthodontics, there is a multitude of intraoral devices and wires that can be activated by bending. However, due to restricted access, wire bending is often difficult if not impossible, especially in the palatine region and lingual of the mandible. Moreover, in many cases mirror-inverted pliers would be necessary for respective bending on the other side of the oral cavity. So far, there are no orthodontic pliers available, that enable ergonomic wire bending on both sides of the oral cavity. The present invention solves this problem by connecting the two handles with an olong hole system. According to the invention, the one-prong branch can be swiveled to the other side of the two-prong branch, thus allowing mirror-inverted application. A locking mechanism is activated when the pliers are closed to prevent accidental shifting of the branches. Another aspect of the invention is an convenient working angle between branches and handle, which facilitates intraoral application. A design model is available for demonstration.

Today we recognize the laser is reality beyond science fiction, used in targeted surgeries, precision manufacturing and in the exploration of materials at the…

As the production of two superconducting accelerator modules for the future electron accelerator MESA (“Mainz Energy-Recovering Superconducting Accelerator”)…

The technology describes novel ionic liquids. With this technology a directed choice of substituents, attached groups and the anion is possible which makes it possible to create ionic liquids with special properties for different applications.

The method allows very consistent classification of tumor entities (especially brain tumor sub-types) by analyzing the methylation pattern of genome wide CpG positions.

Biotinylated molecules, like proteins or peptides, DNA, RNA and PNA are quantitatively released from streptavidin complexes by adding a mixture of SX. After elution and removal of SX, e.g. by evaporation, the biotinylated molecules can be used for subsequent applications and analyses.

The mouse model faithfully mimics clinical conditions in HCC and allows evaluation of novel therapeutic strategies like immunotherapy or antiangiogenic therapy or vaccination. The tumor induction is tightly controlled by cre/loxP-system in a dose-dependent manner.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a stratosphere, one of the primary layers of Earth's atmosphere, on a massive and blazing-hot exoplanet known as…

The project – which crosses the boundaries of neuroscience, mechanical engineering and computer science – builds on years of research into insect vision at the…

Researchers at Rice University have discovered a new way to make ultrasensitive conductivity measurements at optical frequencies on high-speed nanoscale…

Most galaxies are clumped together in groups or clusters. A neighboring galaxy is never far away. But this galaxy, known as NGC 6503, has found itself in a…

It is the task of the following invention to indicate a method for the construction of a class of one way-functions. One-way functions are fundamental tools for cryptography, personal identification, authentication, universal hashing and other data security applications (i.e. the password-problem). Beside the use for authentication, the implementation of one-way functions in conditional access systems and payment systems is possible. For Internet applications the one-way functions can be used for generate session-IDs.

The DMIR system is both a process and a device for recording the tire state as forces, inflation and others, especially for pneumatic radial tires. During the process, the current rolling condition of the tire is measured and compared with condition data records that were prepared with a number of preliminary calculations, measurements, and/or test results and then saved in a database. This process is suitable for the determination of interior tire pressure, wheel speed, normal and tangential forces, tire stability, state of wear, and the friction coefficients and will support interior pressure and vehicle stability control systems.

The clouds can be large or small. They can be relatively slow or as fast as 3,000 miles per second, but only one component has a strong effect on how much a…

Scientists in the STAR collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC, http://www.bnl.gov/rhic/), a particle accelerator exploring nuclear physics…