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• New guidance for standards professionals just published
  Standards touch all areas of our lives, so standards developers are needed from all sectors of society. New international guidance for the competences required of standards professionals has just b...
• New insights into the evolution of proteins
  How do bacteria manage to adapt to synthetic environmental toxins and, for example, to even develop strategies for using a pesticide and chemical warfare agent as food within less than 70 years? Th...
• Monitoring the corrosion of bioresorbable magnesium
  ETH researchers have recently been able to monitor the corrosion of bioresorbable magnesium alloys at the nanoscale over a time scale of a few seconds to many hours. This is an important step towar...
• Pinpointing biomolecules with nanometer accuracy
  Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) demonstrate a new approach in fluorescence microscopy that can be used to locate individual biomolecules in 3D space with nanometer-scale pr...
• Bioprinting: Living cells in a 3D printer
  With a new process developed at TU Wien (Vienna), living cells can be integrated into fine structures created in a 3D printer - extremely fast and with very high resolution. Tissue growth and th...
• New types of Lewis acids
  Researchers at the University of Münster have developed a method which makes it possible to create three-coordinate Lewis superacids on the basis of phosphorus. Previously, it had not been possible...
• Tracking the HI virus by superresolution STED fluorescence microscopy
  In order to treat diseases better, we must understand how they arise. An international team of researchers led by Dr. Cyril Favard and Dr. Delphine Muriaux from the Montpellier Infectious Disease R...
• Calcium batteries: new electrolytes, enhanced properties
  Calcium-based batteries promise to reach a high energy density at low manufacturing costs. This lab-scale technology has the potential for replacing lithium-ion technology in future energy storage ...
• Opening up the black box of Heterogeneous Catalysis
  Researchers from ICIQ's Lopez group present a new method that allows for the rational design of heterogeneous catalysts. After applying Principal Component Analysis and Regression (PCA) to the adso...
• Dynamic pattern of Skyrmions observed
  Tiny magnetic vortices known as skyrmions form in certain magnetic materials, such as Cu₂OSeO₃. These skyrmions can be controlled by low-level electrical currents - which could facilitate more ener...
• Award for more efficient electrochemical energy storage
  Empa young researcher Léo Duchêne received the prestigious Battery Division Student Research Award of the Electrochemical Society in Atlanta, USA. Since 1979, this research prize has been awarded t...
• Modelling the molecular architecture
  Searching for new substances and developing new techniques in the chemical industry: tasks that are often accelerated using computer simulations of molecules or reactions. But even supercomputers q...
• 10-times faster image Acqusition Super-Resolution Microscopy at speed
  Recent advances in fluorescence microscopy allow researchers to study biological processes below the classical diffraction limit of light. Ralf Jungmann, research group leader at the Max Planck Ins...
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 for the development of lithium-ion batteries
  The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 rewards the development of the lithium-ion battery. This lightweight, rechargeable and powerful battery is nowused in everything from mobile phones to laptops and ...
• Simple step boosts polymer's ability to filter CO₂ from mixed gases
  An international team of researchers has found it can significantly boost an existing polymer's ability to selectively remove carbon dioxide (CO₂) out of gas mixtures by first submerging the materi...
• A method to change fundamental architecture of polymers
  A Florida State University research team has developed methods to manipulate polymers in a way that changes their fundamental structure, paving the way for potential applications in cargo delivery ...
• Inventing the world's strongest silver
  A team of scientists has made the strongest silver ever - 42 percent stronger than the previous world record. But that's not the important point. "We've discovered a new mechanism at work at the na...
• Eco-friendly electrochemical catalysts using solar cells to harvest energy from the sun
  Green energy sources constitute a hot research field globally because of the current environmental crisis and the necessity to avoid non-renewable energy (fossil fuels). Researchers have been seeki...
• Enough biomass for a sustainable bioeconomy?
  JRC data reveals a growing demand for biomass in the EU, mostly associated with rising use of bioenergy. The main use of biomass in the EU remains animal feed and bedding, reflecting consumption pa...
• Cause of antibiotic resistance identified
  Studying samples from elderly patients with recurring urinary tract infections, the Newcastle University team used state-of-the art techniques to identify that a bacteria can lose its cell wall - t...
• On the road to safe nanomedicine
  Tiny particles that can fight cancer or that can easily pass through any interface within our body are a great promise for medicine. But there is little knowledge thus far about what exactly will h...
• Green tea could hold the key to reducing antibiotic resistance
  Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered that a natural antioxidant commonly found in green tea can help eliminate antibiotic resistant bacteria. The study, published in the Journa...
• Implantation of individual ions into crystals with an accuracy of 35 nanometers
  Modern electronics is based on doped semiconductors. To synthesize electronic components, dopant atoms such as aluminum or phosphorus are embedded into crystals of ultrapure silicon. This allows fo...