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International Research Team Demonstrates Potential for Nanoscale Transistors in All-Carbon Film
An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has demonstrated experimentally that electrons in naturally occurring double-layer graphene move like particles without any mass, in the same way that light travels.…
TUM Achieves Top 25 Ranking in Engineering and Natural Sciences
The British university service provider QS Quacquarelli Symonds compiles its university rankings through surveys of academics and companies. It collects data on the number of citations of published papers as an indicator of the…
Hybrid Intelligence Offers Potential to Harmonize Biodiversity and Agriculture
“Although we have more and more data sets at our disposal, we have not yet been able to use them to solve the problem. Available data from remote sensing, proximal sensing and statistical surveys are disconnected and highly fragmented,”…
Three TUM Researchers Secure ERC Advanced Grants
Researchers at TUM have already been awarded a total of 212 of the prestigious ERC grants. These are awarded each year in different categories. The Advanced Grants are reserved for excellent established researchers who have…
Decade-long Transformation: Food Classification Alters Nutritional Parameters Worldwide
The NOVA classification divides foods into four groups: fresh and minimally processed foods; processed culinary ingredients; processed foods; and ultra-processed foods. Published in 2010, the guide was developed by researchers from the…
Expansion of Brazilian Games Market Attributed to Changes in Traditional Work Methods
The global electronic games sector is expanding, having generated more than US$196.8 billion in 2022, according to PwC projections . The Covid-19 pandemic influenced these numbers, as it was responsible for popularizing remote work and, in…
University of São Paulo: Tax Justice Typically Not a Driving Force for Income Tax Reforms
In his study , Nikolas Schiozer, researcher at the Center for Research in Macroeconomics of Inequalities (MADE), at the Faculty of Economics, Administration, Accounting and Actuarial Science (FEA) at USP, addresses the changes in Personal…
Discovery of New Animal Species Opens Doors for Further Studies
Japanese scientists observed a peculiar-looking animal near Okinawa Island, in the Pacific Ocean, and, after a thorough analysis of its characteristics, the researchers discovered that it was a new species, which was named “skeleton panda”.…
USP Patent Aims for Accessibility for People with Dwarfism
According to the Ministry of Health, “dwarfism is a disorder characterized by growth deficiency, resulting in a person with short stature, compared to the average population of the same age and sex” . People with dwarfism, due to the…
Research Shows 7 out of 10 Brazilians Distrust Police Work
The police's job of ensuring public safety appears to be in question. A recent survey carried out by PoderData, the research division of the newspaper Poder360 , reveals that 70% of Brazilians distrust, to some degree, the work of the…