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• A new miniature NMR implant measures neuronal activity
  A team of neuroscientists and electrical engineers from Germany and Switzerland developed a highly sensitive implant that enables to probe brain physiology with unparalleled spatial and temporal re...
• Glass from a 3D printer
  ETH researchers used a 3D printing process to produce complex and highly porous glass objects. The basis for this is a special resin that can be cured with UV light. Producing glass objects using 3...
• How graphene nanoparticles improve the resolution of microscopes
  Conventional light microscopes cannot distinguish structures when they are separated by a distance smaller than, roughly, the wavelength of light. Superresolution microscopy, developed since the 19...
• Nitrous Oxide levels are on the rise
  Most of us know nitrous oxide as "laughing gas", used for its anaesthetic effects. But nitrous oxide is also one of the main stratospheric ozone depleting substances - and we are releasing more of ...
• Revealing key protein molecules associated with the unique water purification properties of Moringa seeds
  Seeds from the Moringa tree have unique water purification properties. The seed extract can separate unwanted particulates from water sedimenting impurities. They also have potential as anti-micro...
• First movies of molecular processes
  In a paper published in Nature Methods, scientists show how to effectively use the high X-ray pulse repetition rate of the European XFEL to produce detailed molecular movies. This type of informati...
• Photo-micropatterning advances structural cell biology
  Scientists in the Mahamid group, together with the Théry lab at CytomorphoLab, France, have developed a new technique that allows spatially controlled cell adhesion and the manipulation of cell sha...
• Plants and fungi together could slow climate change
  A new global assessment shows that human impacts have greatly reduced plant-fungus symbioses, which play a key role in sequestering carbon in soils. Restoring these ecosystems could be one strategy...
• Improving identification and quantification of nitrogen oxide sources by satellite
  Nitrogen oxides (NO and NO₂) are major contributors to air pollution. In order to accurately predict air quality and develop strategies to reduce pollution, precise emission data are needed. Daily ...
• Efficient analysis of optically active alcohols
  A KAIST research team has developed a gallium-based metal complex enabling the rapid chiral analysis of alcohols. A team working under Professor Hyunwoo Kim reported the efficient new alcohol analy...
• Environment and resource saving process for industrial formaldehyde production
  Formaldehyde is one of the most important feedstocks employed in the chemical industry, and serves as the point of departure for the synthesis of many more complex chemical products. Industrial pro...
• Using X-ray laser radiation to shed light on photosynthesis
  In a paper now published in Nature Communications an international group of scientists show that the fast X-ray pulse rate produced by the European XFEL can be used to study the structure of membra...
• Manganese nodules: project on environmental impact during deep sea mining
  Down in the ocean, at a depth of 3,000 to 6,000 meters, manganese nodules are harvested in order to supply industrial countries with critical raw materials. Jacobs University Bremen is now particip...
• A new stable form of plutonium discovered
  An international team of scientists, led by the Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), have found a new compound of plutonium with an unexpected, pentavalent oxidation state. This new phase o...
• Collisions of neutron stars leads to new elements
  For the first time, astronomers have identified a chemical element that was freshly formed by the merging of two neutron stars. The underlying mechanism, called the r-process - also known as rapid ...
• Doubling down on boron to make complex organic molecules
  A user-friendly method to form sought-after diborylalkenes by attaching boron groups to organic molecules has been developed by an all-RIKEN team1. Diborylalkenes are stepping stones to many valuab...
• Sensing magnetism in atomic resolution with just a scanning tunneling microscope
  Scientists from the University of Strasbourg, France, in close collaboration with colleagues from the research centers in San Sebastián, Spain, and Jülich, Germany, have achieved a breakthrough in ...
• Tungsten Suboxide improves the efficiency of Platinum in Hydrogen production
  Researchers presented a new strategy for enhancing catalytic activity using tungsten suboxide as a single-atom catalyst (SAC). This strategy, which significantly improves hydrogen evolution reactio...
• Distinguishing right- and left-handed chiral molecules via light
  Light is the fastest way to distinguish right- and left-handed chiral molecules, which has important applications in chemistry and biology. However, ordinary light only weakly senses molecular hand...
• Discovering the secret of Dark Matter using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  A team led by Prof Dmitry Budker has continued their search for dark matter within the framework of the 'Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment' (or 'CASPEr' for short). The CASPEr group conducts ...
• Improved effect prediction of low toxicant concentrations
  Toxic substances such as pesticides can cause effects on sensitive individuals in concentrations up to ten thousand times lower than previously assumed. This was shown by Researchers at the Helmhol...