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• Unconventional quasiparticles predicted in conventional crystals
  The research, published online this week in the journal Science, was conducted by a team at Princeton University in collaboration with researchers at the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC...
• Observe muscles at work with the help of new microscopes
  Why can some people run so much faster than others? A tissue sample from the world record holder Usain Bolt could enable researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Dortmund to answer this questio...
• Magnetically aligned graphite electrodes for high rate performance Li-ion batteries
  Materials researchers at the Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in Villigen and the ETH Zurich have developed a very simple and cost-effective procedure for significantly enhancing the performance o...
• New materials for the construction of metal organic two-dimensional quasicrystals
  Unlike classical crystals, quasicrystals do not comprise periodic units, even though they do have a superordinate structure. The formation of the fascinating mosaics that they produce is barely und...
• Computer simulation renders transient chemical structures visible
  Chemists at the University of Basel have succeeded in using computer simulations to elucidate transient structures in proteins. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, the researchers set out how compute...
• A new tracking and quantification software for single cells
  Together with colleagues from the ETH Zürich, scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a software that allows observing cells for week...
• Mass spectrometry imaging of metabolites from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue
  Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have developed a new mass spectrometry imaging method which, for the first time, makes it possible to analyze hundreds of metabolites in fixed tissue sam...
• Identify chemical warfare agents easily with new chromatographic method
  A new method for extracting, enriching and identifying chemical warfare agents from oils and other organic liquids could help government officials and homeland security protect civilians more effec...
• Identification of endocrine disrupting chemical - screening methodology supporting impact assessment published
  The purpose of the JRC's methodology was to provide a basis for the screening of the available evidence on chemicals in relation to their potential to act as endocrine disruptors. It was specifical...
• Cryo-electron microscopy allows new insights into the function of toxins
  Molecular biologists at the University of Bern have discovered a mechanism which enables a deadly toxin to penetrate and destroy human cells. Their findings can serve a rational framework for the d...
• Pinpoint the positions of individual molecules in living cells using fluorescence microscopy
  Anyone who has ever taken a group photo will be familiar with the problem: If everyone is constantly running around, it's almost impossible to get a sharp photo. Cell biologists who want to visuali...
• Assessing potential risks from exposure to chemical mixtures - case study review
  A review of case studies assessing the risk from exposure to chemical mixtures shows a potential concern for several groups of chemicals for highly exposed or particularly vulnerable population gro...
• Synthesized Microporous 3D Graphene-like Carbons
  Graphene, an allotrope of carbon, which was discovered more than a decade ago, has led to myriad research that seeks to unlock its vast potential. Zeolites, commonly used microporous solid catalyst...
• Electronic nose for the detection of pesticides and nerve gas
  An international team of researchers led by Ivo Stassen and Rob Ameloot from KU Leuven have made detecting pesticides and nerve gas in very low concentrations possible. The best-known electronic...
• How water gets its exceptional properties - New simulation method
  Water is liquid at room temperature - astounding for such a small molecule. Insights into the causes are provided by a new simulation method, which has its origins in brain research. Using artif...
• Newly discovered multiferroic nano-clusters
  A team of scientists from England, Germany and France recently discovered novel so-called multiferroic clusters. Results were published as a featured article in the journal Advanced Functional Mate...
• Discovery of a new class of multiferroic materials
  For next generation data storage devices the fast switching of magnetic states by applying electrical fields (voltage) will be of high importance. This switching could be realized in so-called magn...
• Increasing the efficiency of solar cells by replicating the structure of petals
  With a surface resembling that of plants, solar cells improve light-harvesting and thus generate more power. Scientists of KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) reproduced the epidermal cells of ...
• Sartorius acquires cell screening specialist IntelliCyt
  Sartorius announced the acquisition of U.S. based IntelliCyt Corporation, an award-winning innovator and manufacturer of novel cell screening platforms used in drug discovery. Through the acquisiti...
• Arsenic accumulates in the nuclei of plants' cells
  Toxic arsenic initially accumulates in the nuclei of plants' cells. This has been revealed by an X-ray examination of the aquatic plant rigid hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum) using DESY's X-ray so...
• Next-generation fluorescent and LED lighting thanks to new phosphor?
  Researchers from KU Leuven (Belgium), the University of Strasbourg, and CNRS have discovered a new phosphor that could make next-generation fluorescent and LED lighting even cheaper and more effici...