Alexander von Humboldt

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Caroline A. Bulstra,  Jan A. C. Hontelez,  Federica Giardina,  Richard Steen,  Nico J. D. Nagelkerke,  Till Bärnighausen,  Sake J. de Vlas x Published: March 6, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003042 Abstract Background In the generalised epidemics of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence shows…

The new Boldt from Winnebago and Mercedes-Benz. Peter Holcombe Photography This spring is shaping up as a very good time to consider a road trip, preferably to somewhere remote. If you have deep pockets, there’s a new set of stylish wheels to get you there. The Boldt is a mixed…

Decades of research have demonstrated the adverse effects of fine particulate matter and volatile organic compounds (VOC) such as nicotine or acetonitrile from tobacco smoke on human health, with no "safe" level of exposure. Smoking restrictions have decreased non-smokers' exposure to secondhand smoke. Yet with worldwide smoking rates at 22%,…

From San Diego to Singapore, we all want to get to work as quickly and conveniently as possible. For many of us, our commute constitutes of spending an hour underground with next to no personal space or stuck in traffic for what can seem like an eternity. This, unsurprisingly, is…

Magnetic (anti)skyrmions are microscopically small whirls that are found in special classes of magnetic materials. These nano-objects could be used to host digital data by their presence or absence in a sequence along a magnetic stripe. A team of scientists from the Max Planck institutes (MPI) of Microstructure Physics in…

IMAGE: Schematic representation of the magnetization in an advanced racetrack memory data storage. Skyrmions (blue) and antiskyrmions (red) constitute the '1' and '0' bits, respectively. view more  Credit: Dr. Börge Göbel/MLU Magnetic (anti)skyrmions are microscopically small whirls that are found in special classes of magnetic materials. These nano-objects could be used…

Smithsonian Voices Smithsonian Associates February 26th, 2020, 11:42AM / BY Lauren Lyons Teaching artist Mary Hall Surface stands in front of Edward Hopper’s 1939 painting Cape Cod Evening at the National Gallery of Art. Surface will lead a creative writing workshop for Smithsonian Associates at the Freer Gallery of Art…

February 7th and 8th found me visiting the showrooms of GTT Audio & Video, in Long Valley, NJ, for a private audition of the new Audionet Humboldt integrated amplifier. Though I had attended the official Humboldt launch in Munich last May, this would prove to be my first serious audition.Like…

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Stefan J. Frohberger, Frederic Fercoq, Anna-Lena Neumann, Jayagopi Surendar, Wiebke Stamminger, Alexandra Ehrens, Indulekha Karunakaran, Estelle Remion, Thomas Vogl, Achim Hoerauf, Coralie Martin , Marc P. Hübner Stefan J. Frohberger,  Frederic Fercoq,  Anna-Lena Neumann,  Jayagopi Surendar,  Wiebke Stamminger,  Alexandra Ehrens,  Indulekha Karunakaran,  Estelle…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Six geology students alongside a research fellow at the University of Derby have published a new research paper into the growth rate, extinction and survival of seashells. The study looked at seashells from either side of the North Atlantic that lived 2 to 4 million years…