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Artificial nanofactories are tiny workshops made from the body's own molecules that are precisely designed and built according to a blueprint. In the future, they could help to better identify dise... - What gave the first molecules their stability?
The origins of life remain a major mystery. How were complex molecules able to form and remain intact for prolonged periods without disintegrating? A team at ORIGINS, a Munich-based Cluster of Exce... - Making PEM electrolysis cost-efficient and scalable
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis is considered the most promising way to produce green hydrogen. However, it is still not very economical at the moment. One reason: One of its key compon... - The Next Generation of RNA Chips
An international research team led by the University of Vienna has succeeded in developing a new version of RNA building blocks with higher chemical reactivity and photosensitivity. This can signif... - Uniquely precise: New value for the half-life of samarium-146
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the Australian National University have re-determined the half-life of samarium-146 with great precision. The result fits perfectly with the data ... - Precise Genetics: New CRISPR method enables efficient DNA modification
The research group led by Prof. Markus Affolter at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has developed a new method that further improves the existing CRISPR/Cas technologies: it allows a more preci... - Tackling industrial emissions begins at the chemical reaction
University of Sydney researchers are proposing a new way to curb industrial emissions, by tapping into the "atomic intelligence" of liquid metals to deliver greener and more sustainable chemical re... - Most of the glyphosate in our rivers may not come from farming
Herbicide use in agriculture and urban areas may not be the dominant source of glyphosate in European waters, says University of Tübingen study - Far-reaching implications for industry and politics... - Why is not Everything that tastes bitter potentially harmful
A bitter taste is traditionally considered a warning sign of potentially toxic substances. But not all bitter substances are harmful. For example, some peptides and free amino acids taste bitter, e... - Nanoplastics and 'Forever Chemicals' disrupt molecular structures and functionality
Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have made significant inroads in understanding how nanoplastics and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) - commonly known as forever chemical... - Quadrupolar nuclei measured for the first time by zero-field NMR
Researchers at Mainz University and the University of California, Berkeley, achieve a breakthrough in zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, paving the way towards benchmarking quantum... - Synthetic biology reveals the secrets of life without oxygen
The "AnoxyGen" project will decode novel active substances of anaerobes and elucidate their role in nature. Some of these could be useful for humans, animals and the environment. Christian Hertweck... - Fluorinated plastics with an expiry date
Chemists at the University of Bayreuth, in collaboration with researchers from Berlin, have produced a new class of fluorinated polymers that degrade 20 times faster than their non-fluorinated equi... - Observing electrochemical reactions with photoelectron spectroscopy
Solid-state batteries have several advantages: they can store more energy and are safer than batteries with liquid electrolytes. However, they do not last as long and their capacity decreases with ... - New material paves the way to On-Chip Energy Harvesting
Researchers from Germany, Italy, and the UK have achieved a major advance in the development of materials suitable for on-chip energy harvesting. By composing an alloy made of silicon, germanium an... - Strawberries under the high-tech magnifying glass
Sweet flavours and healthy ingredients make strawberries one of the world's most popular berries. The complex biochemical compounds that determine the flavour and nutritional value of a strawberry ... - New insight from ultrafast terahertz Stark spectroscopy
The membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin is a proton pump, in which proton transport is initiated by the light-induced isomerization of the chromophore retinal. The molecular quantum states involved... - Novel synthesis of fluorinated molecules with potential in drug research developed
Carboxylic acids are one of the most important substance classes in chemistry and are a component of many drugs such as aspirin and ibuprofen. To tailor the properties of carboxylic acids, fluorine... - Complex processes in photosynthesis decoded with electron microscopy
Using cryo-electron microscopy a team of scientists from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), the Swedish universities of Umeå and Uppsala and the University of Potsdam has succeeded in visualising... - Rising temperatures affect air quality
Particulate matter and ozone are a major problem for people and the environment. Dr. Eva Pfannerstill, young investigator group leader at Jülich's Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK 8), ... - DNA as building material for tiny machines and artificial cells
"My work has many points of commonality with the topics that my colleagues in Stuttgart are focusing on," says Yan. "I have therefore been cooperating with Professor Laura Na Liu's working group fo... - Better biotechnological use of cyanobacteria
Filamentous cyanobacteria buckle at a certain length when they encounter an obstacle. This was discovered by the research group of Stefan Karpitschka, group leader at the Max Planck Institute for D... - Harmful effects of neonicotinoids on amphibians
Neonicotinoids not only act as an insecticide, but also disrupt the embryonic development of frogs. This has been documented in several studies by a research team at the Institute of Biochemistry a... - From dawdling to doing: the science of procrastination
Procrastination, the deliberate but detrimental deferring of tasks, has many forms. Sahiti Chebolu of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics uses a precise mathematical framework to un... - Biogeochemical soil processes may hold key to global warming
As humanity continues to burn fossil fuels, the delicate balance of carbon in ecosystems is changing. That's true of trees, which are expected to grow faster as a result of increased carbon dioxide...