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• Determination of nitrogen oxide emissions from agriculturally used oases
  In order to make statements about current and future air pollution, scientists use models which simulate the Earth's atmosphere. A lot of information such as meteorological data about temperature, ...
• Stabilization of elusive silicon oxides allows new research possibilities for silicon chemistry and the semiconductor industry
  In an effort that reaches back to the 19th-century laboratories of Europe, a discovery by University of Georgia (UGA) chemistry researchers establishes new research possibilities for silicon chemis...
• Molecular structure of Spiegelmers resolved
  Spiegelmers are a young group of promising pharmaceutical substances. They rely on the same building blocks as the nucleic acids RNA and DNA that fulfil various tasks in the organism - from storing...
• Accurate determination of selected pesticides in soya beans by liquid chromatography
  The Joint Research Centre (JRC) developed and in-house validated a precise method for the determination of 10 selected pesticides in soy beans. The method is very precise and therefore suitable for...
• Ground-breaking microscopy techniques shed new light on how cells perform endocytosis
  The process of endocytosis generates bubble-like membrane vesicles that surround the molecules to be ingested and move them from the cell surface into the cell. In this study, published in Developm...
• Age determination from high-resolution lead isotope measurement may be faulty
  Rocks do not loose their memory during Earth history but their true ages might be distorted: even under ultra high-temperature metamorphic conditions exceeding 1200°C zircon maintains its lead cont...
• NMR 'Fingerprinting' for Monoclonal Antibodies
  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) have demonstrated the most precise method yet to measure the stru...
• Data on chemicals in food: an annual overview for the general public
  Traces of chemicals are sometimes detected in food and drinks: pesticides in fruit and vegetables, veterinary drugs in meat and other animal-derived products, or environmental contaminants in vario...
• X-ray study images structural damage in lithium-ion batteries
  Charging lithium-ion batteries too quickly can permanently reduce the battery capacity. Portions of the energy storage structure are thereby destroyed and deactivated. These structural changes have...
• Towards a method for cytotoxicity screening of nanomaterials
  The results of an inter-laboratory comparison study on a method for assessing the cytotoxicity of nanomaterials have been published. This is an important step towards a harmonised method for toxici...
• Scientists uncovered previously unknown quantum states inside atoms
  In this study, scientists from European XFEL and the Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL) at DESY examined the unknown quantum states in atoms of the noble gas xenon using DESY's X-ray las...
• Measurements confirm position of lawrencium as final member of the actinide series
  Thanks to a novel-type technique, a joint international research team has recently been able to measure lawrencium's first ionization energy. Lawrencium - element 103 - is a radioactive synthetic e...
• Higher doses of vitamin E can reduce the stress on immune cells
  You're up in the mountains, the snow is blindingly white, and the sun is blazing down from the sky: ideal skiing conditions - but any skiers carrying the herpes virus might also have to reckon with...
• New information system on raw materials
  The JRC launches the Raw Materials Information System (RMIS), a comprehensive online repository of information on policies, activities and data related to the European raw materials sector. The RMI...
• Bonding behaviour of iron pentacarbonyl experimentally decoded
  Following six years' work, an international team comprising eleven research institutions has been successful in observing precisely how light affects the outer electrons of a metallic compound and ...
• New detection method for bacterial toxin "Bacillus cereus"
  The Bacillus cereus bacteria is one of the potential causes of food poisoning. Indeed, a recent study in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry shows that this versatile pathogen produces 19 differ...
• Bio-marker set forms the basis for new blood test to detect colorectal cancer
  Colorectal cancer is the third most common form of cancer globally and the second most common cause of cancer deaths. The chance of a cure is high if the cancer is detected early enough, but early ...
• Agricultural waste could be used as biofuel
  Straw-powered cars could be a thing of the future thanks to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). A new study pinpoints five strains of yeast capable of turning agricultural by-pro...
• New silicon-based nanomaterials
  Chemists from Brown University have found a way to make new 2-D, graphene-like semiconducting nanomaterials using an old standby of the semiconductor world: silicon. The researchers describe met...