Call for Paper – Panacea Green Infrastructure?
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- Written by Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung gGmbH
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The international conference addresses the multiple functions of green infrastructure in the sustainable transformation of cities. It aims to critically reflect the planning and implementation of green infrastructure in cities and regions across Europe. Particular attention is paid to the long-term management of green infrastructure against the background of recent economic trends in spatial development on the one hand, and new approaches of participation and empowerment on the other. Thus, the conference aims to introduce the concept of green infrastructure into political debates based on a critical review of conceptual discussions as well as planning practice.
Tackling remaining cost drivers in wind energy
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- Written by Fraunhofer Institut für Windenergie und Energiesystemtechnik IWES
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Scientists at Fraunhofer IWES in Kassel aim to contribute to further cost reductions in wind energy use. They will present results of an large scale expert survey on future cost reduction potential, a simulation model on the failure characteristics of wind turbines and recommended practices for reliability data including an own seminar at the Wind Europe Summit 2016 in Hamburg, the world's largest wind energy event.
Nanotechnology for energy materials: Electrodes like leaf veins
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- Written by Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH
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Nano-sized metallic wires are attracting increasing attention as conductive elements for manufacturing transparent electrodes, which are employed in solar cells and touch screen panels. In addition to high electric conductivity, excellent optical transmittance is one of the important parameters for an electrode in photovoltaic applications.
Laser use for neurosurgery and biofabrication - LaserForum 2016 focuses on medical technology
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- Written by IVAM Fachverband für Mikrotechnik
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This year’s LaserForum will be held on November 3, 2016 at NIFE, Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development in Hanover, Germany. It will be titled "Laseranwendungen in der Medizin" (Medical Laser Appplications).
Pancreatic cancer paves the path for metastases in the liver at an exceptionaly early stage
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- Written by Technische Universität München
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Pancreatic cancer is an exceptionally aggressive type of cancer. Frequently, metastases already start to grow in other organs, particularly often in the liver, before the original tumor was even detected. Scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now discovered a molecular mechanism, which is responsible for the prominent susceptibility of the liver to metastases at such an early stage.
First quantum photonic circuit with electrically driven light source
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- Written by Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
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Optical quantum computers can revolutionize computer technology. A team of researchers led by scientists from Münster University and KIT now succeeded in putting a quantum optical experimental set-up onto a chip. In doing so, they have met one of the requirements for making it possible to use photonic circuits for optical quantum computers.
Cooling buildings with solar heat
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- Written by FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur GmbH
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The cooling demand in buildings is particularly high when the sun shines intensely. Consequently, with solar air conditioning the heating demand and supply are usually consistent with each other. Closed chillers and open sorption methods for direct air conditioning ensure a comfortable indoor climate. The recently published BINE Themeninfo brochure entitled "Cooling with solar heat" presents concepts and technologies for air conditioning buildings.
MPI and MIT researchers prove fast microbial evolutionary bursts exist
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- Written by Max-Planck-Institut für marine Mikrobiologie
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Remember all those different species of Galapagos finches? They stem from an evolutionary burst, through a process called adaptive radiation. Now a study published in Nature reveals that microbes can do the same.
DigiWest® multiplex protein profiling technology published in Nature Communications
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- Written by NMI Naturwissenschaftliches und Medizinisches Institut an der Universität Tübingen
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Reutlingen, Germany, September 26, 2016 – The Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen (NMI), a private research foundation, and its contract research provider NMI TT Pharmaservices today announced the publication of their proprietary DigiWest® protein profiling method in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature Communications.
Lipid receptor fosters infection of the uterus in bitches
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- Written by Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien
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In the female dog, cells of the uterus can accumulate lipid droplets to form so-called foamy epithelial cells during late metoestrus. These cells produce a hormone that is involved in the implantation of the embryo in the uterus. A team of researchers from the Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology at Vetmeduni Vienna has now shown for the first time that the factor assisting the cells in lipid accumulation also facilitates the binding of bacteria to the epithelial cells, resulting in serious infections of the uterus in female dogs. Two studies on this subject were published in the journals Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia and Theriogenology.
Applying electron beams to 3-D objects
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- Written by Fraunhofer-Institut für Organische Elektronik, Elektronenstrahl- und Plasmatechnik FEP
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP now has the technological means of applying electron beams very flexible to 3-D objects through use of its new electron wand of the Swiss company ebeam by COMET.
Monsanto takeover a “major challenge” for Bayer
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- Written by Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
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Lars Schweizer, Professor for Strategic Management at Goethe University Frankfurt, calls the planned takeover of Monsanto by German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer a major challenge.
Heating and cooling with environmental energy
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- Written by FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur GmbH
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Environmental energy provides an efficient way to supply energy to non-residential buildings such as office and administration buildings, educational and recreational facilities as well as industrial sheds. The buildings can be efficiently heated and cooled using the combined use of thermo-active building systems and heat pumps. Across 24 pages, the new BINE-Themeninfo brochure entitled "Efficiently heating & cooling non-residential buildings" (II/2016) presents low-exergy concepts for these buildings.
OLED microdisplays in data glasses for improved human-machine interaction
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- Written by Fraunhofer-Institut für Organische Elektronik, Elektronenstrahl- und Plasmatechnik FEP
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP has been developing various applications for OLED microdisplays based on organic semiconductors. By integrating the capabilities of an image sensor directly into the microdisplay, eye movements can be recorded by the smart glasses and utilized for guidance and control functions, as one example. The new design will be debuted at Augmented World Expo Europe (AWE) in Berlin at Booth B25, October 18th – 19th.
Complex hardmetal tools out of the 3D printer
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- Written by Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme IKTS
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For the first time, Fraunhofer IKTS shows additively manufactured hardmetal tools at WorldPM 2016 in Hamburg. Mechanical, chemical as well as a high heat resistance and extreme hardness are required from tools that are used in mechanical and automotive engineering or in plastics and building materials industry. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden managed the production of complex hardmetal tools via 3D printing in a quality that are in no way inferior to conventionally produced high-performance tools.
Defects at the spinterface disrupt transmission
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- Written by Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
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Tübingen researchers put metal-oxides and organic magnets together; applications for electronics in sight