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• Rising temperatures affect air quality
  Particulate matter and ozone are a major problem for people and the environment. Dr. Eva Pfannerstill, young investigator group leader at Jülich's Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK 8), ...
• DNA as building material for tiny machines and artificial cells
  "My work has many points of commonality with the topics that my colleagues in Stuttgart are focusing on," says Yan. "I have therefore been cooperating with Professor Laura Na Liu's working group fo...
• Making scattered light usable for X-ray imaging in the nanometer range
  X-ray microscopes are essential for examining components and materials because they can be used to detect changes and details in the material. Until now, however, it has been difficult to detect sm...
• Better biotechnological use of cyanobacteria
  Filamentous cyanobacteria buckle at a certain length when they encounter an obstacle. This was discovered by the research group of Stefan Karpitschka, group leader at the Max Planck Institute for D...
• Harmful effects of neonicotinoids on amphibians
  Neonicotinoids not only act as an insecticide, but also disrupt the embryonic development of frogs. This has been documented in several studies by a research team at the Institute of Biochemistry a...
• From dawdling to doing: the science of procrastination
  Procrastination, the deliberate but detrimental deferring of tasks, has many forms. Sahiti Chebolu of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics uses a precise mathematical framework to un...
• Bio-based plastics - innovative plastic film material made from PLA
  Flexible, disposable plastic films used in shopping or garbage bags are made mainly from petroleum-based low-density polyethylene (LDPE). These films, however, come with a large carbon footprint an...
• Biogeochemical soil processes may hold key to global warming
  As humanity continues to burn fossil fuels, the delicate balance of carbon in ecosystems is changing. That's true of trees, which are expected to grow faster as a result of increased carbon dioxide...
• Helmholtz Prize for development of new method for diagnosing skin cancer
  Diagnosing skin cancer painlessly with an external scan rather than a tissue sample and a scalpel - this is the vision of a joint research team from Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) and the Univer...
• Environmental treaty shows effect: Decline in harmful ozone-depleting greenhouse gases
  A new study by an international team of researchers, published today in Nature Climate Change, has revealed significant progress in the drive to reduce atmospheric levels of chemicals that destroy ...
• How many water molecules does it take to dissolve hydrochloric acid?
  Scientists from DESY have made a significant step towards understanding the solvation processes of hydrochloric acid at the molecular scale. HCI is a prototypical acid that is often used for resear...
• Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in wastewater
  Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a threat to health worldwide. This makes it all the more important not only to track their spread, but also to recognise trends. Over the course of a year, Eawag r...
• Nanoparticles: Risk for babies in the womb
  Little is yet known about the health effects of nanoparticles on pregnancy. An interdisciplinary team led by Empa researchers is currently analyzing the risks for babies in the womb. Using a la...
• Uptake of tire wear additives by vegetables grown for human consumption
  Car tires contain hundreds of chemical additives that can leach out of them. This is how they end up in crops and subsequently in the food chain. Researchers at the Center for Microbiology and Envi...
• PFAS-free polymer membranes for semiconductor processing
  Due to their stability and resistance to water and grease, PFAS chemicals (short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are used in a wide range industries, but they are harmful to health and the...
• Frozen noble gas in the accelerator
  Researchers at European XFEL in Schenefeld near Hamburg have taken a closer look at the formation of the first crystallisation of nuclei in supercooled liquids. They found: The formation starts muc...
• Recovering essential raw materials from wastewater to bring them back into the value chain
  The consumption of natural resources by modern industrial societies is leading to a shortage of essential raw materials. This includes phosphorus, for which there are hardly any geogenic sources in...
• Plastic particles and climate change as drivers for antimicrobial resistance
  A research project based at Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University Hospital targets plastic particles and climate change as driving factors for the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)...