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• Ångström-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
  A breakthrough in fluorescence microscopy has been achieved by the research group of Ralf Jungmann at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich...
• High natural radioactivity of manganese nodules
  Manganese nodules in the deep sea contain a wealth of valuable metals that are vital to e.g. the electronics and steelmaking industries. Accordingly, these sectors and many countries have pinned th...
• New light on the adverse health effects of air pollution
  A new study conducted by a team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) reveals that the adverse health effects of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) are attributable to the c...
• Speed up drug development with AI to create stable and therapeutically effective medication
  ERC Proof-of-Concept Grant for Alexandre Tkatchenko to discover ideal drug formulations using machine learning, molecular crystals, quantum mechanics and high-performance-computing. The physicis...
• Laser spectroscopy for more efficient biomass combustion
  Emil Thorin from Umeå University has developed a new optical method for rapid measurements of gaseous inorganic species in biomass combustion and gasification. The new technology will contribute to...
• Human immune cells react to non-nutritive sweeteners
  Diet drinks often contain a mix of non-nutritive sweeteners that also enter the bloodstream after consumption. As a new pilot study shows, even dietary intake levels of saccharin, acesulfame-K and ...
• Analysis of single plant cells provides insights into natural product biosynthesis
  In a new study published in Nature Chemical Biology, an international team of researchers from the University of Georgia, USA, and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, pr...
• Simulation provides images from the carbon nucleus
  What does the inside of a carbon atom's nucleus look like? A new study by Forschungszentrum Jülich, Michigan State University (USA) and the University of Bonn provides the first comprehensive answe...
• Ambient ultrafine particles - very small and very dangerous?
  A new study conducted by Helmholtz Munich researchers reveals that ultrafine particles, representing the smallest size fraction of particulate air pollution, might be more dangerous to human health...
• New sensors for healthier indoor air
  Air pollution is considered to be one of the world's biggest environmental problems, but it is often only associated with outdoor air. Yet people spend an average of 22 hours a day indoors, where f...
• Synthetic sRNAs to knockdown genes in medical and industrial bacteria
  Bacteria are intimately involved in our daily lives. These microorganisms have been used in human history for food such as cheese, yogurt, and wine, In more recent years, through metabolic engineer...
• Back to the roots - Archaea save the world
  Living fossils allow us a glimpse into a time long past, for they have changed little or not at all over millions of years. The platypus or the horseshoe crabs are well-known representatives from t...
• Biobased coating for packaging and foodstuffs
  Sustainability is also a major challenge in the food and packaging industry. Plastic packaging is being replaced by organic-based and biodegradable materials, but it must still fulfill high functio...
• Microorganisms can help to extract dangerous heavy metals from wastewater
  A research team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) has managed to purify water containing uranium using a special kind of bacteria known as magnetotactic bacteria. The name derives ...
• Millisecond cryo-trapping simplifies time-resolved crystallography
  Scientists from four research institutes in the Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld have joined forces to develop a ground-breaking experimental setup. Their new Spitrobot greatly simplifies observing ...
• Cigarette butts leak deadly toxins into the environment
  Cigarette filters are the world's most common form of litter. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg can now show that the filters leak thousands of toxins and plastic fibres that are toxic ...
• Quantum computer applied to chemistry for the first time
  There are high expectations that quantum computers may deliver revolutionary new possibilities for simulating chemical processes. This could have a major impact on everything from the development o...
• A previously unknown form of hydrogel formation has been elucidated
  Hydrogels? Many people use these substances without knowing it. As superabsorbents in nappies, for example, hydrogels absorb a lot of liquid. In the process, the initially dry material becomes Jell...
• Artificial photosynthesis for environmentally friendly food production
  Ensuring the supply of food to the constantly growing world population and protecting the environment at the same time are often conflicting objectives. Now researchers at the Technical University ...
• Plasma against toxic PFAS chemicals
  Harmful PFAS chemicals can now be detected in many soils and bodies of water. Removing them using conventional filter techniques is costly and almost infeasible. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Insti...
• New Germanium-Tin Transistor as Alternative to Silicon
  Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich have fabricated a new type of transistor from a germanium-tin alloy that has several advantages over conventional switching elements. Charge carriers can move...
• New imaging technique could shed light on individual molecules
  An international research team has succeeded for the first time in using X-rays for an imaging technique that exploits a particular quantum property of light. The research team, led by Henry Chapma...
• Bioindicator for the occurrence of PFAS
  Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are considered to be forever chemicals. Many are toxic; others are highly mobile or accumulate in the food chain. However, all are extremely persistent an...