For years, scientists have had an itch they couldn’t scratch. Even with the best microscopes and spectrometers, it’s been difficult to study and identify…

To have a record of such an intense flare from so many observatories is unprecedented.  Such research can help scientists better understand what catalyst sets…

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Mainz and the National University of Singapore have attested that the thermal…

We propose a fundamentally new, direct solution for real-time monocular SLAM/Odometry (VO). The method runs in real-time on a laptop CPU or modern smart phone. In addition to accurate and robust camera-tracking, it estimates precise, semi-dense depth maps.

The invention describes SiC/Graphene Transistors for Normally-On/Normally-Off Operation and Integrated Circuits (Including Logic). This invention can be used, e.g. to
build a compact constant current source for LED-lightning,
include the control circuits and the LED on the same SiC-subtrate and/or provide control circuits for high power switches.

Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary bladder is the most common genitourinary cancer. Diagnosis of TCC currently relies on cystoscopy and urine cytology. Both examination methods have limitations. The present technology describes a novel urinary marker for the detection of bladder cancer. With a sensitivity of 85 % and a specificity of 86.4 % the potential marker exceeds currently commercially available bladder cancer associated marker proteins.

Neutron stars, the extraordinarily dense stellar bodies created when massive stars collapse, are known to host the strongest magnetic fields in the universe –…

A University of Utah-led team discovered a “hypervelocity star” that is the closest, second-brightest and among the largest of 20 found so far. Speeding at…

But Planck also observes light from much closer than the farthest reaches of time and space. With an instrument called the High Frequency Instrument (HFI),…

The field of application is under water welding (e.g. offshore platforms or inland water-ways) using electric arc welding including continuous filler wire supply. In comparison to the state of the art, the new welding system allows a creation of endless an slag-free welding seam in hyper-baric wet areas by the hand of the diver.

Pioneering research, published in Nature Nanotechnology, has now developed a method to accurately measure the surface temperature of nanoscale objects when…

Three recent scientific papers examined the risks of interplanetary exchange of organisms using research from the International Space Station. All three,…

To date, the diagnosis of the severe infectious disease leishmaniosis is still highly unreliable in endemic areas of Eastern Africa, since the pathogen occurring in these regions differs from pathogens present in other endemic areas of South Africa and Asia. Moreover, leishmaniasis is also spreading in southern Europe because infected dogs represent a major source of risk for the transmission to humans.

A cost-effective and time-efficient diagnostics was developed which provides a more
reliable diagnosis of leishmaniasis in humans and animals as compared to currently
available diagnostics. This diagnostics is particularly suitable for a use as rapid test,
allowing an uncomplicated application outside of clinics and laboratories and
consequently a more efficient and improved diagnosis of leishmaniasis in hospitals
and in the field.

Recently, Professor Tomasz Skwarnicki and a team of researchers proved the existence of a meson named Z(4430), with two quarks and two antiquarks, using data…

Twenty years ago, Philip Platzman and Allen Mills, Jr. at Bell Laboratories proposed that a gamma-ray laser could be made from a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)…

Two teams of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered three distant exploding stars that have been magnified by the immense…