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- Acetic acid as a proton shuttle in gold chemistry
Being found mostly in the native state, gold is one of the oldest elements known to man. The affection to gold was determined by it's unusual properties - heft, shine and ability to withstand oxida... - Catalytic alkene carboamination by oxidative proton-coupled electron transfer
Researchers at Princeton have developed a new chemical reaction that breaks the strongest bond in a molecule instead of the weakest, completely reversing the norm for reactions in which bonds are e... - Nanoparticles can clean up environmental pollutants
Many human-made pollutants in the environment resist degradation through natural processes, and disrupt hormonal and other systems in mammals and other animals. Removing these toxic materials - whi... - Spintronics: Molecules Stabilizing Magnetism
Organic molecules allow producing printable electronics and solar cells with extraordinary properties. In spintronics, too, molecules open up the unexpected possibility of controlling the magnetism... - New resource technologies for Rare Earth Elements
Since June 2015, a consortium of German companies and science institutes with international cooperation partners, led by the G.U.B. Ingenieur AG works on the development of new mining technologies ... - Nanocrystalline Thin-film Solar Cells
The efficiency of perovskite-based solar cells was improved significantly in the past years. On the way towards maturity, however, some challenges remain to be mastered. Researchers of Karlsruhe In... - Determination of trace elements in seawater
The results of a recently carried out proficiency test (PT) on the analysis of trace elements in natural seawater demonstrated the challenges for laboratories because of low levels of trace element... - Rare earth elements as micropollutants
The dissemination of high-tech metals in the environment is on the rise. Dr. Michael Bau, Professor of Geosciences at Jacobs University Bremen, and his Ph.D. student, Gila Merschel, published a stu... - New strategy to track how chemicals behave in the human body
Information on how a chemical enters, moves and behaves throughout its journey inside the human body is crucial in the assessment of its safety. Such data is traditionally obtained through animal-b... - Making it easier to analyse proteins
Less time, fewer errors and simpler to perform. That is what is promised by this new approach to analysing proteins in the lab. Tina Hovestadt received a Pioneer Fellowship from ETH Zurich for this... - Watching in vivo protein crystal growth in real time
In vivo protein crystallization offers exciting new possibilities for proteins that do not form crystals in vitro. This work has been ranked within the category "Most read this month" by the journa... - Depletion and enrichment of chlorine in perovskites observed
X-ray spectroscopy at BESSY II reveals inhomogenous distribution of chlorine in a special class of perovskite materials. The discovery could help to enhance efficiencies of perovskite thin film sol... - Lichens, mosses and cyanobacteria produce large amounts of greenhouse gases
Inconspicuous creatures surprise with a property that is important for our climate: Lichens, mosses and cyanobacteria release large quantities of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O), also known ... - Diffusion of bulky molecules through a membrane pore at atomic level
Biophysicists at Jacobs University have added a piece to the puzzle of the underlying molecular processes within Klebsiella oxytoca bacteria. Their new findings will play an important role in the r... - Application of mass spectrometric analysis for nuclear safeguards
In close collaboration with scientists from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Stephan Richter from the JRC-Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements examined the merits and li... - Ultrahigh-Resolution 3D Microscopy Technique for Electric Fields
Using a single molecule as a sensor, scientists in Jülich have successfully imaged electric potential fields with unrivalled precision. The ultrahigh-resolution images provide information on the di... - Treatment of wounds by nanocellulose manufactured with biotechnology
Among other applications, nanocellulose enables optimized treatment of burn wounds as well as chronic wounds. This is made possible thanks to its special material properties, which combine the bene... - Research project to convert CO2 into fuels using sunlight and diamond materials
A great new idea is now being investigated by scientists of Germany, France, England, and Sweden, among them HZB's Prof. Emad Aziz. They propose exploring diamond materials for photocatalytic conve... - Effective conversion of methane oxidation by a new copper zeolite
A new bio-inspired zeolite catalyst, developed by an international team with researchers from Technische Universität München (TUM), Eindhoven University of Technology and University of Amsterdam, m... - Chemists characterize 3-D macroporous hydrogels
Carnegie Mellon University chemists have developed two novel methods to characterize 3-dimensional macroporous hydrogels - materials that hold great promise for developing "smart" responsive materi... - Compact terahertz sources with tunable wavelengths
The terahertz range is one of the last sections of the electromagnetic spectrum - which extends from radio waves through optical applications right up to X-ray radiation - that is still rarely used... - Newly established Center investigates the chemical basis of allergies
Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the Institute of Translational Immunology (TIM) of the University Medical Center Mainz have recently begun to work together in a newly crea... - A novel microscope for nanosystems
Nanomaterials play an essential role in many areas of daily life. There is thus a large interest to gain detailed knowledge about their optical and electronic properties. Conventional microscopes g...