mechanical engineering

How cells generate forces

Life Sciences - Mechanical Engineering - Nov 27, 2018

When an organism develops, masses of cells combine to form different types of tissue, all of which have different functions. In order to be able to form and to move, a cell needs to generate mechanical forces by remodelling its cytoskeleton, which consists of various filaments. Filaments from the actin protein, for example, contract and expand.

Mechanical Engineering - Innovation - Sep 21, 2018

New Department of Aerospace, Aeronautics and Geodesy

In response to epoch-making developments in aviation and space flight, the Bavarian Minister President Dr. Markus Söder announced the establishment of a new engineering department at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in his government statement on April 18, 2018.

Physics - Mechanical Engineering - Jun 27, 2018

Quantum Mechanics: Entanglements In Ultracold Atomic Clouds

A system's state is characterised as entangled or quantum correlated if two or more particles cannot be described as a combination of separate, independent states but only as a whole.

Innovation - Mechanical Engineering - Jul 27, 2018

Automated, Networked, Secure: Research network develops new approaches to safety and security for vehicles of the future

No 206/2018 from Jul 27, 2018 The Institute of Computer Science at Freie Universität Berlin is involved in a joint project that deals with testing and optimizing the safety aspects of networked, self-driving cars.

Mechanical Engineering - Mathematics - May 3, 2018

Motor And Energy Store In One

Physicists and material scientists have succeeded in constructing a motor and an energy storage device from one single component. They used an elastic polymer fibre closed into a ring that was made to rotate on application of an external energy supply.