Ein internationales Forscher-Team unter Beteiligung von Prof. Christoph Spötl vom Institut für Geologie der Uni Innsbruck konnte einen bisher unbekannten Mechanismus in der Bildung des weit verbreiteten Minerals Aragonit identifizieren. Ein in einer Tiroler Höhle entdecktes nanokristallines Calciumkarbonat gibt Einblicke in die Entstehung von Aragonit. (more…)
Web designers and graphic artists use Instagram stories to promote their design work, show the other side of their portfolio, reach out to their clients, and sell their services. Statistics show that 400 million people use the stories feature daily and 80 percent of Instagram’s one billion visitors follow any one business. It means that users are spending more of their time on the photo-sharing site. (more…)
A recent study finds that the more a company’s earnings diverge from its non-financial resources, the less likely it is to issue a forecast of its annual earnings. For companies that issue a forecast, the larger the disconnect between a company’s earnings and its key non-financial measures, the more the company overestimates its actual performance. (more…)
We’re bad at knowing when we will fall – or when we’re upright
You probably overestimate just how far someone can push you before you reach your tipping point, new research suggests.
No, we’re not talking about your emotional tipping point. (more…)
ForscherInnen suchen nach den Mechanismen der durch Darmpeptide induzierten gastrointestinalen Wundheilung
Chronisch entzündliche Darmerkrankungen wie Colitis ulcerosa oder das Reizdarmsyndrom sind in der Regel auf eine gestörte Darmbarriere zurückzuführen: Die Barriere ist durchlässiger und externe Eindringlinge wie etwa Bakterien gelangen ins Körperinnere. (more…)
In the 1990s, the endangered status of the short-tailed albatross catalyzed efforts to reduce the number of birds accidentally killed as bycatch in Alaska, home to the country’s biggest fisheries. (more…)
Watson Ads Builder Can Bring the Power of DIY Conversational Design to Brands
NEW YORK, June 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the launch of Watson Ads Builder, a self-service advertising solution that harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) designed to empower creative agencies and developers to help them build engaging, one-on-one conversations between brands and consumers across any digital property. (more…)
Freiburger Forschenden gelingt es, Kanalstrukturen in Glas zu drucken
Quarzglas ist das bevorzugte Material für Anwendungen, die eine langfristige Nutzung erfordern, da es hohe chemische und mechanische Stabilität sowie hervorragende optische Eigenschaften aufweist. (more…)
