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Unravelling Coronal Mass Ejections from Our Solar System’s Origin

Young stars ejecting plasma could give us clues into the Sun’s past Kyoto, Japan — Down here on Earth we don’t usually notice, but the Sun is frequently ejecting huge masses of plasma into space. These are called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). They often occur together with sudden brightenings called flares, and sometimes extend far enough to disturb Earth’s magnetosphere, generating space weather phenomena including auroras or geomagnetic storms, and even damaging power grids on occasion. Scientists believe that when…

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Nano-Beaker Reveals New Insights Into Atomic Condensation

The team headed by Professor Thomas Jung, which consists of researchers from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, Department of Physics at the University of Basel…

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EO-Silicon – Inducing the electrooptic effect in silicon

Because of the symmetrical crystal structure there is no electro-optical effect in silicon. That means that in silicon the refractive index is not dependent on the applied electric field strength. The manufacturing of electro-optical components in silicon technology was therefore not possible in a cost-effective way.
A surprisingly simple and inexpensive method has now been found using chemical treatment of the silicon surface with bromine. Hereby silicon can be converted into an electro-optically active material. The induced electro-optical activity has a high thermal stability, which can even be increased by appropriate passivation layers.

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Abell 4067: New Insights from Galaxy Cluster Collision

The catalogues of celestial objects contain a galaxy cluster called “Abell 4067”. Recent observations with the XMM-Newton space observatory, however, reveal…

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Physicists Test Caesium Atoms’ Dual-Location Theory

Physicists of the University of Bonn have constructed an experiment designed to possibly falsify this thesis. Their first experiment shows that Caesium atoms…

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New FAIR Magnet Opens Doors to Nuclear Research in France

The NUSTAR researchers intend to examine the characteristics of rare and extremely unstable atomic nuclei with large numbers of neutrons and how they are…

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Magnetically-Doped Ferromagnetic Insulators: New Findings

The discovery of “topologically protected” electrical conductivity on the surface of some materials whose bulk interior acts as an insulator was among the most…

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A regenerable molybdenum-containing oxidic ternary co-catalyst for efficient photocatalytic water splitting

A novel oxidic ternary co-catalyst containing molybdenum, which has been found to be highly active and stable in the overall photocatalytic splitting of water over gallium oxide. With this noble metal-free system a catalytic activity comparable to that of the well-established RhxCr2-xO3/Ga2O3 water splitting catalyst can be achieved. Furthermore, its activity can be easily regenerated resulting in a long service life.

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Multifunctional construction textiles for non – destructive permanent moisture monitoring in timber and concrete structures

Der Erfindungsidee betrifft die Verwendung und die Herstellung von
sensorischen Textilstrukturen, die gitterartig, strang-, bandförmig oder
als Abstandsstrukturen ausgebildet sind.
Selbige dienen gleichzeitig zur Armierung, Dämmung oder Dichtung sowie der Feuchtezustandsüberwachung von Holz- und Betonbauwerken.

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Enhancing Optical Contrast with Innovative Lighting Systems

Das Ziel dieser Erfindung ist es, den Kontrast / Schärfe von erkennbaren Strukturen durch zeitlich und räumlich kontrolliertes Licht optisch zu verstärken. Dieser neuartige Ansatz soll die klassischen Methoden der Kontrastverstärkung ergänzen. Eine weitere Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung besteht darin, eine einfache und kostengünstige Methode zu schaffen, statische High-Dynamic-Range (so genannte Bilder mit hohem Kontrastverhältnis) zu betrachten und dabei das Kontrastverhältnis, die wahrgenommene Tonauflösung und den Farbraum über die physikalischen Möglichkeiten der verwendeten Darstellungsmittel hinaus zu erhöhen.

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Streamline Product Selection with Innovative Graphical System

Bei der Erfindung handelt es sich um ein graphisches System
(Software mit technischem Hintergrund) zur schnellen Produktauswahl
innerhalb aller Produkte eines Marktsegments.
Diese Informationen liegen oft in tabellarischer Form oder in dedizierten
Datenbanken vor und besitzen alle die gleichen Attribute aber in
unterschiedlicher Ausprägung.
Neben der Produktauswahl ermöglicht das System auch eine genaue
Analyse des Marktsegments.
Weitere Einsatzgebiete sind Visualisierungen beliebiger multidimensionaler Daten insbesondere von Simulationsergebnissen.

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Module for the generation of scheduled /time – defined chronological pressure gradients /histories

Die Erfindung dient zur Erzeugung von Druckpulsen, welche einen
ventilgesteuerten Hoch- und Niederdruckbereich sowie einen
Vordruckerzeugungsbereich umfassen.
Ziel ist ein universelles und vielseitig einsetzbares Gerät, welches
die Prüfnormen zuverlässig und reproduzierbar erfüllt.
Dabei stehen Flexibilität, leichte Bedienung, Wirtschaftlichkeit, Zeit-
und Kostenersparnis im Vordergrund.

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Energy-Efficient Adaptive Cups for Medical Tech Solutions

Die Erfindung betrifft einen monolithischen (aus einem Bauteil bestehenden), geschlossenen, nachgiebigen Sauggreifer, mit dem glatte
Objekte gegriffen, hantiert und transportiert werden können.

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New Cosmic Burst of Radio Waves Captured by Astronomers

Over the past few years, astronomers have observed a new phenomenon, a brief burst of radio waves, lasting only a few milliseconds. It was first seen by chance…

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Square Kilometre Array: Unlocking New Cosmic Insights

Researchers from the Cosmology Science Working Group of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) have worked out how to use the world's largest telescope for the task….

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Galactic 'hailstorm' in the early universe

Using a combination of data gathered from powerful radio telescopes and supercomputer simulations, the teams found that a quasar spits out cold gas at speeds…

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Fortifying the Brick and Charming the Snake – Cosmic Magnetic Fields in Dark Clouds

Stars much more massive than the Sun (with 8 solar masses or more) live wild and die young. They spew out powerful stellar winds and sometimes explode…

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