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Nanorod arrays can guide light along the path toward quantum communication.

Scientists have discovered the receptors that allow snakes to find prey in the dark.

Nanoscale polyethylene fibres conduct heat better than pure iron – good news for circuit board designers

Humans and rattlesnakes have similar receptors – for us they detect taste but in the snakes they sense heat from potential prey

Pressede budgetter, politiske slagsmål og borgerinddragelse er hverdag for den offentlige leder. Tidligere direktør for trafik, veje og parker i Københavns Kommune, Ole Bach, giver her sine bud på, hvordan den offentlige leder navigerer i krydsfeltet af modsatrettede interesser.

24/03/2010, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Special lecture (in englischer Sprache) in der Vorlesungsreihe "Sprache und Gehirn - Zur Sprachfähigkeit des Menschen" im Rahmen der Johannes Gutenberg-Stiftungsprofessur 2010

Batterilevetid berører alle i den digitale fødekæde. Nu skal også softwareudviklerne tænke ekstra meget over energiforbruget, når de sætter sig til tasterne.

Med en række nye metoder kan man bygge med 30 procent af den betonmængde som vi bruger i dag. Det er både smart, smukt - men også en smule dyrt.

Danske byggeforskere og virksomheder har sammen udviklet en ny produktionsmetode, der skærer op mod 70 procent af betonforbruget. Hør ingeniøren bag, Per Dombernowsky fortælle om projektet her.

Regeringspartiet Venstre vil sende kampfly til Grønland, men ved reelt ikke, hvad flyene skal deroppe. Vi stoler på, at Forsvaret selv ved det, lyder forklaringen fra formanden for Forsvarsudvalget.

Fynsk udviklingsfirma har udviklet robot, der ligesom et firben nøjagtigt kan skelne, hvorfra en lyd kommer.

Sprachforscherin Angela Friederici lädt im Rahmen der Johannes Gutenberg-Stiftungsprofessur internationale Wissenschaftsprominenz an die Universität Mainz

En 540 millioner kroners udrulning af ladesystem til elbiler i USA skal bane vejen for Nissans Leaf til efteråret.

Improving on traditional screening tests for potential anti-cancer drugs, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a laboratory technique that more closely simulates the real-world conditions in which tumor cells mingle with the body's normal cells.

The brains of psychopaths appear to be wired to keep seeking a reward at any cost, new research from Vanderbilt University finds. The research uncovers the role of the brain's reward system in psychopathy and opens a new area of study for understanding what drives these individuals.

An international team of scientists have sequenced the genome of Hydra, a freshwater polyp that's been a staple of biological research for 300 years.

For two decades, scientists have been pursuing a potential new way to treat bacterial infections, using naturally occurring proteins known as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Now, MIT scientists have recorded the first microscopic images showing the deadly effects of AMPs, most of which kill by poking holes in bacterial cell membranes.

Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered the unique genes that allow the opium poppy to make codeine and morphine, opening the door to alternate methods of producing these effective painkillers either by manufacturing them in a lab or controlling the production of these compounds in the plant.

Spiders and silkworms are masters of materials science, but scientists are finally catching up. Silks are among the toughest materials known, stronger and less brittle, pound for pound, than steel. Now scientists at MIT have unraveled some of their deepest secrets in research that could lead the way to the creation of synthetic materials that duplicate, or even exceed, the extraordinary properties of natural silk.

An international team led by scientists at the Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich,UK, have transferred broad spectrum resistance against some important plant diseases across different plant families. This breakthrough provides a new way to produce crops with sustainable resistance to economically important diseases.