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- Bio solar cell produces hydrogen
An international team of researchers has combined molecular building blocks from plants and microorganisms in a bio solar cell so that they could use light energy to directly produce hydrogen. This... - Individual silver nanoparticles observed in real time
The particles have an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect. They are used in medicine and the food industry. But little is known about their mode of action and degradation so far. Chemists... - Carbon dioxide as a raw material
Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have found a way to turn climate-damaging CO2 into an alcohol that could serve as a raw material for the chemical industry - without producing large amoun...
- New catalyst for hydrogen production
With the aid of platinum catalysts, it is possible to efficiently produce hydrogen. However, this metal is rare and expensive. Researchers have discovered an alternative that is just as good, but l... - How water gets its exceptional properties - New simulation method
Water is liquid at room temperature - astounding for such a small molecule. Insights into the causes are provided by a new simulation method, which has its origins in brain research. Using artif... - New approach for a Hydrogen production process suited for industrial applications
Hydrogen is considered as a potential energy carrier of the future. However, its mass production remains problematic. Bochum-based researchers have found a new approach for a process suited for ind... - Folding molecules into screw-shaped structures
Artificial molecules are like sheets of paper. Chemists can fold them into specific shapes. Transferring the shape of one molecule to another, however, poses a significant challenge. An internat... - New electrode for ion concentration analysis does not require electrolyte solution
For the purpose of blood analyses and industrial tests, it is often necessary to measure the concentration of specific ions. At present, the relevant devices are large and cannot be produced at low... - New insights into the supercritical state of water
Using molecular dynamics simulations, researchers have analysed the properties of supercritical water. The researchers showed which structure of the hydrogen bond network is formed in different sup...
- Protein reactions identified with combination of infrared spectroscopy and computer simulations
Using subatomic resolution, researchers have gained insights into the dynamic modus operandi of two switch proteins which are responsible for the import of compounds into the nucleus and for cell g... - Semi-artificial chloroplasts to manufacture biotechnologically relevant products
An international research team wants to create semi-artificial chloroplasts for the manufacture of biotechnologically relevant products. For this purpose, they aim to modify the photosynthetic proc... - Making synthetic materials more impervious
Synthetic materials are convenient in many respects, but they have one disadvantage: they are permeable to gases. In order to make plastic more impervious, Ruhr-Universität engineers apply wafer-th...
- New Insights into the Role of Water in Biological Function
Water is a ubiquitous solvent in all life sciences - sometimes referred to as the "matrix of life". Contrary to earlier assumptions, it is not a passive witness of biochemical processes; rather, it... - New method for the very efficient integration of photosynthetic proteins in photovoltaics
A cooperation between chemists and biologists from the Ruhr-University Bochum resulted in a new method for the very efficient integration of photosynthetic proteins in photovoltaics. Their recent r... - Novel catalyst can facilitate water electrolysis and hydrogen combustion
Chemists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have made a decisive step towards more cost-efficient regenerative fuel cells and rechargeable metal-air batteries. They developed a new type of catalyst on ...
- Infrared spectroscopy: Interaction between proteins and pharmaceuticals in atomic detail
RUB-Researchers from the Chair for Biophysics have developed a new method for the detailed study of the interaction between pharmaceuticals and their target proteins. The pharmaceutical industry ha... - Project MICREAgents: self-assembling smart microscopic reagents to pioneer pourable electronics
First place in an EU competitive call on "Unconventional Computing" was awarded to a collaborative proposal coordinated by Prof. John McCaskill from the RUB Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry. T... - ATP splitting in membrane protein dynamically measured for the first time
How a transport protein obtains its driving force from the energy storage molecule ATP, has been tracked dynamically by RUB researchers. Using time-resolved infrared spectroscopy, they measured the... - How bacteria change movement direction in response to oxygen: Molecular interactions unravelled
How single cell organisms like bacteria manage to react to their environment is not yet completely understood. Together with colleagues from Japan, Dr. Samir El-Mashtoly from the RUB Department of ...
- Interaction of fragrances and olfactory receptors deciphered
Banana, mango or apricot - telling these smells apart is no problem for the human nose. How the olfactory organ distinguishes such similar smells has been uncovered by an interdisciplinary team of ...