2/2/12
Scientists have now discovered how different brain regions cooperate during short-term memory Holding information within one’s memory for a short while is a seemingly simple and everyday task. We use our short-term memory when remembering a new telephone number if there is nothing to write at ...
2/2/12
Potsdam/Bremerhaven, 26 January 2012. Even if the current weather situation may seem to speak against it, the probability of cold winters with much snow in Central Europe rises when the Arctic is covered by less sea ice in summer. Scientists of the Research Unit Potsdam of the Alfred Wegener ...
2/2/12
In future it should be possible to produce the best anti-malaria drug, artemisinin, more economically and in sufficient volumes for all patients The most effective anti-malaria drug can now be produced inexpensively and in large quantities. This means that it will be possible to provide ...
2/2/12
Max Planck scientists analysing the release of genetically modified insects into the environment have found that the available scientific information can be misleading While genetically modified plants have already been introduced into the wild on a large scale in some parts of the world, the ...
2/2/12
Results from an international field measurement campaign coordinated by scientists from Heidelberg University's Institute of Environmental Physics Coastal waters of the tropical Western Pacific produce natural halogenated organic molecules involving chlorine, bromine and iodine atoms that may ...
2/1/12
Second funding period for DFG priority programme coordinated by Heidelberg scientists After positive evaluation by an international team of experts, the Priority Programme (SPP 1385) "The First Ten Million Years of the Solar System" supported by the German Research Council (DFG) has now embarked ...
2/1/12
Propagation velocity of quantum signals A quantum computer based on quantum particles instead of classical bits can in principle outperform any classical computer. However, how fast and how efficient realistic quantum computers may actually be remains an open question. One critical parameter in ...
2/1/12
New applications for graphene Extremely thin, more stable than steel and widely applicable: the material graphene is full of interesting properties. As such, it is currently the shining star among the electric conductors. Photodetectors made with graphene can process and conduct light signals ...
2/1/12
Chemists reveal how algae delete unwanted 'competitors' Every morning when the sun comes up, the ocean ground is radically cleaned. As soon as the first rays of sunlight find their way into the water, the microalgae "Nitzschia cf pellucida" start their deadly 'morning hygiene'. The algae, the ...
2/1/12
In February and March 2012, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Research Foundation (DFG) and Fraunhofer join forces and organise events to present German innovation and research in India. The purpose of their joint effort "One ...
