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Materials Sciences

Stretchable Ceramics: Advancements in Flame Technology

Synthesizing nanoscale materials takes place within high-tech laboratories, where scientists in full-body suits keep every grain of dust away from their…

Life & Chemistry

New Molecular Mechanism Regulates Brain Development Phases

Our ability to see or hear only develops if also the brain has learned to “see” or “hear”. To succeed, this learning has to happen in particular time windows…

Physics & Astronomy

Precise Measurement of Strange Atomic Nucleus Mass Achieved

An international team of physicists working at the Institute of Nuclear Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany has measured the mass…

Information Technology

First Highly Ordered Molecular Framework Solar Cell Unveiled

“We have opened the door to a new room,” says Professor Christof Wöll, Director of KIT Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG). “This new application of…

Earth Sciences

Ice-Phase Clouds: Key Players in Weather Predictions

New meteorological findings from Leipzig help to improve weather and climate predictions Benjamin Franklin was the first to surmise that, even on a hot…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Modern Catalytic Converters for Cleaner Emissions

Modern catalytic converters for the treatment of exhaust gases in vehicles with a combustion engine have largely contributed to reducing of pollutant…

Earth Sciences

Cold Hotspots: Exploring Upwelling Zones in the Baltic Sea

Upwelling is a process, which is initiated by certain wind regimes. Deep water that differs significantly from upper water layers is transported to the surface…

Life & Chemistry

Water striders' jumping on water — understood and imitated after careful observations

The Korean-Polish team of biologists, Piotr Jablonski, Sang-Im Lee and Jae Hak Son from the Laboratory of Behavioral Ecology and Evolution (Jablonski, Lee and…

Awards Funding

Carl Zeiss Foundation Funds ELYSION Research at Mainz University

Over the next four years, the Carl Zeiss Foundation will be providing support in the form of EUR 850,000 to the Advanced Lab for Electrochemistry and…

Environmental Conservation

Strategic Culling: Tackling the Lionfish Invasion Effectively

We’ve all seen the stories – lionfish derbies and other efforts are ongoing in the United States and Caribbean, all with the goal of helping to decrease the…

Information Technology

New Strategies for Managing Big Data in Europe

Big Data is a major factor driving knowledge discovery and innovation in our information society. However, large amounts of data can only be used efficiently…

Awards Funding

World Bank Funds Six Biogas Plants in Hebei, China

With around 70 million euros, the World Bank participates in the construction of a total of six biogas plants in Hebei province, China. Together with…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Adrenal Gland Tumors Uncovered by Researchers

Specifically, the team headed by Dr. Natalia Pellegata of the Institute of Pathology (PATH) at the Helmholtz Zentrum München conducted a study on…

Corporate News

Siemens Delivers 18 Gas Turbines to Thailand’s Energy Sector

Siemens has signed a contract for the delivery of 18 model SGT-800 industrial gas turbines to Thailand and will also provide technical field assistance for…

Physics & Astronomy

Tiny Drops of Early Universe 'Perfect' Fluid

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a particle collider for nuclear physics research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National…

Life & Chemistry

Research team from Münster develops innovative catalytic chemistry process

Nature can do it, and chemists in the lab often dream of doing it: producing substances simply and ecologically – as far as possible without any undesirable…

Information Technology

myEcoCost – a Revolution for Environmental Accounting

Today’s problems of data availability and quality in life cycle assessment and other environmental analyses hinder evidence based policy decisions as much as…

Health & Medicine

Understanding Lung Cancer Costs in Germany: A Deep Dive

As part of their research, the team of scientists headed by Dr. Larissa Schwarzkopf and Prof. Reiner Leidl from the Institute of Health Economics and Health…

Information Technology

Graphene and 2D Crystals Boost Data Communication Speed

In the recent work published today in Nature Nanotechnology, the research group led by Prof at ICFO Frank Koppens has shown that a two-dimensional crystal,…

Physics & Astronomy

New Era of Precision Astronomy: MICADO Camera Unveiled

As the first dedicated camera for the E-ELT, MICADO will equip the giant telescope with a capability for diffraction-limited imaging at near-infrared…

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