2/10/12
For the first time, an experiment shows that atomic nuclei can become transparent At the high-brilliance synchrotron light source PETRA III, a team of DESY scientists headed by Dr. Ralf Röhlsberger has succeeded in making atomic nuclei transparent with the help of X-ray light. At the same time ...
2/10/12
Bremerhaven, 8 February 2012, Global warming is having an effect on the dive behaviour and search for food of southern elephant seals. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association cooperating in a joint study with biologists and ...
2/10/12
Heidelberg biochemists decipher the "escort service" for biological solar collectors For photosynthesis, the chloroplasts of all green plants contain biological solar collectors known as light-harvesting proteins. Because these proteins are not manufactured in the plant cell where they are used, ...
2/10/12
"China is an important partner for the German government. The range of environmental topics on which we cooperate bilaterally is impressive", said Federal Environment Minister Röttgen at a meeting with Chinese Environment Minister Zhou Shengxian in Berlin on 7 February 2012. The exchange on ...
2/10/12
Young fruit flies are sexually more attractive for the other sex / publication in "Journal of Experimental Biology" Münster (upm), Do, 09 Feb 2012 Old fruit flies are less sexually attractive than their younger counterparts. This is what an international team of researchers led by Prof. Scott ...
2/10/12
For the first time, astronomers have caught a so-called dwarf galaxy in the process of swallowing another, even smaller galaxy. From small to large - this motto also applies in space. Tiny galaxies can merge into formidable Milky Way systems. But how do dwarf galaxies grow? Apparently, in a ...
2/9/12
The Department of Chemistry of the Technische Universität München (TUM) and the Jürgen Manchot Foundation have awarded Professor Helmut Schwarz, a Chemist in the UniCat Cluster of Excellence and President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Manchot Research Professorship 2012. With ...
2/9/12
An upcoming panel discussion at the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) will address how increased demand for diminishing natural resources will shape strategic international relationships in the 21st century. The event will take place on February 15, 2012. NEW YORK (February 8, ...
2/9/12
Develop integrated solutions to meet needs across the food value chainBASF sustainability expertise and newly established unit Functional Crop Care enrich cooperationInitial focus on AgCelence ® products LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY - February 8, 2012 - BASF and COFCO Tunhe, one of the world's largest ...
2/9/12
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) welcomes six new Humboldt scholars from different corners of the globe. One of them is working in the group of Andreas Hirsch. Prof. Dr. Sule Erten-Ela from Ege Üniversitesi in Izmir, Turkey has been a guest at the Chair for Organic ...
