Washington, DC— Applying big data analysis to mineralogy offers a way to predict minerals missing from those known to science, as well as where to find new deposits, according to a groundbreaking study. (more…)
Chemikerin erhält 1,4 Millionen Euro für Projekt zu antibakteriellen Blasenkathetern und Wundverbänden
Das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) fördert das Projekt „ANTIBUG” der Chemikerin Dr. Karen Lienkamp mit 1,4 Millionen Euro über drei Jahre. In dem Projekt wird Lienkamp die Wirksamkeit einer von ihr entwickelten Oberflächenschicht testen, die bei Blasenkathetern und Wundverbänden zum Einsatz kommen könnte. (more…)
Many people think about science as a collection of facts: A cheetah can achieve speeds of 75 mph; the mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell; E=mc2. But all of these facts, as interesting as they are, are just the outcome of science. (more…)
AUSTIN, Texas — A team of scientists led by chemists Stephen Martin and James Sahn at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered what they say is a powerful pain reliever that acts on a previously unknown pain pathway. The synthetic compound, known as UKH-1114, is as effective at relieving neuropathic pain in injured mice as a drug widely used for pain relief called gabapentin, but it works at a much lower dose, with longer duration of action. (more…)
Internationales Team testet Impfstoff an jungen Menschen und ermittelt die richtige Dosierung
Ein internationales Wissenschaftlerteam hat erfolgreich einen Impfstoff gegen Ebola-Viren getestet: Die Mediziner ermittelten die Dosis, die einen wirksamen Schutz gegen Ebola-Viren bieten könnte und prüften den Impfstoff erstmals an Kindern. (more…)
Mary Caswell Stoddard, an assistant professor in Princeton’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, proposes a far-ranging hypothesis regarding how and why bird eggs acquire their shapes. Her research, an interdisciplinary collaboration involving multiple authors, suggests that the shape of an egg for a given bird species may be driven in part by physiological features related to its capability for flight. (more…)
Schon vor Jahrzehnten gelang es Island von fossilen Energieträgern auf Geothermie und Wasserkraft umzusteigen. Der Historiker Odinn Melsted vom Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften und Europäische Ethnologie erforscht mit einem DOC-Stipendium der ÖAW, wie die „Energiewende“ im hohen Norden gelang. (more…)
Dream Payments platform provides mobile and digital payment services via the IBM Cloud
TORONTO – 16 Oct 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it is teaming up with Toronto-based FinTech company Dream Payments to bring new revenue generating mobile payment offerings to financial institutions and merchants in the United States via the IBM Cloud. (more…)
