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22.05.2012 - Sustainability - i.e. balancing and integrating economic, ecological and social objectives - is a term which until now had only been used relatively rarely in conjunction with the glass machinery industry - one of the most energy-intensive sectors in the world. And this is despite ...
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22.05.2012 - Organic and printed electronics is evolving as an attractive technology platform for comprehensive system solutions. LOPE-C 2012 offers a comprehensive overview of market-ready products and the trends of industrial research and development. LOPE-C 2012 takes place June 19 to 21 in ...
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The fat tissue around the waist (abdominal fat) of obese persons is chronically inflamed - this is regarded as one of the major causes for the development of type 2 diabetes. In mice with normal body weight, a specific group of immune cells keeps these inflammations in check. Scientists of the ...
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Action mechanism of one of the oldest drugs known to man elucidated May 21, 2012 Castor oil is known primarily as an effective laxative; however, it was also used in ancient times with pregnant women to induce labour. Only now have scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung ...
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Göttingen scientists reconstruct a radical change during the evolution of the brain May 22, 2012 In the course of its evolution, the architecture of the mouse brain may have barely changed. Similar to the tiny ancestors of modern mammals that lived about 80 million years ago, nerve cells in the ...
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Max Planck scientists discover brain cells in monkeys that may be linked to self-awareness and empathy in humans May 21, 2012 The anterior insular cortex is a small brain region that plays a crucial role in human self-awareness and in related neuropsychiatric disorders. A unique cell type - the ...
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Max Planck scientists decipher the structure of bacterial injection needles at atomic resolution May 21, 2012 The plague, bacterial dysentery, and cholera have one thing in common: These dangerous diseases are caused by bacteria which infect their host using a sophisticated injection apparatus. ...
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Western Europe has the worldwide highest risk of radioactive contamination caused by major reactor accidents May 22, 2012 Catastrophic nuclear accidents such as the core meltdowns in Chernobyl and Fukushima are more likely to happen than previously assumed. Based on the operating hours of all ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
