Space debris or space junk – how dangerous are they?
The 7th European Conference on Space Debris, started Tuesday at European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, gives an answer to this question. (more…)
Category Archives: Science
UA Licenses Tunable Laser Technology to Startup TPhotonics
A new laser being commercialized puts out spectrally tunable light, from ultraviolet to far infrared.
The University of Arizona has licensed a new tunable laser technology invented in the College of Optical Sciences to startup TPhotonics Inc. While most lasers produce beams of a single or highly limited range of wavelength, the technology allows for devices that can produce a beam and tweak its wavelength on the fly. (more…)
Auf Tuchfühlung
Die Tiroler Tracht in allen Farben und Formen sowie die Trachtenpraxis im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert untersuchen Timo Heimerdinger und Reinhard Bodner vom Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften und Europäische Ethnologie gemeinsam mit dem Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum. In einem fünfjährigen Forschungsprojekt wird die Geschichte der Tracht seit etwa 1900 aufgearbeitet. (more…)
Scientists confront challenges to communicating facts
American Academy event at UChicago focuses on truth in a time of uncertainty
Whether it’s fake news, alternative facts or post-truth, debates around the meaning of objective facts and truth dominate the national conversation. (more…)
Die Schutzschicht der Ur-Landpflanzen
Biologen enthüllen bei Moosen einen Mechanismus, der für die Evolution von Ökosystemen auf dem Festland entscheidend war
Ein internationales Forschungsteam hat einen biochemischen Reaktionsweg entdeckt, der bei Moosen für die Entwicklung der Kutikula verantwortlich ist. Diese wachsartige Oberfläche liegt auf den Zellen der Epidermis, bildet die äußere Schutzschicht der Pflanzen und schützt diese vor Wasserverlust. (more…)
Alien species on the rise globally
The number of alien species is increasing globally, and does not show any sign of saturation, finds an international team involving UCL researchers. (more…)
Wave of the future: Terahertz chips a new way of seeing through matter
Electromagnetic pulses lasting one millionth of a millionth of a second may hold the key to advances in medical imaging, communications and drug development. But the pulses, called terahertz waves, have long required elaborate and expensive equipment to use. (more…)
A Future Face of Energy
At the age of 20, Karan Jerath has already invented a device that could prevent oil spills, became the youngest member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Energy list, and been selected as a UN Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals. (more…)