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• Historical gathering: International meeting of the discoverers of chemical elements
  As part of the International Year of the Periodic Table 2019, the Conference on the Chemistry and Physics of Heavy Elements (TAN) taking place in Wilhelmshaven, Germany from the 25th to the 30th of...
• High-speed hard X-ray microscopic movies at a free-electron laser
  A group of researchers has for the first time performed high-speed microscopy using an X-ray laser at the European XFEL in Schenefeld near Hamburg, Germany. The method allows for observations of pr...
• Producing bio-plastic from food waste
  Many companies are working on materials that would be as light and resistant as plastic but at the same time fully biodegradable. What if they could be made from ..... rubbish? A modern, ecolog...
• Speeding up the hydrogen production by the magic topological surface states
  The hydrogen economy is considered to be one of the best options for providing renewable energy and, thereby, contributing to mitigating today's environmental challenges. The energy density of ...
• Lab-on-a-chip drives search for new drugs to prevent blood clots
  A tiny lab the size of a postage stamp could be the next big thing in the search for safer anti-clotting drugs to prevent heart attacks and strokes. The effectiveness of current anti-clotting me...
• New protein spin labelling technique
  University of Konstanz researchers develop a new site-directed spin labelling approach based on genetically encoded noncanonical amino acids amenable to Diels-Alder chemistry as well as a new spin ...
• Solution-processable ferroelectric nylons
  Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) led by Dr. Kamal Asadi in cooperation with colleagues of Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (JGU) have solved a four-decade c...
• 2020 IUPAC-Richter Prize - Call for Nominations
  The 2020 IUPAC-Richter Prize will be presented during the XXVI EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (6-10 September 2020) in Basel (Switzerland), where the recipient will also give a...
• Radiography and Tomography of Egyptian Papyri
  Researchers from the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin universities and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin studied a small piece of papyrus that was excavated on the island of Elephantine on the...
• Revolutionising the CRISPR method
  Researchers at ETH Zurich have refined the famous CRISPR-Cas method. Now, for the very first time, it is possible to modify dozens, if not hundreds, of genes in a cell simultaneously. Everyone's...
• New spectroscopic method to map the Energetic Landscape of Solar Cells
  It was developed by a research team led by Prof. Dr Yana Vaynzof, a physicist at Heidelberg University. This novel visualisation technique enables scientists to study the physical principles of org...
• How do atoms vibrate in graphene nanostructures?
  In order to understand advanced materials like graphene nanostructures and optimize them for devices in nano-, opto- and quantum-technology it is crucial to understand how phonons - the vibration o...
• A smart chemoenzymatic method detects and removes hazardous phenols
  Many industrial and agriculture processes use chemicals that can be harmful for workers and the ecosystems where they accumulate. Researchers from Thailand have now developed a bioinspired method t...
• New plastic-based materials that can store natural gas more effectively
  Natural gas (predominantly methane) is a clean energy alternative. It is stored by compression, liquefaction, or adsorption. Among these, adsorbed natural gas (ANG) storage is a more efficient, che...
• New results on how nature performs biological water splitting
  The splitting of two water molecules into oxygen using sunlight is the first step of photosynthesis, a process performed by plants and cyanobacteria. The overall reaction operates much the same way...
• A cooling system without harmful refrigerants
  A discovery from 1917 becomes viable for the future. A team of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM is developing efficient magnetocaloric cooling systems...
• New joint project "Innovation Platform MaterialDigitial"
  How should scientific process creation and product development evolve in the future? How will we provide new insights to colleagues, who might work on the other side of the planet? Funded by the Ge...
• Novel catalysis approach reduces carbon dioxide to methane
  A growing number of scientists are looking for fast, cost-effective ways to convert carbon dioxide gas into valuable chemicals and fuels. Now, an international team of researchers has revealed a...
• New methodological approach for food analysis
  Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology have developed a new methodology for the simultaneous analysis of odorants and tastants. It...
• A catalyst for sustainable methanol
  The global economy still relies on the fossil carbon sources of petroleum, natural gas and coal, not just to produce fuel, but also as a raw material used by the chemical industry to manufacture pl...
• Scientists film molecular rotation
  Scientists have used precisely tuned pulses of laser light to film the ultrafast rotation of a molecule. The resulting "molecular movie" tracks one and a half revolutions of carbonyl sulphide (OCS)...
• Portable tech sniffs out plant disease in the field
  Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed portable technology that allows farmers to identify plant diseases in the field. The handheld device, which is plugged into a smartphon...