Hardly any star in the night sky is close enough to Earth for scientists to find out directly how big it is. For most of them, the distance is too great even for the best telescopes to perceive them well…
When one hears about the concept, one wonders why no one has ever come up with the idea before: the production of a synthetic fuel from the air conditioning system. With the implementation, several current hot spots could be solved…
A High Tech Ontdekkingsroute as the headliner of the Dutch Technology Week takes you to all the High Tech Hotspots in the region. Companies from the Brabantse Kempen will represent themselves at the Kempische Bedrijventerrein in Hapert. On the 25th…
In Germany alone, every year about 800,000 to 900,000 people suffer from so-called nosocomial infections in connection with a hospital stay. Approximately one third of these cases are caused by a later, retrograde bacterial entry in immunocompromised patients. Patients therefore…
How long does the battery last in total? – This is certainly one of the most important questions for manufacturers and users in times of e-mobility solutions. And only a reliable battery can further advance the future of e-mobility. Dr.…
For small injuries such as cuts or abrasions, there are plasters that are put on the wound. The rest is done by the body’s own self-healing powers. However, it becomes somewhat more difficult with larger wounds, for example when nerve…
You can’t fix a heart – can you? Scientists at the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) are currently working on a heart plaster that will bridge damaged tissue on the heart muscle. This is mainly the result of a…
From food to clothing to cosmetics, nearly every product is wrapped in plastic. In fact, packaging waste has doubled over the past two decades. According to data from the German Federal Environment Agency, for example, 35 percent of the plastics…
Anyone who has ever seen and even experienced a traffic accident will know: Even if one – hopefully – remained uninjured, one is plagued with sore muscles the next day. The reason: We instinctively prepare for the accident in order…
It is a problem that sailors are all too familiar with. Every few years their boat needs to be taken out of the water because the cargo area is covered in algae, mussels and other underwater creatures that slow down…