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• Corrosion-resistant electrodes for electrolytic splitting of water
  As part of an international collaboration, a team at the HZB has examined the corrosion processes of high-quality BiVO₄ photoelectrodes using different state-of-the-art characterisation methods. ...
• Molecular water discovered on the moon
  For the first time, the SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) flying observatory has provided direct and unambiguous evidence of water molecules on the moon beyond the permanent ...
• Plastic recycling with enzymes - ENZYCLE!
  Plastic waste management has become a challenge for our planet. Mankind produces 27.1 million tons per year of plastic waste and only 31.1% can be recycled! More than 65% are landfilled or incinera...
• A new way to produce nanoparticles
  One nanometer is smaller than small, or, to be more precise, the millionth part of a millimeter. This makes even viruses (generally about 30-50 nanometers in size) seem enormous. But it is not just...
• A crucial resolution barrier in cryo-electron microscopy has been broken
  Holger Stark and his team at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Biophysical Chemistry have observed single atoms in a protein structure for the first time and taken the sharpest images ever with th...
• Sponges as biomonitors of micropollution
  Pollution of the world's oceans owing to anthropogenic input of plastics and other industrial wastes represents an increasing threat to the viability of marine ecosystems. - And because such pollut...
• New material for the separation of CO₂ from industrial waste gases
  Chemists at the University of Bayreuth have developed a material that could well make an important contribution to climate protection and sustainable industrial production. With this material, the ...
• Zeptoseconds: New world record in short time measurement
  In the global race to measure ever shorter time spans, physicists from Goethe University Frankfurt have now taken the lead: together with colleagues at the accelerator facility DESY in Hamburg and ...
• Nanopatterns of proteins detected by cryo-electron microscopy
  A team from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) used cryo electron microscopy to detect regular, two-dimensional structures in the form of Pascal triangles in a shock frozen protein material. The sampl...
• Biotechnological solutions for degradation and recycling of plastics
  Plastics are wonderful materials. They are extremely versatile and of almost eternal durability. But that also causes a problem. After around 100 years of plastic production, plastic particles are ...
• Project to reveal fate of tyre particles in the ocean
  A new study involving experts from Newcastle University aims to assess an until now hidden form of marine litter and show the effects it could have on our seas. Tyre particles are believed to trans...
• Environmentally friendly supercapacitors
  Similar to batteries, supercapacitors are suitable for the repeated storage of electrical energy. TU Graz researchers have presented a particularly safe and sustainable variant of such a supercapac...
• Microscopic studies of the interaction between particles and lung cells
  Tiny floating particles from polluted ambient air, known as particulate matter, represent a growing problem and a health risk for millions of people. An increased particulate matter pollution incre...
• New electrode materials for the oxidation of water
  By splitting water electrochemically, green hydrogen can be produced, which can be used as fuel, energy storage and for chemical reactions. This way, we can decrease our dependence on fossil resour...
• World's smallest ultrasound detector developed
  Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world's smallest ultrasound detector. It is based on miniaturized photonic circuits on top o...
• Research on thirst wins 2020 Eppendorf & Science Prize
  The American scientist Christopher Zimmerman, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, USA has won the 2020 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobi...
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for the development of CRISPR Cas9 technology
  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Prof. Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, Scientific and Managing Director of the newly established Max Planck Unit...
• Looking at Surfaces with Atomic-Scale Light
  Researchers at the Department of Physical Chemistry demonstrated a novel way to achieve ultrahigh sensitivity of atomic-scale vibrational spectroscopy using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS). ...
• Filtering radioactive elements from water
  Some time ago, ETH researchers developed a filter membrane made out of whey proteins and activated carbon. In a new study, they now demonstrate just how efficient this membrane is at filtering radi...
• Indirect impacts of a pandemic on women in science
  On 9 September, EMBL hosted a conference to discuss the indirect impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on women in science. As one of the speakers noted, the pandemic has been a torrential storm. But...
• The development of a high-performance thin-film battery
  Empa researchers have achieved a milestone in the search for a solid electrolyte, the conductive medium for future solid-state batteries. On the one hand, this material must be highly conductive fo...
• Call for Entries: Eppendorf Award 2021
  From October 1, 2020, until January 15, 2021, young researchers not older than 35 years, with an advanced degree, who are working in Europe can apply for the Eppendorf Award for Young European Inve...