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Results from experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a particle collider located at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National…

The physics community has spent three decades searching for and finding no evidence that dark matter is made of tiny exotic particles. Case Western Reserve…

Ship hulls and other underwater hulls are treated with paints and varnishes which contain toxic additives to prevent barnacle, algae and mussel growth. Growths on ships can therefore increase fuel consumption by up to 50%. Since the launch of the global ban on tributyltin (TBT) there is a great need for alternative, non-toxic coatings to prevent biofouling.
Researchers from the Biomimetics-Innovation-Centre at Bremen University of Applied Sciences have developed a non-toxic alternative coating which uses sharkskin as a model.
The microstructure of sharkskin helps to reduce water resistance when afloat as well as it is an efficient means against the colonisation of organisms. Studies show that a silicon-based coating imitating the surface structure of the sharkskin causes a reduction in fouling growing on test plates by 70%.
Initial product development – a painting product with randomised structure for the recreational craft sector – has already been realised. A sprayable version of the product is currently being developed to tailor it to the spray process used in this sector.

The new technology relates to a compliant manipulator designed with a significantly improved agility. The individual segments of the manipulators are covered with permanent magnetic guideway discs. The arrangement of the segments is designed in such a way that these repel each other and with a change in length of the manipulator an equal distance of the segments is the result. The motion of the manipulator is e.g. initiated by cables or rods. The change of segment length can be enabled by sliding concentric tubes formed from a superelastic nickel-titanium alloy.

The driving manner has an enormous influence on the fuel consumption of cars. Possible savings by changing the manner range from 10% to 60%. The described invention can help to unlock this potential. It comprises an assistance system, which captures the characteristics of the way ahead of the driver, e.g. using a navigation system, and then calculates driving recommendations in the form of “tasks”. The tasks are suposed to motivate the driver to adapt his driving, resulting in a changed manner in the long run. It is possible to implement a broad and extensive gamification-concept based on the invention.

Researchers studying iron-based superconductors are combining novel electronic structure algorithms with the high-performance computing power of the Department…