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• How to use light to manipulate the spin in topological insulators
  Researchers at HZB investigated the topological insulator bismuth selenide (Bi₂Se₃) by spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy at BESSY II. They found an astonishing difference depending on whethe...
• Happy Birthday, synchrotron!
  The particle accelerator Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron celebrates its birthday. Exactly 50 years ago, electrons completely circled the newly built ring accelerator DESY for the first time. This ...
• Toxic effect of silver particles on algae examined
  It has long been known that, in the form of free ions, silver particles can be highly toxic to aquatic organisms. Yet to this day, there is a lack of detailed knowledge about the doses required to ...
• The "thousand-droplets test": Chemical reactions in artificial cell-scale systems show surprising diversity
  In the future, an entire chemistry lab could be accommodated in a tiny little droplet. While simple reactions already work in these simplest models of an artificial cell now a group of scientists o...
• Genetic transplantation of bacterial magnetosome gene clusters
  Magnetic bacteria navigate by means of an internal, biological compass. In a remarkable biotechnological feat, LMU scientists have succeeded in transferring the genes required for formation of the ...
• Ion beams pave way to new kinds of valves for use in spintronics
  Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have tested a new approach to fabricating spin valves. Using ion beams, the researchers have succeeded in structuring an iron aluminiu...
• 3D cryo-electron microscopy: new method for observing cell structure
  3D cryo-electron microscopy provides scientists with unique insights into the structure of biological samples. As the cells themselves produce relatively little contrast in images, phase-contrast m...
• Tests Prove Electrolytic Cells Are Stable at 850 Degrees
  Siemens researchers have demonstrated the long-term stability of ceramic electrolytic cells that are used to produce hydrogen. The results represent a step in the development of new energy storage ...
• New Method Evaluates Response to Oxidation in Live Cells
  Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method for accurately measuring a key process governing a wide variety of cellular functions that may b...
• Inner workings of a cellular nanomotor revealed
  Our cells produce thousands of proteins, but more than one-third of these proteins can fulfill their function only after migrating to the outside of the cell. While it is known that protein migrati...
• New programs allow for more accurate ways to interpret X-ray crystallography data
  Computational biologists from the Max F. Perutz Laboratories of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna show that averaging is not always a good thing when it comes to analyzi...
• Superconducting pairing mechanism in Calcium doped graphene unveiled
  Whenever a new material is discovered, scientists are eager to find out whether or not it can be superconducting. This applies particularly to the wonder material graphene. Now, an international te...
• JRC support to Commission's Recommendation on shale gas
  On 22 January, the European Commission issued a Recommendation on minimum principles for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons (such as shale gas) using high volume hydraulic fracturing in...
• HORIBA acquires Photon Technology International
  HORIBA announces the acquisition of the global assets of Photon Technology International, Inc. and its affiliate companies (Photon Technology International or PTI). HORIBA Instruments Inc. (based i...
• Conclusive proof of molecular tunnels using cryo-electron microscopy
  The lipid-rich membranes of cells are largely impermeable to proteins, but evolution has provided a way through - in the form of transmembrane tunnels. A new study shows in unmatched detail what ha...
• New method of precision spectroscopy allows unprecedented accuracy
  Quantum logic spectroscopy - which is closely linked with the name of the 2012 Nobel prize laureate, David J. Wineland - has been significantly extended: this new method is called "photon-recoil sp...
• Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Life Technologies Corporation
  Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that it has completed its acquisition of Life Technologies Corporation for $76.13 in cash per fully diluted common share, or approximately $13.6 billion, plus the...
• Novel technique for the analysis of plutonium for nuclear safeguards
  A promising new safeguards tool for plutonium analysis has been developed by the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland (STUK) and the JRC. It is a novel technique for measuring the isot...
• Faster X-ray technology paves the way for better catalysts
  By using a novel X-ray technique, researchers have observed a catalyst surface at work in real time and were able to resolve its atomic structure in detail. The new technique, pioneered at DESY's X...
• Infrared spectroscopic measurement allows detection of mykotoxines
  MYSCOSPEC project, presented at IRIS facilities in Castelldefels (Spain), aims to develop an innovative system to detect mycotoxins, toxins produced by fungi that infest food crops and processed fo...