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• Solve the nitrate problem in agriculture with new filter methods
  Nitrate concentrations of German groundwater are among the highest in the European Union. The main reason is overfertilization of fields with feces from livestock farming. Every year, a "liquid man...
• European funding for improved efficiency of single particle imaging experiments
  With Single Particle Imaging (SPI) techniques scientists use intense X-ray light sources to produce 3D visualizations of the atomic structure and dynamics of biological molecules such as viruses an...
• Europe-wide awareness-raising campaign "Dangerous Substances"
  The launch marks the start of 2 years of events and activities aimed at drawing attention to the issue and promoting the best ways of tackling the risks that dangerous substances pose to workers. ...
• A novel way of creating gold nanoparticles in water
  An experiment that, by design, was not supposed to turn up anything of note instead produced a "bewildering" surprise, according to the Stanford scientists who made the discovery: a new way of crea...
• Carbon dioxide as a raw material
  Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have found a way to turn climate-damaging CO₂ into an alcohol that could serve as a raw material for the chemical industry - without producing large amoun...
• Building crystals on a very hot surface
  A chemical reactor that operates at extremely high temperatures is being developed by KAUST and could improve the efficiency and economy of a commonly used process in the semiconductor industry, wi...
• Peptide induces chirality evolution in a single gold nanoparticle
  For the first time, scientists have successfully created optically active, chiral gold nanoparticles using amino acids and peptides. Many chemicals significant to life have mirror-image twins (left...
• The 'radical' ways sunlight builds bigger molecules in the atmosphere
  With summer approaching, "sea and sun" might conjure up images of a beach trip. But for scientists, the interactions of the two have big implications for the climate and for the formation of tiny d...
• New methods for producing and characterizing attosecond X-ray pulses
  European XFEL produces unfathomably fast X-ray pulses that are already being used by scientists to explore the unchartered territory of the atomic and molecular cosmos. Intense X-ray pulses lasting...
• Sensing interactions between molecules
  Nanoscientists at the University of Münster have developed an atomically defined probe tip with extraordinary stability which enables them to image molecular structures by atomic force microscopyIn...
• "Body on a chip" could improve drug evaluation
  MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs and detect possible side effects before the drugs are tested in humans. Using a microfluidic platform that conne...
• Counting and locating chromosomal proteins during cell duplication
  Chromosomes are highly organised, dense arrangements of DNA, which form every time our cells duplicate themselves. Two protein complexes, Condensin I and II, are known to help organise DNA strands ...
• Producing high quality images of individual atoms
  It is one of the most accurate measurement instruments available today: the high-performance microscope at the Institute of Applied Physics of TU Wien acquires images of individual atoms by moving ...
• Self-healing metal oxides could protect against corrosion
  esearchers have found that a solid oxide protective coating for metals can, when applied in sufficiently thin layers, deform as if it were a liquid, filling any cracks and gaps as they form. The...
• What happens when nanoparticles collide
  Helmets that do a better job of preventing concussions and other brain injuries. Earphones that protect people from damaging noises. Devices that convert "junk" energy from airport runway vibration...
• Automated preparation of MS-Sensitive Fluorescently-Labeled N-Glycans
  A new original research report available ahead-of-print at SLAS Technology demonstrates the semi-automation of a GlycoWorks RapiFluor-MS (RFMS) Kit using a pipetting robot to improve life sciences ...
• Kesterite solar cells: better opto-electronic properties
  Specific changes in the composition of kesterite-type semiconductors make it possible to improve their suitability as absorber layers in solar cells. As a team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin showe...
• Electron microscope identifies oldest magnetic record in our solar system
  The meteorite Bishunpur travelled more than 4.5 billion years through space before it crashed to Earth in northern India over 100 years ago. It contained the oldest magnetic record known today. It ...
• Protein analysis: Less is more
  CONAN to the rescue! The new software-package for molecular dynamic simulations compresses 3D data to contact maps and helps to analyze protein structures. The tool developed at HITS CONAN (CONtact...
• Engineers turn polymer films into self-sensing high-tech actuators
  They might only be made from thin silicon film, but they can squeeze down hard, deliver a powerful thrust, vibrate or hold any required position. And because they can act as sensors, they are becom...
• Drug or duplicate?
  Imagine holding two different medications in your hands, one being the original, the other one being a counterfeit. Both appear exactly the same. Is there any way for you to distinguish them? The a...