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Earth Sciences

NASA Catches Three Days of Typhoon Hagupit's Motion Over Philippines

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite caught a picture of Hagupit on Dec. 6 before it made…

Environmental Conservation

Studying Microplastics: Impact on Marine Life Revealed

The study marks the launch of a series of investigations aimed at forming a risk matrix on the sensitivity of different marine species to microplastic…

Life & Chemistry

Discovering Brain Origins: Insights from Heidelberg Biologists

While searching for the origin of our brain, biologists at Heidelberg University have gained new insights into the evolution of the central nervous system…

Materials Sciences

Microscopy Uncovers How Atom-High Steps Block Metal Oxidation

The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could be relevant to understanding and perhaps controlling oxidation in a wide…

Life & Chemistry

Cells Communicate: Signaling Molecules Guide Development

During embryonal development of vertebrates, signaling molecules inform each cell at which position it is located. In this way, the cell can develop its…

Trade Fair News

New Composite Material Shields Against Corrosion Under Stress

The researchers from the INM- Leibniz Institute for New Materials will be presenting their results at the International Nanotechnology Exhibition and…

Materials Sciences

Photometallization: Streamlining Touchscreen Circuitry Production

The researchers from the INM will be presenting their results at the International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference nano tech 2015, Tokyo, Japan.

Materials Sciences

Innovative Conductive Coatings for Flexible Touchscreens

For the nanoparticle inks, the researchers are using what are known as TCOs, or transparent conducting oxides. “We use the TCOs to produce nanoparticles with…

Materials Sciences

Printable Luminous Particles Create Cost-Effective Curved Surfaces

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are the modern lighting devices used in lamps, signals, signs or displays. By contrast, organic semiconducting light-emitting…

Materials Sciences

Self-Assembled Nanotextures Enhance Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency

Reducing the amount of sunlight that bounces off the surface of solar cells helps maximize the conversion of the sun’s rays to electricity, so manufacturers…

Life & Chemistry

Heidelberg Researchers Discover Unusually Elastic Protein

Scientists at Heidelberg University have discovered an unusually elastic protein in one of the most ancient groups of animals, the over 600-million-year-old…

Life & Chemistry

Innovative Programmed Synthesis of Multi-Substituted Benzene

Professor Kenichiro Itami, Junichiro Yamaguchi, Yasutomo Segawa and Shin Suzuki at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University and…

Physics & Astronomy

Physicists Observe Skyrmion Motion for Future Data Storage

Small magnetic whirls may revolutionize future data storage and information processing if they can be moved rapidly and reliably in small structures. A team of…

Social Sciences

New Research Center TRANSSOS Enhances Transnational Support

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has been working in partnership with the University of Hildesheim over the past seven years to establish a new…

Awards Funding

Technische Verfahren mit Mikroorganismen stehen im Mittelpunkt des Forschungsbündnisses BioSAM

Im Mittelpunkt von BioSAM stehen lebende Mikroorganismen wie Hefen oder Bakterien mit einzigartigen Eigenschaften, die technisch genutzt werden sollen. So…

Health & Medicine

Mainz Researchers Discover Key Factor in Autophagy Process

Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease are typically characterized by protein deposits in the brain. These are comprised of defective,…

Life & Chemistry

Mind Reading: How Brain Patterns Reveal Taste Preferences

Kathrin Ohla, the lead researcher on the team, said: “The ability to taste is crucial for food choice and the formation of food preferences. Impairments in…

Event News

CeBiTec Symposium 2023: Tackling Big Data in Biomedicine

Vom 23. bis 25. März 2015 findet das 10. CeBiTec Symposium mit dem Titel „Bioinformatik für die Biotechnologie und die Biomedizin“ am Zentrum für…

Studies and Analyses

Daylight Savings Time: Impact on Life Satisfaction for Parents

“Especially parents of young children suffer when daylight savings time begins,” says Daniel Kühnle from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg,…

Physics & Astronomy

A first glimpse inside a macroscopic quantum state

Quantum entanglement is always related to the microscopic world, but it also has striking macroscopic effects, such as the squeezing of light or…

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