5/22/12
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) under ultra high vacuum conditions enables the monitoring of organic reactions in solution when carried out in mixtures of reactive ionic liquids (ILs), as demonstrated by EAM scientists for a thermally activated alkylation of a nucleophilic amine by a ...
5/22/12
The 2012 Innovation Award of the biotechnology regions in Germany was presented to Prof. Ulrich Schraermeyer on 9 May 2012 in Frankfurt am Main. The Tübingen-based researcher received the award in recognition of his idea to use an active substance to treat the dry form of age-related macular ...
5/22/12
German and Swedish research groups at Kiel University and Umeå Plant Science Centre have identified the long-sought bolting gene B in the sugar beet crop. The gene called BvBTC1 determines if and when a beet plant will flower. Early flowering has the undesired effect of terminating the root ...
5/22/12
Simulation Laboratory Neuroscience in Jülich Jülich/ Freiburg, 21 Mai 2012 - Understanding the brain with supercomputers - this is the goal of the new Simulation Laboratory Neuroscience at Forschungszentrum Jülich that was founded by the Helmholtz Association. Within the new institution, the ...
5/22/12
Mainz linguists publish the first modern introduction to onomastics for both experts and the broader public 21.05.2012 Cows and hurricanes, inns and distant celestial bodies – as different as they seem to be, they do have something in common: They all bear names, whether it be Berta the cow, ...
5/22/12
Functional Molecular Complexes For the first time, individual biomolecules have been assembled to form a molecular complex with its own unique function For the first time, individual biomolecules have been assembled to form a molecular complex with its own unique function A few years ago, the ...
5/21/12
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) technicians can order replacement parts online directly from the job site. Siemens has further developed its Old2New service tool as an iPhone app. A technician who is standing in a basement looking at a part that needs to be replaced - a meter, ...
5/21/12
A new manufacturing technology is expected to greatly reduce the cost of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the future. For the first time ever, researchers at the Siemens subsidiary Osram Opto Semiconductors were able to successfully produce gallium nitride LED chips on a silicon substrate instead ...
5/21/12
Almost 15 years after being paralysed by a stroke, a 58-year-old US-American woman was once again able to serve herself a drink of coffee. This was possible thanks to a state-of-the-art DLR robot arm and hand that she controlled with neural signals sent directly from her brain. It took just a ...
5/21/12
Multiphoton Microscopy New Possibilities for Multiphoton Microscopy from Carl Zeiss OPO and simultaneous lasers for LSM 7 seriesRTF Documents JENA/Germany, 16.05.2012. Multiphoton confocal microscopes from Carl Zeiss now permit the simultaneous use of two NLO lasers or one laser with an optical ...
