A decrease of agricultural ammonia emissions avoids mortality attributable to air pollution
If agricultural emissions were 50 percent lower, more than 250,000 deaths per year
A model describing the water absorption of wood could contribute to the development of new wood preservatives.
dominant forces A natural composite: In dry wood, the cell walls consist of 50 per
More than 100 years after Albert Einstein presented his theory of gravity, scientists around the world continue their efforts to find flaws in general relativity. The observation of any deviation from General Relativity would constitute a major discovery that would open a window on new physics beyond our current theoretical understanding of the Universe.
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A model describing the water absorption of wood could contribute to the development of new wood preservatives.
dominant forces A natural composite: In dry wood, the cell walls consist of 50 per
The currently close scientific relations between Israel and Germany were by no means something to be taken for granted shortly after the end of the Second World War. Beyond the controversial Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany, there was hardly any official contact between the two countries at that time. But a group of German Max Planck scientists travelled to Israel in 1959 and paid a memorable visit to the recently founded Weizmann Institute in Rehovot. Not only did this trip, which was initiated by the Israelis, pave the way to close contacts between the Max Planck Society and various scientific institutions in Israel, but also for the Minerva Foundation.
for junior German and Israeli scientists (of which approximately 35 are granted per
Structural biologists collect high-quality data at EuXFEL
EuXFEL delivers X-ray pulses at the almost unbelievable rate of one million pulses per
New study shows the most fragmented sleep ever recorded in an animal
up to twelve hours of sleep in total thanks to over 600 such microsleep phases per
Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft ist Gastgeber der OpenCon 2017, die von SPARC und der Right to Research Coalition organisiert wird. Vom 11. bis 13. November kommen im Harnack-Haus, der Tagungsstätte der MPG in Berlin, rund 200 internationale Teilnehmer aus aller Welt zusammen.
Wissenschaftseinrichtungen haben sich dem Ziel angeschlossen, die große Mehrheit der heute per
Eine der größten Aufgaben der Fusionsforschung ist es, den heißen Brennstoff gut wärmeisoliert einzuschließen. EIm Stellarator Wendelstein 7-X gelangen durch Einschießen von Pellets Plasmen mit niedriger Turbulenz, d.h. sehr guter Wärmeisolation. Dieser Plasmazustand wurde als Folge der besonderen Geometrie des Magnetfeldes theoretisch vorhergesagt und nun durch numerische Turbulenzsimulationen untermauert.
Physics (Greifswald) Turbulence stabilisation in stellarators Authors Helander, Per
In the few days prior to 8 May 2010, European country leaders noticed a rapid loss of market confidence in government bonds. This loss of confidence not only affected bonds issued by the Greek government but also government bonds of several other member countries in the eurozone. The default insurance premium on government bonds picked up rapidly for several countries, indicating that the market participants had revised their expectations about these governments’ ability and/or willingness to honour their outstanding debt.
at a strong reduction in the interregional differences in governmental revenue per
