The unfoldable bridge
A world premiere in Austria: The new bridge construction technology which was developed at TU Wien has now been successfully applied by ASFINAG during the...
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Preventing spread of SARS coronavirus-2 in humans
Göttingen infection researchers identify potential drugCredit: Illustration: Markus Hoffmann Several coronaviruses circulate worldwide and constantly infect humans, which normally caused only mild respiratory disease. Currently,...
Neural hardware for image recognition in nanoseconds
An ultra-fast image sensor with a built-in neural network has been developed at TU Wien (Vienna); it can be trained to recognize certain objects; it...
IT startup develops novel blockchain-based approach for secure linking of databases
Credit: Joerg Puetz In order to bring this Software, called "ChainifyDB" to market, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is supporting the Saarbrücken researchers'...
Chlamydia build their own entrance into human cells
Infection biology: Publication in PNASCredit: HHU / Dr. Sebastian Haensch Together with scientists from Paris and Munich, a team of researchers working under Prof. Dr....
Veterinarians: Dogs, too, can experience hearing loss
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Just like humans, dogs are sometimes born with impaired hearing or experience hearing loss as a...
City fox and country fox
Genetics reveal behavioural and physical barriers between urban and rural red foxes in and around BerlinCredit: Jon Andoni Juarez Garcia For wildlife, cities can present...
Novel sepsis treatment enhances bacterial capture by neutrophil ‘traps’
New treatment developed by CHOP researchers poised to improve sepsis outcomesCredit: Kandace Gollomp, MD Philadelphia, March 5, 2020--Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have...
New software tool fosters quality control of genome-scale models of metabolism
Credit: Nikolaus Sonnenschein The application areas of genome-scale metabolic models are widespread, ranging from designing cell factories, investigating cancer metabolism, to analysing how microbes interact...
Bath engineer wins national technology award
Credit: FDM Everywoman The annual national awards programme celebrates the most inspirational women working within STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) industries and recognises their...
Balancing bushmeat trade and conservation vital to ensure livelihoods not threatened
Local communities in the Congo rainforest have been working with researchers from the University of York in a bid to balance the bushmeat trade with...
Unexpected discovery: Blue-green algae produce oil
Study by the University of Bonn clears up inconsistencies in common doctrineCredit: (c) Photo: Yannic Müller/Uni Bonn Cyanobacteria - colloquially also called blue-green algae -...
Young Academy appoints Anna Stöckl
Credit: (Photo: Robert Emmerich) Everyone who has seen a hummingbird hawk-moth feed will never forget it again. The little moths look like hummingbirds when they...
X-ray eyes peer deeper into deadly pathogen
Credit: James Zook Tularemia is a rare but often lethal disease. It is caused by one of the most aggressive pathogens on earth, the bacterium...
Superhydrophobic magnetic sponge to help purify water from oil products
TPU jointly with the University of Lille developed a new material capable of purifying water effectively from oil products. It is based on an ordinary...
