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Physics - 28.10.2024
Echolocating bats use an acoustic cognitive map for navigation
Small bats fly home using environmental features with distinctive acoustic cues as landmarks Echolocating bats have been found to possess an acoustic cognitive map of their home range, enabling them to navigate over kilometer-scale distances using echolocation alone. This finding was demonstrated by researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, the Cluster of Excellence Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour at the University of Konstanz Germany, Tel Aviv University, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Physics - 21.10.2024
Novel X-Ray Imaging Method for Testing Electric Motor Materials
Recently, there have been major breakthroughs in X-ray fluorescence imaging for biomedical applications. In cooperation with Audi Hungaria, Hungary, a University of Hamburg team will expand the innovative method to include questions in nondestructive materials testing-another example of research-driven technology exchange.
Chemistry - Physics - 16.10.2024
Mechanism of Cobalt-Manganese Catalysts Deciphered
The energy carrier hydrogen can be obtained from water by electrolysis. This works particularly well with Cobalt spinel electrocatalysts containing manganese. However, it was unclear why. Conventional catalysts for hydrogen production via water electrolysis usually contain precious metals and are expensive.
Physics - 15.10.2024
Influence of elementary particles on the structure of atomic nuclei
Researchers analyse binding of nucleons in atomic nuclei at the quark-gluon level for the first time / Bridge from nuclear to particle physics In particle physics, quarks are known as the building blocks of nucleons - protons and neutrons - as well as their binding through the strong nuclear force mediated by gluons.
Chemistry - Physics - 08.10.2024
New Insights into Ammonia Decomposition
Using ammonia is regarded as a promising method of transporting hydrogen. However, an efficient process is also needed to convert it back into hydrogen and nitrogen. An international research team has gained new insights into the mode of operation of an iron catalyst that can be used to split ammonia into nitrogen and hydrogen.
Chemistry - Physics - 04.10.2024
Innovative catalyst produces methane using electricity
A study by the Universities of Bonn and Montreal opens up new ways to produce important chemical compounds Researchers at the University of Bonn and University of Montreal have developed a new type of catalyst and used it in their study to produce methane out of carbon dioxide and water in a highly efficient way using electricity.
Astronomy / Space - Physics - 04.10.2024
Winds that make stars and planets grow
Nested morphology of gas streams confirms a mechanism that helps infant stars to grow by ingesting disk material. Planet-forming disks, maelstroms of gas and dust swirling around young stars, are nurseries that give rise to planetary systems, including our solar system. Astronomers have discovered new details of gas flows that sculpt and shape those disks over time.
Life Sciences - Physics - 26.09.2024
A Milestone in Plant Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The study of metabolism in living plants poses challenges for science. A research team from Leipzig and Würzburg has now developed a technique that changes this in some areas. The "omics" technologies - genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics - are at the forefront of discovery in modern plant science and systems biology.
Physics - Astronomy / Space - 16.09.2024
Würzburg Physics Team Electrifies the Quantum World
Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat have developed a method to model a central theory of quantum gravity in the laboratory. Their goal: to decipher previously unexplained phenomena in the quantum world. Gravity is no longer a mystery to physicists - at least when it comes to large distances: thanks to science, we can calculate the orbits of planets, predict tides, and send rockets into space with precision.
Physics - Electroengineering - 09.09.2024
Electrically Modulated Light Antenna Points the Way to Faster Computer Chips
Physicists from Würzburg present a nanometre-sized light antenna with electrically modulated surface properties - a breakthrough that could pave the way for faster computer chips. Today's computers reach their physical limits when it comes to speed. Semiconductor components usually operate at a maximum usable frequency of a few gigahertz - which corresponds to several billion computing operations per second.
Physics - 06.09.2024
One-dimensional gas out of light
Researchers create a one-dimensional gas out of light Researchers create a one-dimensional gas out of light Joint experiment by the University of Bonn and the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau Physicists at the University of Bonn and the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) have created a one-dimensional gas out of light.
Physics - Innovation - 03.09.2024
Breakthrough in quantum optics
An international team of researchers led by Maximilian Weißflog with the participation of scientists from Jena, Canberra and with support from Darmstadt has made a significant advance in quantum optics. In their latest publication in the renowned Nature Journal, the scientists present a novel method for generating entangled photon pairs using two-dimensional (2D) materials.
Physics - Innovation - 03.09.2024
Breakthrough in quantum optics
An international team of researchers led by Maximilian Weißflog, with the participation of researchers from Jena, Canberra and with support from Darmstadt, has made a significant advance in quantum optics. In their latest publication in the renowned journal "Nature", the team presents a novel method for generating entangled photon pairs using two-dimensional (2D) materials.
Physics - 02.09.2024
’imprint’ on a super photon
Researchers create an "imprint" on a super photon Researchers create an "imprint" on a super photon A method developed at the University of Bonn could have potential applications for tap-proof communication Thousands of light particles can merge into a type of "super photon" under certain conditions.
Physics - Electroengineering - 23.08.2024
Würzburg Theory Confirmed: Kagome Superconductor Makes Waves
Superconductivity theory proposed by Würzburg physics team validated in international experiment: Cooper pairs display wave-like distribution in Kagome metals, enabling new technological applications like superconducting diodes. For about fifteen years, Kagome materials with their star-shaped structure reminiscent of a Japanese basketry pattern have captivated global research.
Chemistry - Physics - 13.08.2024
Vastly increased potentials for oxidation with modified solvents
A team of scientists headed by Professor Ingo Krossing from the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Freiburg has succeeded in significantly increasing classic reagents' potential for oxidation. A team of scientists headed by Professor Ingo Krossing , Professor of Molecular and Coordination Chemistry at the University of Freiburg's Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, has succeeded in significantly increasing the potential for oxidation of and positive ions.
Physics - Chemistry - 12.08.2024
Local Solvation is Decisive for Fluorescence of Biosensors
Nanotubes can serve as biosensors. They change their fluorescence when they bind to certain molecules. Until now, it was unclear why. Researchers have gained new insights into the cause of the fluorescence. Researchers from Bochum and Texas have discovered why carbon nanotubes fluoresce when they bind to certain molecules.
Health - Physics - 09.08.2024
Simple diagnostics for common diseases
A new combination of single infrared light measurement and machine learning can be used to detect metabolic disorders and high blood pressure Some common diseases could be easier and quicker to diagnose in future. A team from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Helmholtz Zentrum München has demonstrated in a representative study that infrared light measurements of blood plasma when combined with machine learning can be used to detect various metabolic disorders such as type-2 diabetes and high blood pressure.
Physics - 02.08.2024
Glimpse into the nanoworld: microscope reveals tiniest cell processes
Research team including Göttingen University develops high-resolution fluorescence microscope What does the inside of a cell really look like? In the past, standard microscopes were limited in how well they could answer this question. Now, researchers from the Universities of Göttingen and Oxford, in collaboration with the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), have succeeded in developing a microscope with resolutions better than five nanometres (five billionths of a metre).
Physics - 31.07.2024
’Laser view’ into the avocado: New method reveals cell interior
Research team at the University of Göttingen develops method for recognizing cell properties Can you tell whether an avocado is hard or soft by looking at it? You would have to recognize how the plant cells behave behind the skin. The same applies to all other cells on our planet: Despite more than 100 years of intensive research, many of their properties remain hidden inside the cell.
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