Biogas power plants: Renewable energy-producers of the future
When Michigan State University’s Wolfgang Bauer travels past unused farmland in Michigan, he sees untapped energy resources and opportunities for tremendous economic development. (more…)
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Researchers Integrate Single-Crystal BFO onto a Silicon Chip, Open Door to Smart Devices
Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time integrated a material called bismuth ferrite (BFO) as a single crystal onto a silicon chip, opening the door to a new generation of multifunctional, smart devices.
BFO has both ferromagnetic and ferroelectric properties, meaning that it can be magnetized by running an electric current through the material. Potential applications for BFO include new magnetic memory devices, smart sensors and spintronics technologies. (more…)
Summary of results from the 3rd National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles
Results published in The Lancet give the most detailed picture yet of the British population’s sex lives over the last 10 years, as part of the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal) survey.
Led by UCL in partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and NatCen Social Research, over 15,000 adults aged 16-74 participated in interviews between September 2010 and August 2012. (more…)
Die Revolution des Kleinen Prinzen
Parteichef Xi Jinping hat zehn Jahre Zeit, seine ehrgeizigen Reformziele zu verwirklichen. Zum Wohl Chinas und der Welt.
Kaum vom 3. Plenum des 18. Zentralkomitees der KP im November verabschiedet, nehmen die chinesischen Reformen langsam Gestalt an. Chinesische Kommentatoren vergleichen schon jetzt 3/18 mit 3/11. Hinter den in China beliebten Kurzformeln verbirgt sich stets Wichtiges. Am 3. Plenum des 11. Parteitages nämlich setzte im Dezember 1978 der grosse Revolutionär und Reformer Deng Xiaoping die Wirtschafts-Reform in Bewegung. Dies nach dreissig Jahren Maoismus, einer grossen Hungersnot 1958-69 (45 Millionen Tote), der Katastrophe der Grossen Proletarischen Kulturrevolution 1966-76, nach einer Zeit allgemeiner, kollektivierter und egalitärer Armut. Der Rest ist Geschichte. (more…)
The Era of Neutrino Astronomy has Begun
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Astrophysicists using a telescope embedded in Antarctic ice have succeeded in a quest to detect and record the mysterious phenomena known as cosmic neutrinos – nearly massless particles that stream to Earth at the speed of light from outside our solar system, striking the surface in a burst of energy that can be as powerful as a baseball pitcher’s fastball. Next, they hope to build on the early success of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory to detect the source of these high-energy particles, said Physics Professor Gregory Sullivan, who led the University of Maryland’s 12-person team of contributors to the IceCube Collaboration.
“The era of neutrino astronomy has begun,” Sullivan said as the IceCube Collaboration announced the observation of 28 very high-energy particle events that constitute the first solid evidence for astrophysical neutrinos from cosmic sources. (more…)
Dreyfus Award
UD’s Rosenthal receives postdoctoral award in environmental chemistry
Chemist Joel Rosenthal, whose work in renewable energy focuses on the use of solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into synthetic liquid fuels, has been awarded a highly competitive grant to add a postdoctoral researcher to his lab. (more…)
‘Tiger stripes’ underneath Antarctic glaciers slow the flow
Narrow stripes of dirt and rock beneath massive Antarctic glaciers create friction zones that slow the flow of ice toward the sea, researchers at Princeton University and the British Antarctic Survey have found. Understanding how these high-friction regions form and subside could help researchers understand how the flow of these glaciers responds to a warming climate. (more…)
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29. November 2013 – Im November flaut der Herbstzug der Vögel durch Ägypten langsam wieder ab. Die Zugvögel, die es bis in ihre Winterquartiere südlich der Sahara geschafft haben, können sich glücklich schätzen. Leider müssen wir davon ausgehen, dass auch in diesem Herbst Millionen von Vögeln, darunter seltene und gefährdete Arten, in den Fangnetzen entlang der gesamten ägyptischen Mittelmeerküste verendet und auf dem Grill gelandet sind. (more…)