PolyPhotonics project starts: Fraunhofer HHI and partners develop market-ready polymer chips
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"Great in Optics – Small in Size!" The growing core of the “PolyPhotonics” Innovation Initiative will take this motto to the global communications market. The project is part of the “Regional Enterprise Initiative” of the German Federal Ministry of Research. The consortium develops the value chain for the creation of a new technology platform. The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI coordinates the project.
Constricting without a string: Bacteria gone to the worms divide differently
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A new study provides fascinating insights into how bacteria divide. This shows not only how little we know about bacteria outside of the lab, but might also bring us one step closer towards the development of new antibiotics.
Kaiserslautern physicists observe diffusion of individual atoms in light bath
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In a combination of experiments and theory the diffusion of individual atoms in periodic systems was understood for the first time. The interaction of individual atoms with light at ultralow temperatures close to the absolute zero temperature point provides new insights into ergodicity, the basic assumption of thermodynamics. Quantum physicists at University of Kaiserslautern have published their results together with colleagues in the renowned scientific journal “Nature Physics”.
Protein with Multiple Duties
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Freiburg researchers demonstrate how a molecular barrel structure serves various functions in the mitochondria
The World Health Summit 2016 opens at the German Federal Foreign Office
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The World Health Summit 2016 opens at the German Federal Foreign Office
Minister of Health Hermann Gröhe: Global health challenges require a close coordination and co-operation.
How cells take out the trash: the “phospho-kiss of death” deciphered
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Cells never forget to take out the trash. It has long been known that cells tag proteins for degradation by labelling them with ubiquitin, a signal described as “the molecular kiss of death”. In the current issue of Nature, Tim Clausen’s group at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna identifies an analogous system in gram-positive bacteria, where the role of a degradation tag is fulfilled by a little known post-translational modification: arginine phosphorylation. The discovery opens new avenues for designing antibacterial therapies.
Observing the Birth of Quasiparticles in Real Time
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The formation of quasiparticles, such as polarons, in a condensed-matter system usually proceeds in an extremely fast way and is very difficult to observe. In Innsbruck, Rudolf Grimm’s physics research group, in collaboration with an international team of theoretical physicists, has simulated the formation of polarons in an ultracold quantum gas in real time. The researchers have published their findings in the journal Science.
Paradigm shift in the research field of photoreceptor transplantation
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Paradigm shift in the research field of photoreceptor transplantation: mechanism improving the function of the retina works different than previously assumed
The research group of Prof. Dr. Marius Ader, group leader at the DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Cluster of Excellence at TU Dresden, introduces a new understanding of the mechanism of cell transplantations that aim to improve retinal function. Affected retinal degenerative diseases are for example age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) with a current total of approximately 1.6 million patients affected in Germany.
Smaller, more efficient energy-saving chips “made in Europe”
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Research project led by Infineon successfully completed. Joint press information from the partners in the European research project “Enhanced Power Pilot Line”.
Micromotors to open new horizons
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Dr. Juliane Simmchen is going to explore new paths in chemistry. Being awarded a “Freigeist” Fellowship by the Volkswagen Foundation over 844.000 Euro for the next five years, Dr. Simmchen will establish her own junior research team at the Chair of Physical Chemistry (Prof. Alexander Eychmüller) at TU Dresden.
Bern-made laser altimeter taking off to Mercury
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University of Bern’s Laser Altimeter BELA has been successfully tested during the last weeks and the last components will be delivered to ESA on 5 October. The first laser altimeter for inter-planetary flight to be built in Europe is part of the ESA BepiColombo mission to Mercury. Starting in 2024, it will provide data about the planet’s surface.
Novel mechanism to steer cell identities gives clue on how organisms develop
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Scientists discovered a new way in which microRNAs can determine the fate of cells in the course of their development. This could be a key to understanding how complex organisms are built, say researchers from the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna.
Professor Gregor Luthe: Prefers Gronau instead of Berkeley
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Gronau, Germany: There is a wooden child's bed built like a Viking ship in the winter garden of his office- including a red-white sail, a steering wheel and a horse's head. Everything made by himself. A gleaming mahogany table can be found within his office. It is dark brown and sufficient for more than 20 people. Also restored by himself. Next to the office door you will walk straight into a laboratory where two scientists are busy working with bulbs and an agitating machine. Financed by himself. Gregor Luthe surely was one of those kids whose first word was “himself”.
Electric field shakes a magnet in one trillionth of a sec. Novel method of spin control discovered
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An international team of scientists from Germany, the Netherlands and Russia has successfully demonstrated a novel, highly efficient and ultrafast magnetization control scheme by employing electromagnetic waves oscillating at terahertz frequencies. The new concept will be published in the upcoming issue of Nature Photonics.
Teaching Nano & Emerging Technologies Webinar - Registration Now Open!
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The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) will hold the next in its series of free webinars for the K–12 community to share approaches and best practices for teaching nano and emerging technologies on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, from 7-8 PM EDT.
Spiral arms: not just in galaxies
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Astronomers have found a distinct structure involving spiral arms in the reservoir of gas and dust disk surrounding the young star Elias 2-27. While spiral features have been observed on the surfaces of protoplanetary disks, these new ALMA observations are the first to reveal that such spirals occur at the disk midplane, the region where planet formation takes place. This is of importance for planet formation: structures such as these could either indicate the presence of a newly formed planet, or else create the necessary conditions for a planet to form. As such, these results are a crucial step towards a better understanding how planetary systems like our Solar system came into being.