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• Tiny chemistry lab to seek evidence of life on Mars
  An international team of scientists has created a tiny chemistry lab for a rover that will drill beneath the Martian surface looking for signs of past or present life. The toaster oven-sized lab, c...
• Molecular switch will facilitate the development of pioneering electro-optical devices
  A research team led by physicists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed molecular nanoswitches that can be toggled between two structurally different states using an applied vol...
• Negative effects of microplastic particles on corals
  Coral reefs belong to the most diverse habitats on our planet. Thousands of species of fish use corals as shelter, food source and nursery. However, coral reefs are increasingly suffering from the ...
• Preserving a painter's legacy with nanomaterials
  Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and Johannes Vermeer have been delighting art lovers for years. But it turns out that these works of art might be their own worst enemy - the canvases t...
• Molecular mechanism leads to qualitatively new possibilities to control the course of chemical reactions
  Depending on the lighting, the surface of appropriately crafted nanoparticles can change its topography. Researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences have ...
• A global effort to fight resistant pathogens
  The German Federal Ministry of Education and Researc h is joining forces with international partners in a new initiative to promote research into antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The aim is to fight...
• Tailor-made synthesis of cyclic chemicals by means of enzymes
  Penicillin-based antibiotics contain a five-membered hydrocarbon cycle, additionally incorporating a sulfur and a nitrogen atom. Nadine Zumbrägel, doctoral student at the Chair of Organic Chemistry...
• A micro-thermometer to record tiny temperature changes
  Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and their collaborators in Swinburne University of Technology have developed a micrometer-wide thermometer that is sensitive to heat generat...
• Successful demonstration of imine hydrogenation with inexpensive main group metal
  In future, inexpensive and bio-compatible main group metals could replace expensive and toxic transition metals during catalytic processes. Chemists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürn...
• XXL computed tomography: a new dimension in X-ray analysis
  Researchers at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft have achieved decisive progress in computed tomography. For the first time, it is now possible to analyze even very large objects with X-ray technology. X...
• Further confirmation of quantum mechanics
  Quantum physics is a popular scientific discipline - or so it would seem from the Big Bell Test on 30 November 2016, which involved more than 100,000 people around the world. On the day, 12 scienti...
• Antibiotic resistance - quick and reliable detection
  Early detection of antibiotic resistant pathogens can be life-saving. DZIF-scientists at the Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, have developed an ant...
• Accelerating analysis for designer drugs
  Designer drugs - drugs that are similar in effect, but slightly different in structure, to existing drugs - are an increasing problem for regulators and lawmakers, and a real threat to society. The...
• Mechanism of action for a class of bacterial toxins uncovered
  Pore-forming toxins are common bacterial poisons. They attack organisms by introducing holes in cell membranes. A team of scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now unraveled th...
• High efficiency synthesis of insulin by self-assembly based organic chemistry
  Researchers at Tokai University, Osaka University, Tohoku University and Fukuoka University report in the journal /Communications Chemistry /on the synthesis of insulin based on the self-assembly o...
• Discovering cheap fluid that could lead to cheap MRIs
  Researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (National MagLab) have discovered a substance that could help MRI machines evolve from today's bulky behemoths to hand-held scanners strai...
• Stephen Hawking's final theory on the origin of the universe has been published
  Professor Hertog, whose work has been supported by the EU's European Research Council, first announced the new theory at a conference in Cambridge in July of last year, organised on the occasion of...
• Newly improved glass slide turns microscopes into thermometers
  A study published online in the journal Nature Communications describes how an updated version of this centuries-old tool can now enable scientists to see tiny objects while also measuring their te...
• New materials for sustainable, low-cost batteries
  The energy transition depends on technologies that allow the inexpensive temporary storage of electricity from renewable sources. A promising new candidate is aluminium batteries, which are made fr...
• A new formula for creating chemical reactions - with carbs
  A wide range of drugs and biochemical probes - everything from antibiotics to Alzheimer's disease biomarkers - rely on natural or synthetic compounds that aid a reaction by adding carbohydrates. It...
• How the surface characteristics of microspheres affect increases in the viscosity of suspensions
  The internet is full of videos of people having fun running over white slime. It almost looks as if they were walking on water. But when they stand still, they slowly begin to sink. The slime in qu...
• Improving a better plastic-degrading enzyme
  A breakthrough in enzyme research led by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the United Kingdom's University of Portsmouth has led to an improved variant...
• New approach in the fight against antibiotic resistance
  According to the WHO, around 700,000 people die every year as a result of antibiotic resistance. In Germany, around 6,000 people die every year because treatment with antibiotics is not effective. ...