Weight Loss and Exercise: Why Physical Activity Entices You To Eat More – And How To Fight It
Worldwide 39 percent of the adults were overweight in 2016, according to statistics of the World Health Organization. In the US the prevalence of obesity…
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Tetra-Neutron Experiment: Understanding of Nuclear Forces Might Have To Be Significantly Changed
The tetra-neutron – experiment finds evidence for a long-sought particle comprising four neutrons. While all atomic nuclei except hydrogen are composed of protons and neutrons,…
Pioneering and Highly Accurate Approach to Clocking Electron Movements Inside an Atom
New technique delivers resolution improvement in ultrafast processes. An international consortium of scientists, initiated by Reinhard Kienberger, Professor of Laser and X-ray Physics at the…
The Virus Trap: Hollow Nano-Objects Made of DNA Could Trap Viruses and Render Them Harmless
To date, there are no effective antidotes against most virus infections. An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now developed…
Energy-Saving Gas Turbines Made by 3D Printer
Neutrons “see” internal stress in components from additive manufacturing. 3D printing has opened up a completely new range of possibilities. One example is the production…
World’s First Fully Automated Sensor Network for Measuring Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions
MUCCnet: Precision technology allows quantification of urban greenhouse gas emissions. Munich is home to the world’s first fully automated sensor network for measuring urban greenhouse…
Memory Without a Brain: How a Single Cell Slime Mold Makes Smart Decisions
How a single cell slime mold makes smart decisions without a central nervous system. Having a memory of past events enables us to make smarter…
Supercapacitors Challenge Batteries: Powerful Graphene Hybrid Material for Highly Efficient Energy Storage
A team working with Roland Fischer, Professor of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (TUM) has developed a highly efficient supercapacitor. The…
“Ghostly” Particles Detected That Prove the Secondary Fusion Process That Powers Our Sun
The Borexino experiment research team has succeeded in detecting neutrinos from the sun’s second fusion process, the Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen cycle (CNO cycle) for the…
Breakthrough in Nuclear Physics: Strong Interaction Between Stable and Unstable Particles
High-precision measurements of the strong interaction between stable and unstable particles. The positively charged protons in atomic nuclei should actually repel each other, and yet…
Colossal Stellar Explosion Near Earth Revealed by Layers of Manganese Crust
Discovery of iron-60 and manganese-53 substantiates supernova 2.5 million years ago. When the brightness of the star Betelgeuse dropped dramatically a few months ago, some…
Super-Resolution Imaging: World’s Smallest Ultrasound Detector Developed – Smaller Than a Blood Cell
Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world’s smallest ultrasound detector. It is based on miniaturized photonic…
New Solar Cells for Space Prove Successful on Rocket Test Flight
Almost all satellites are powered by solar cells – but solar cells are heavy. While conventional high-performance cells reach up to three watts of electricity…
SAPHiR Multi-Anvil Press Solves Mystery of the Solar System: How Stony-Iron Meteorites Form
Meteorites give us insight into the early development of the solar system. Using the SAPHiR instrument at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II)…
A Sustainable Alternative to Crude Oil: Bio-Based High-Performance Polyamide
The synthesis of bio-based high-performance polyamide from biogenic residues. A research team from the Fraunhofer Society and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) led by…
Unlocking the Secrets of Explosive Volcanism for Better Eruption Prediction
When will the next eruption take place? Examination of samples from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi shows that the explosivity of stratovolcanoes rises when mineral-rich gases seal…
The Secret of Motivation: How Neural Circuits Drive Hungry Individuals to Peak Performance
Success is no accident: To reach your goal you need perseverance. But where does the motivation come from? An international team of researchers led by…
Matter Without Antimatter? Closing In on Elusive Particles.
Major steps forward in understanding neutrino properties. In the quest to prove that matter can be produced without antimatter, the GERDA experiment at the Gran…