Developing functional bio-inspired synthetic materials

Innovation News Network explores the work of Dr Anna Schenk, from the University of Bayreuth’s Colloidal Systems group, and discusses the group’s role in developing bio-inspired synthetic materials. Junior professor Dr Anna Schenk leads the University of Bayreuth’s Colloidal Systems...

A new joint international physics research laboratory in Japan for the physics of the “two infinities”

The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the University of Tokyo collaborate in joint international research laboratory for physics at the smallest and largest scales of our universe. Our scientific world faces significant challenges, and the field of physics...

Biogeophysics: exploring the Earth’s subsurface biosphere

The Ecohydrology Research Group and Water Institute are using their research in biogeophysics to develop tools to observe the Earth’s subsurface biosphere. The Earth’s shallow subsurface provides many key services. Soils are the foundation of agriculture and, therefore, the world’s...

Kempower: building long-lasting fast chargers for electric vehicles

Environmental proofing and comprehensive cloud services are the secret to reliable, fast and long-lasting electric vehicle chargers with low life cycle costs. Kempower builds electric vehicle chargers that last. For companies investing in charging infrastructure, this means low life cycle...

Unusual strike-slip earthquake uncovers hidden mechanism

Researchers believe that a newly discovered hidden mechanism is the reason behind an unexpected Alaskan strike-slip earthquake. The team, consisting of Kevin P. Furlong, Professor of Geoscience at Penn State, and Mathew Herman, Assistant Professor of Geology at California State...

Prevalence of coronary artery disease among young people

Scientists at University of Oulu, Finland, have investigated the prevalence of coronary artery disease among sudden cardiac death victims under 50 years old. The team at University of Oulu investigated the prevalence of coronary artery disease and autopsy findings and...

New regulator for molecular motor protein discovered

A team of researchers led by Professor Kazuo Inaba of the University of Tsukuba have discovered a novel component of molecular motors that drive movement in response to light. The research, published in Science Advances, is a collaborative venture with...

The key to understanding landslides

Scientists at Graz University of Technology, Austria, have identified a series of chemical processes that could be the key to understanding landslides. According to the World Health Organization, landslides cause over 18,000 death between 1998 and 2017. Globally, landslides and...

KIT helps to develop more efficient modular battery packs with the HELIOS project

The Batteries – Calorimetry and Safety group at KIT helps to develop safer, more efficient battery packs in the Horizon 2020 project HELIOS. The Batteries – Calorimetry and Safety group from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is participating in the HELIOS...

Stem cell engineering: learning from the evolution

Dr Zoran Ivanovic, from the New Aquitaine Branch of the French Blood Institute, explains how their team develop the new strategies in stem cell engineering and conservation learning from the single-cell eukaryote evolution. The cell engineering team of the New...


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