In livestock breeding, traditional feed is mainly composed of maize grain and concentrated feed from soybean extract meal, rapeseed meal extract, and grain stillage from wheat and barley. Fish meal is also fed to a certain extent. All these ingredients…
Who knows nowadays that DSM is an abbreviation of De Staats Mijnen (The State Mines)? There could hardly be a greater contrast with the present. The mines, which guaranteed prosperity through the coal mining and once formed the basis for…
Every year around 460,000 people are admitted to hospital for chronic heart failure just in Germany. More than any other disease. The causes of chronic heart failure include conditions such as high blood pressure, other types of coronary heart disease,…
No matter your industry, there are a few tips that will help you manage your startup business more successfully. It’s not an easy job, it’s hard work, and it needs a lot of perseverance, but your life and responsibilities will…
The eyes of fruit flies – like those of many other insects – have a thin, transparent coating that has anti-reflective, anti-adhesive properties. Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the University of Lausanne (UNIL), and the ETH Zurich (ETHZ)…
Although the tourism industry is currently in the midst of a deep crisis, inevitably also affecting aircraft manufacturers, Airbus has just presented new concepts for zero-emission aircraft: ‘ZEROe’. To do this, engineers want to explore a diverse range of technologies…
‘Autumn wave’ or ‘second wave’ – whatever you might call the spread right now. COVID-19 is barrelling across the continent at breakneck speed. The week from 12 to 19 September was dominated by record increases. Governments are now attempting to…
How will robots change the world? A frequently asked and as yet unanswered question. After all, we do not have a crystal ball. What we do know is that digitalization and automation have changed the world enormously in recent decades.…
Batteries play a key role in the transition to clean energy technologies. This is reflected in the huge number of patent applications in the field of energy storage. Almost 90 percent of the applications revolved around the storage of electricity…
Salvia BioElectronics B.V., a neurostimulation platform company targeting chronic migraine, has raised €26 million in new financing round. Salvia BioElectronics will use the funds to develop a unique neuromodulation technology capable of addressing known neural targets in chronic migraine and…