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• Using crab shells to improve palladium catalysts
  Chemists from RUDN University synthesized soluble biopolymers based on chitin from crab shells. Together with palladium, they form effective catalysts for organic reactions, and their nanoparticles...
• Novel microscope for cancer ciagnostics
  Researchers from Jena, together with European partners from research, medicine and industry, are develop a novel microscopy technology. It should help to track down the cellular origins of cancer d...
• A new method for the functionalization of graphene
  An international research team involving Professor Federico Rosei of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has demonstrated a novel process to modify the structure and propertie...
• A non-destructive method for analyzing Ancient Egyptian embalming materials
  Ancient Egyptian mummies have many tales to tell, but unlocking their secrets without destroying delicate remains is challenging. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Analytical Chemistry have found ...
• New method enables first-time detection of glyphosate in the sea
  Glyphosate is one of the world's most widely used weed killers. The disputed herbicide, which is suspected to be carcinogenic among other things, gets transported from the on-land application areas...
• Extracting precious zinc from waste ash
  Incineration of solid waste produces millions of tonnes of waste fly ash in Europe each year, that most commonly ends up in landfill. But this ash often contains significant amounts of precious met...
• Researchers create MRI-like technique for imaging magnetic waves
  A team of researchers from Delft University of Technology, Leiden University (both in the Netherlands), Tohoku University in Japan and the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Mat...
• Three-dimensional View of Catalysts in Action
  For understanding the structure and function of catalysts in action, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), in cooperation with colleagues from the Swiss Light Source SLS of Paul S...
• Natural environmental conditions facilitate the uptake of microplastics into living cells
  he environment is polluted by microplastics worldwide. The tiny particles enter food chains, and thereby the digestive systems of animals and humans; moreover, they can be inhaled. Instead of being...
• How the energy stored in a bent water molecule is dissipated into heat
  The water on Earth makes our planet inhabitable. It absorbs the Sun's energy and releases it in the form of heat. An international research collaboration headed by the Max Planck Institute for Poly...
• Grasping exponential growth
  Most people underestimate exponential growth, including when it comes to the spread of the coronavirus. The ability to grasp the magnitude of exponential growth depends on the way in which it is co...
• Magnetic bacteria as micropumps
  ETH scientists use magnetic bacteria to control liquids at the micro level. They are already thinking about using them in the human bloodstream for precision delivery of cancer drugs to a tumour. ...
• Breakthrough in material science: analysing frozen water atom by atom
  How to analyse ice down to its atomic scale? And how to analyse objects embedded in ice without melting it? An international team of material scientists mainly from the Max-Planck-Institut für Eise...
• Detection of cancer from exhaled breath
  The air we exhale contains information that can assist with the diagnosis of disease. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Project Hub for Microelectronic and Optical Systems for Biomedicine MEOS are now ...
• Coaxing cancer cells to commit suicide
  An LMU team has identified an enzyme that is essential for DNA repair. Loss of this factor leads to cell death when cancer cells accumulate DNA damage. Chemical inhibition of the target protein off...
• Expansion microscopy allows the imaging of even the finest details of cell membranes
  Expansion microscopy (ExM) enables the imaging of cells and their components with a spatial resolution far below 200 nanometres. For this purpose, the proteins of the sample under investigation are...
• Precious metal-free silicone curing
  Silicones are tried and tested in the private and professional domains. In many applications, however, expensive precious metals are required as catalysts to transform the liquid intermediate produ...
• Environmental exposures affect therapeutic drugs
  Humans are exposed to various environmental or dietary molecules that can attenuate or even increase the effect of therapeutic drugs. Studies on the industrial chemical bisphenol A and the phytoest...
• Which factors trigger leaf die-off in autumn?
  Researchers at ETH Zurich have identified a self-regulating mechanism in European deciduous trees that limits their growing-season length: Trees that photosynthesise more in spring and summer lose ...
• With remains of crustaceans against bacteria and viruses
  The Institute for Material Sciences (ifm) at Hof University of Applied Sciences is doing research on antibacterial surface coatings. In the future, these paint compounds are going to be used in ho...