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• A levitated nanosphere as an ultra-sensitive sensor
  Sensitive sensors must be isolated from their environment as much as possible to avoid disturbances. Scientists at ETH Zurich have now demonstrated how to remove from and add elementary charges to ...
• Textiles made from synthetic fibers release microfibers
  Even before the UN Ocean Conference in early June, we already knew about the disastrous ways in which plastic affects the world's oceans. Billions of pieces of plastic are floating in the oceans. T...
• Non-classical growth of crystals
  How do crystals grow? The answer given in current textbooks is: Layer by layer atoms or molecules settle on an existing crystal surface. The research team Physical Chemistry at the University of Ko...
• New lab for electrochemical interfaces at BESSY II
  The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is establishing a joint lab together with the Max Planck Society (MPS) to study electrochemical phenomenon at solid/liquid interfaces. The Berlin Joint Lab for El...
• Open imaging data for biology
  A picture may be worth a thousand words, but only if you understand what you are looking at. The life sciences rely increasingly on 2D, 3D and 4D image data, but its staggering heterogeneity and si...
• Research and innovation across EU countries - challenges and developments
  The European Commission's Research and Innovation Observatory (RIO) at the Joint Research Centre has published the 2016 edition of the RIO reports, which assess the evolution of the research and in...
• Launch of new renewable solvents EU projekt
  ReSolve, a €4.3 million EU project focused on replacing traditional, fossil-based solvents, officially launched on June 15th. Led by the University of York, the project consortium is comprised of 1...
• Is it possible to reduce resistance to chemotherapy?
  Glioblastomas (GBMs) are considered to be the most malignant and dangerous form of brain tumours. The primary form of treatment of these is chemotherapy, which is at least capable of extending life...
• Trailblazer in the field of glyco sciences: 2017 Stifterverband Science Prize
  Sugar offers sweet prospects for the future - even in unexpected areas, such as medicine. Synthetic sugars, for example, are components of novel vaccines against infectious diseases such as multire...
• Solid-state electrolyte that is able to compete with liquid electrolytes
  Liquid lithium-ion rechargeable batteries are dangerous. They can leak or ignite rapidly if they become overheated. So-called solid-state lithium-ion batteries are a way of reducing these risks. Ho...
• Copper hydroxide nanoparticles provide protection against toxic oxygen radicals in cigarette smoke
  Chemists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a technique that reduces the toxic effects of commercially available cigarettes. In spite of the fact that the World Health Orga...
• Breaking Newton's Law
  In the quantum world, our intuition for moving objects is strongly challenged and may sometimes even completely fail. Experimental physicists of the University of Innsbruck in collaboration with th...
• Observation of the phase transition of liquid crystal defects
  The phase transition of topological defects, which was also the theme of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2016, can be difficult to understand for a layperson but it needs to be studied to understand...
• Closing in on the secret of possible new enzymes
  Researchers at Heidelberg University have gained new knowledge on the possible biological function of patellamides. In laboratory experiments, they were able to demonstrate that this natural produc...
• How molecules are arranged on surfaces
  Individual pieces of a jigsaw puzzle joined together as if moved by magic - that is what FAU materials researchers imagine when they apply molecules to surfaces to produce materials for new technol...
• Developing a data coordination platform for the Human Cell Atlas
  The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has announced financial support for the Human Cell Atlas, which is using sequencing technology to redefine every cell in the body. Funding and engineering suppo...
• A novel form of iron for fortification of foods
  Around 1.2 billion people worldwide suffer from iron deficiency, with women worse affected than men. In Europe, one in five women around the age of 20 suffers from iron deficiency. Typical symptoms...
• Mechanism behind granular capillary effect
  The origin of the granular capillary effect - the rise of sand or other granules in a tube - was a long-standing mystery. Only recently did an international team of physicists succeed in unveiling ...
• Microchip for ultrafast separation and purification of DNA fragments
  The new chip is capable of fractionating DNA fragments within just a few minutes, while conventional approaches take hours. The chip does this in high resolution and also purifies the fragments; it...
• Realizing molecular robots that work in vivo
  A group of Associate Professor Ryuji Kawano of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Division of Biotechnology and Life Science, Institute of Engineering, and Associate Professor Masahiro...
• Printed 3D structures based on cellulose nanocrystals
  Empa researchers have succeeded in developing an environmentally friendly ink for 3D printing based on cellulose nanocrystals. This technology can be used to fabricate microstructures with outstand...
• A way out of the chromium ban
  To prevent components from becoming corroded or worn, they are often coated using hexavalent chromium. Starting in September of 2017, though, this will only be permitted with exceptions. The extrem...