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• New approach to sustainable lithium
  The demand for lithium is rapidly growing, but Europe's conventional resources are limited. Connecting European circular economy to global networks, the EIT RawMaterials Innovation Community and le...
• Laser technology: New trick for infrared laser pulses
  Infrared light can be used to detect molecules - but it is hard to create strong, short laser pulses. A new solution was found at TU Wien. Ordinary solid-state lasers, as used in laser pointers...
• A new test to better assess environmental impact of substances
  Researchers of the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre and the LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics hope to increase the reliability of environmental impact tests o...
• Molecular Telegraphy: precisely sending and receiving single molecules
  The idea of throwing and catching a ball is familiar to everyone. Now, if the ball is replaced with something as tiny as a single molecule, is this task still possible? Can a single molecule be tra...
• Novel glass materials made from organic and inorganic components
  Linkages between organic and inorganic materials are a common phenomenon in nature, e.g., in the construction of bones and skeletal structures. They often enable combinations of properties that cou...
• Natural UV radiation in winter not strong enough against SARS-CoV-2
  The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 poses a threat to human health both indoors and outdoors. Besides direct infection from respiratory droplets and aerosols, another mode of transmission inv...
• Mechanisms of marine bacterial communities degrading plastic materials
  A current study by Dr. Başak Öztürk and her team at the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH in Braunschweig, Germany, investigated how marine or...
• Artificial cell organelles for biotechnology
  Cells of higher organisms use cell organelles to separate metabolic processes from each other. This is how cell respiration takes place in the mitochondria, the cell's power plants. They can be com...
• A measure of smell enables the creation of olfactory metamers
  Fragrances - promising mystery, intrigue and forbidden thrills - are blended by master perfumers, their recipes kept secret. In a new study on the sense of smell, Weizmann Institute of Science rese...
• The world's first neutron-rich, radioactive tantalum ions
  An international team of scientists has unveiled the world's first production of a purified beam of neutron-rich, radioactive tantalum ions. This development could now allow for lab-based experimen...
• Carbyne - an unusual form of carbon
  Which photophysical properties does carbyne have? This was the subject of research carried out by scientists at FAU, the University of Alberta, Canada, and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausa...
• Electrochemical oxygen evolution on Hf₂B₂Ir₅ electrode material
  The water electrolysis is an electrochemical way for production of hydrogen, which is considered as one of the future energy carrier molecules. Therefore, looking at numerous advantages of proton e...
• Sustainable alternatives to metal materials in large power storage systems
  Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) are investigating how to extract substances from lignin, a component of wood, which could serve as electrolytes in power storage systems and...
• HiSCORE - Synergistic approach to NMR-based drug discovery
  Prof. Arno Kentgens, head of the Magnetic Resonance Research Center within the Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM) of Radboud University takes part in the research team which has been award...
• The importance of good neighbours in catalysis
  Are you affected by your neighbours? So are nanoparticles in catalysts. New research from Chalmers, published in the journals Science Advances and Nature Communications, reveals how the nearest nei...
• Nanoscale gradient copolymers with contradictory properties
  Materials that simultaneously have contrasting properties - for example, they are soft on the one hand and hard on the other, the transition is gradual - could enable completely new applications li...
• A new mineral from the Moon
  A team of European researchers with participation of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin has discovered and described a new high-pressure mineral in the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001, named donwilh...
• Defying the Gibbs Phase Rule: Evidence for an Entropy-Driven Quintuple Point in Colloid-Polymer Mixtures
  Frozen water can take on up to three forms at the same time when it melts: liquid, ice and gas. This principle, which states that many substances can occur in up to three phases simultaneously, was...
• Novel approach to mitigating chromium contamination in wastewater
  Chromium in its hexavalent state (Cr(VI)) is a major water pollutant. It can be treated, however, by converting it into the less toxic trivalent chromium or Cr(III) via "reduction." While several m...
• Turning a coronavirus protein into a nanoparticle could be key for COVID-19 vaccine
  A University at Buffalo-led research team has discovered a technique that could help increase the effectiveness of vaccines against the novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19. Jonatha...
• New sulfur dioxide conversion method may transform current industrial techniques
  A single-step, plasma-enhanced catalytic process to convert sulfur dioxide to pure sulfur from tail gas streams may provide a promising, more environmentally-friendly alternative to current multist...