They are some of the most exotic objects in space: neutron stars. Incredibly dense and only. 20 kilometers across, they rotate about their axes at breakneck speed, emitting cones of radiation out into space in the process.
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A computer-aided network shows how ion channels in the membrane of neurons are able to control such wide-ranging abilities as short-term memory and brain waves
Max Planck Institutes from Hamburg to Florence offer courses specifically for external participants and will reach about 900 young scientists from master’s students to postdocs this year.
Researchers understand Earth’s climate system very accurately by now. For a long time, however, an important piece of the puzzle remained very elusive - the role played by vegetation and soils.
In principle, almost any encryption key can be broken - all you need is the right computing power. The situation is different, however, with quantum cryptography. Gerd Leuchs is researching this encryption technology of the future.
