Michael Heine

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Is it possible to block or neutralize antibodies in autoimmune diseases?

There are at least about 80 autoimmun diseases known. A very seldom one is "Myasthenia Gravis" affecting 50 to 200 per million people with newly diagnosed in 3 to 30 per million people each year....

02 February 2017 1,281 4 View

Are biogas plants responsible for further decrease of humus contents in agricultural soils?

Since beginning of the 19th century the humus content in agricultural soils permanently is decreasing. The extensive use of agricultural areas to produce biomass for gasification seems to...

12 December 2015 1,659 18 View

Is a steam engine fired by a modern ceramic porous burner an alternative for the traditional Diesel- or Otto-Engine?

Such kind of engine is nearly loudless with low emissions and a high torque. Todays technology might offer innovative possibilities to reinvent the classical Watt's steam engine, using modern...

12 December 2015 2,808 11 View

What is the best way to improve innovation ?

Only less ideas have an economical succes .... How the succes rate of ideas can be improved?

01 January 2015 2,592 6 View

How to overcome the reasons why most excellent ideas nether become an innovation?

Innovation means the transfer of an idea into a commercial or cultural success. Financial instruments like public funding of research activities are an established instrument for fostering the...

12 December 2014 7,404 4 View

Does anyone have knowledge on Terra Preta?

Terra Preta is defined as a type of very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin. The origin of this "Amazonian Dark Earth" or "Indian Black Earth" is discussed controversial....

08 August 2014 6,319 6 View

Are there any material databases or material archives online available which allow a direct comparison between different materials?

Today's need for cost efficient design and engineering of structures suffers from the availability of material databases which includes the mechanical properties of metals as well as of other...

01 January 1970 3,585 34 View

Do we really have an energy and resource crisis?

There is a renewed debate on how “real” the energy and resource crisis is in the world. Some say it is based on faulty science and politics and the reality looks different. It seems that we have...

01 January 1970 2,830 28 View

Are there more materials in the facades of our housings compared to the past, causing uncontrollable fire extension?

There are more and more fires seen where clearly the facade itself contributed to the way that the flames have spread. Every design process of a building starts with a fire-safety strategy with...

01 January 1970 8,351 16 View

Does languages of science such as German will become less and less significant ? Can we counteract the trend?

"German scientists and scholars are increasingly publishing their work in English, and ever more frequently, scientific symposia and conferences held in Germany, too, are in English. Some...

01 January 1970 8,711 5 View

Does anybody know more details about the theory of predicting mechanical and physical behaviour of macromolecules?

Since the first comments of Staudinger (at 1922) about the model of macromolecules a couple of duromer and thermoplastic polymer resins are synthesized and available for technical use. From my...

01 January 1970 848 8 View

Does RG have the potential to create a "Scientific Literature 4.0" ?

Looking to the engagement installing "Industry 4.0", the question is coming up if the actual overflow of information in literature needs a similar approach. Consequently using search engine like...

01 January 1970 1,845 0 View

Does anybody know a review article or a book which describes the history of development of polymers?

Since first publishing the existence of macromolecules based on monomers (Staudinger 1922) there are roughly known some development cycles p.e. 1930-1940 (PE, PA,..) and 1985-1995 (PPS, PEEK, PSU...

01 January 1970 4,332 17 View

Does anybody know a software tool which can be used to generate theoretical polymer structures which might have high performance properties?

The prediction of technical polymer structures can be based on the group contribution method p.e. with the approach of van Krevelen or of Askadski. Is there anybody who has experience in using or...

01 January 1970 8,335 12 View

What is your opinion about "Corrosion-free Light Weight Concrete Structures"?

The remaining corrosion-free service life of all existing steel reinforced concrete in buildings, bridges and other infrastructure is one of the big topics of today’s economic communities. The...

01 January 1970 3,929 5 View

Who has expertise in Polymer Design & Preparative Synthesis with focus on Future Matrix Polymer Systems for Carbon Fiber Composite Materials?

Any idea or input based on own expertise, knowledge about other researchers or institution in the fields of Polymer Synthesis and/or scaling-up of such polymers is welcome. The technical approach...

01 January 1970 3,783 2 View

Which digital tools does exist to evalute relevant contents of scientific papers ?

Using researchgate and other sources for collecting scientific papers on your personal computer leads to a large collection of documents. These papers have different releavance to your own...

01 January 1970 8,928 15 View