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Studying Gas Mask Filters So People Can Breathe Easier

By Guest PostJune 15, 2018Scienceashley headair, breathe, civilian applications, gas mask filters, hendrik bluhm, lena trotochaud, pollution

Berkeley Lab research could lead to applications in agriculture, industry

In research that could lead to better gas mask filters, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been putting the X-ray spotlight on composite materials in respirators used by the military, police, and first responders, and the results have been encouraging. What they are learning not only provides reassuring news about the effectiveness of current filters in protecting people from lethal compounds such as VX and sarin, but they also provide fundamental information that could lead to more advanced gas masks as well as protective gear for civilian applications. (more…)

Voters make choices based on looks – but this doesn’t help them pick the best politicians

By Guest PostJune 14, 2018Politicsbest politicians, choice, jo silvester, madeleine wyatt, party allegiance, politicians in uk, theory of leadership, voters

Voters are wrong to think they can pick the best politician based on their looks, according to new research which shows this leads to less effective people being elected. (more…)

Auf dem Weg zur Bio-Batterie

By Guest PostJune 13, 2018Environment, Sciencebio batterie, engelbert portenkirchner, kompostierbare batterie

Eine kompostierbare Batterie, kostengünstig hergestellt und gleich leistungsfähig wie gängige Lithium-Ionen-Akkus: Was nach der eierlegenden Wollmilchsau klingt, könnte in einigen Jahren Wirklichkeit sein. Der physikalische Chemiker Engelbert Portenkirchner arbeitet daran, eine Batterie zu entwickeln, die auf organischen Materialien und Natrium-Ionen basiert. (more…)

German private insurers join IBM and TK to offer electronic health records to 17.5M clients on the IBM Cloud

By Guest PostJune 12, 2018Technologyclemens muth, dkv, ega, electronic health record, generali, ibm cloud, karl josef bierth, mirko tillmann, signal iduna, techniker krankenkasse, tk

DKV, Generali (Central), Signal-Iduna and Techniker Krankenkasse work with IBM to create Smarter Healthcare for Germany

HANNOVER, Germany, June 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that three of Germany’s major private health insurance companies have decided to offer their clients an individual electronic health record based on the system developed by IBM Germany and Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), Germany’s largest statutory health insurer. (more…)

Was ein “Haa” über eine Futterstelle verrät

By Guest PostJune 11, 2018Naturefutterrufe von kolkraben, georgine szipl, markus boeckle, wildschweinfuetterung im cumberland

Futterrufe von Kolkraben geben Aufschluss über Alter und Geschlecht

Wenn Kolkraben (Corvus corax) an einer Futterstelle auf Probleme stoßen, äußern sie spezielle Futter-assoziierte Laute, um Angehörige derselben Art zu Hilfe zu rufen. Laut einer Studie von WissenschafterInnen der Universität Wien und der Universität Cambridge beinhalten diese Rufe Hinweise über das Alter und Geschlecht des rufenden Raben. Das fanden die VerhaltensbiologInnen mit Hilfe der Analyse von Frequenz, Rufdauer und Lautstärke der Laute heraus. Die Ergebnisse dazu erscheinen aktuell im Fachjournal “Frontiers in Zoology”.

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Specially timed signals ease tinnitus symptoms in test aimed at condition’s root cause

By Guest PostJune 10, 2018Healthringing in ears, sham treatment, signal, stdp, stimulus, susan shore, timing dependent plasticity, tinnitus symptom, toll of tinnitus, treating tinnitus

ANN ARBOR — Millions of Americans hear ringing in their ears—a condition called tinnitus—and new research shows an experimental device could help quiet the phantom sounds by targeting unruly nerve activity in the brain. (more…)

New book ‘City Unsilenced’ explores protest and public space

By Guest PostJune 10, 2018Literature, Politicscity unsilenced, freedom of speech, jeff hou, sabine knierbein, totalitarianism

Jeff Hou is a professor of landscape architecture and adjunct professor of urban design and planning in the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments. His research, teaching and practice focus on community design, design activism, cross-cultural learning and engaging marginalized communities in planning and design. (more…)

Neu entdecktes Protein arbeitete schon in den allerersten Organismen

By Guest PostJune 10, 2018Sciencecamp rezeptor protein, cyanobakterien, karl forchhammer, khaled selim, photosynthese, sbtb

Wissenschaftler stoßen auf neuen Baustein eines Zellprozesses: Das cAMP Rezeptor Protein SbtB kontrolliert den Kohlendioxid-Stoffwechsel in Cyanobakterien

Leben auf der Erde wird erst durch die sogenannte CO₂Fixierung während der Photosynthese möglich: Pflanzen nehmen Kohlenstoffdioxid auf und verwandeln es in organische Moleküle wie z.B. Glucose. Dieser Prozess entstand vor über 2,7 Milliarden Jahren in der Organismengruppe der Cyanobakterien, die diese Fähigkeit später auf das Reich der Algen und Pflanzen ausdehnten. (more…)

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