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Body Labs Secures Patents For 3D Body Modeling Technologies
Mar 22, 2016Body Labs has secured the exclusive rights to two patents issued to Brown University and licenses to several new technologies developed at Max-Planck-Innovation GmbH. U.S. Patents 9,189,886 B2 and 2013/0249908 A1 expand Body Labs' ...
Tags: Body Labs, Brown University, 3D Body Modeling Technologies, Patent
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A Low-Temperature PAMBE Process for Direct Growth of InGaN on Silicon Substrates
Mar 24, 2015Researchers in Europe have developed a low-temperature plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PAMBE) process for direct growth of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) on silicon (Si) substrates [Pavel Aseev et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, ...
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BASF Increased Spending on Research and Development to EUR1.8 Billion in 2013
May 27, 2014BASF increased spending on research and development to €1.8 billion (2012: €1.7 billion) in 2013. "In absolute terms, we lead the field in the chemical industry with our research and development expenditures," said Dr. Andreas ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Basf, Coating
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4,000-Year-Old Xiaohe Cheese Represents The Oldest Remains of a Milk Product Ever Found
Mar 13, 2014Normally, Andrej Shevchenko and his team at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden analyse proteins and fats in the cells of fruit flies or roundworms. In this case, however, the scientists dealt with ...
Tags: cheese, proteins, production method
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Researchers Has Used World's Most Powerful X-Ray Laser to Take Snapshots of Free Molecules
Mar 6, 2014An international team of researchers has used the world's most powerful X-ray laser to take snapshots of free molecules. The research team headed by Prof. Jochen Küpper of the Hamburg Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) ...
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Temperature Feedback Magnifying Climate Warming in Arctic Is Found by Researchers
Feb 26, 2014(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with the Max Planck Institute in Germany, has found that temperature feedback in the Arctic is causing more warming in that region than sea ice albedo. In their paper published in the journal Nature ...
Tags: Max Planck, polar cap, Arctic, Climate Warming
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Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans Are Associated with Genes Affecting 2 Diabete
Feb 8, 2014Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans are associated with genes affecting type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease, lupus, biliary cirrhosis and smoking behavior. They also concentrate in genes that influence skin and hair characteristics. ...
Tags: DNA, genetic legacy, Papua New Guinea, Denisovans
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A Substantial Fraction of The Neanderthal Genome Persists in Modern Human Populations
Feb 8, 2014A substantial fraction of the Neanderthal genome persists in modern human populations. A new approach applied to analyzing whole-genome sequencing data from 665 people from Europe and East Asia shows that more than 20 percent of the ...
Tags: DNA, Max Planck Institute, Vernot, Human Genome
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It Would Seem That When Graphene and Perskovite Are a Winning Combination in Photovoltaics
Jan 22, 2014When it comes to graphene and photovoltaics, for the most part it's only been a story about replacing the indium tin oxide (ITO) used as the transparent electrodes of organic solar cells. But last year Spanish researchers in collaboration ...
Tags: Graphene, Perskovite, organic solar cells, Electrical, Electronics
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Astronomers Have Used ESO's Harps Planet Hunter in Chile
Jan 15, 2014Astronomers have used ESO's HARPS planet hunter in Chile, along with other telescopes around the world, to discover three planets orbiting stars in the cluster Messier 67. Although more than one thousand planets outside the Solar System are ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Carbon Will Be Converted by ThyssenKrupp From Steel Mill Gasses Into Chemicals
Jan 14, 2014German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced that it has initiated a project to convert carbon from steel mill gasses into valuable chemicals. The electricity for this project is to come from renewable sources. ThyssenKrupp said that the ...
Tags: ThyssenKrupp, steel mill gasses, convert, carbon, valuable chemicals
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The Tobacco Hornworm Is Actually a Caterpillar-Prior to Turning Into a Butterfly
Jan 2, 2014A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany has found that a species of hornworm uses nicotine it gets from eating tobacco plants, as a means of defense. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Tags: hornworm, nicotine, tobacco plants, defense
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Perpetual Motion Machines May Be More Than Pie-in-The-Sky Notions
Dec 30, 2013The concept of a perpetual motion machine is an enticing one: Imagine a machine that runs continuously without requiring any external energy—a feat that could make refueling vehicles a thing of the past. While a perpetual motion ...
Tags: perpetual motion machine, negative absolute temperatures
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BASF and Volkswagen go in 2013 to Dr. Karl Mayrhofer, work group Electrocatalysis
Oct 28, 2013The international “Science Award Electrochemistry” from BASF and Volkswagen goes in 2013 to Dr. Karl Mayrhofer, work group “Electrocatalysis”, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf. The jury of ...
Tags: BASF, Volkswagen
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An International Team of Scientists Has Created a Tool to Precisely Pinpoint
Sep 17, 2013An international team of scientists has created a tool to precisely pinpoint where petroleum and gas reserves have accumulated beneath the earth. One of the team members is a Chinese geologist from the University of California-Davis. "The ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy