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Catalyst surfaces have rarely been imaged in such detail before. And yet, every single atom can play a decisive role in catalytic activity. A German-Chinese research team has visualised the three-d... - AI offers a faster way to predict antibiotic resistance
Computer algorithms can determine antimicrobial resistance of pathogens faster than previous methods. This is the result of a study by researchers at the University of Basel, the University Hospita... - Hemp compounds prevent coronavirus from entering human cells
Hemp compounds identified by Oregon State University research via a chemical screening technique invented at OSU show the ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells... - Challenges and future approaches for battery recycling
Enormous ecological and economic potential consists in the circular value chain of batteries: The use of recycled materials not only reduces the costs of raw materials, but also enables energy savi... - Spider venom for therapeutics and bioinsecticides
The venom of a single spider can contain up to 3000 components. These components, mostly peptides, can be used to develop promising drug leads for the treatment of diseases. Spider venom can also b... - The fatal role of T cells in COVID-19
Scientists from the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH), together with colleagues from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the university hospitals in Bonn and Aachen, have found a typ... - Optimization of mRNA containing nanoparticles
The research neutron source Hein Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is playing an important role in the investigation of mRNA nanoparticles similar to the ones used... - Proton translocation pathways in a molecular machine of cellular energy metabolism
All vital processes require a constant supply of energy. In the cell, the chemically "charged" molecule ATP is the main provider of this energy. The ATP power packs are produced, among others, in s...
- New medication also promises protection against future SARS-CoV-2 variants
Vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been made possible by an unprecedented worldwide collaboration. But medications against Covid-19 have as yet seen only partial success. With the support o... - Einstein wins again
An international team of researchers from ten countries led by Michael Kramer from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, has conducted a 16-year long experiment to challeng... - Supposedly similar microplastic particles show different levels of toxicity
More and more studies worldwide are looking into the effects of microplastics, especially with regard to the environment and health. They often use spherical polystyrene microparticles and have arr... - Drug candidates against hospital germs
The increasing spread of resistant germs means that formerly highly effective antibiotics are often not successful anymore in treating infectious diseases. To counteract this development, the team ... - Cannabis oils: do they really contain what their packaging claims?
Oils, shampoos and even chewing gum: the substance cannabidiol (CBD), an extract of the hemp plant, is currently very popular and can be found in many everyday products. However, it is not clear wh... - New copper surface eliminates bacteria in just two minutes
A new copper surface that kills bacteria more than 100 times faster and more effectively than standard copper could help combat the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. The new copp... - Life Aaose on Hydrogen energy
How did the first chemical reactions get started at the origin of life and what was their source of energy? Researchers at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have reconstructed the meta... - Evidence for a long-sought particle comprising four neutrons
While all atomic nuclei except hydrogen are composed of protons and neutrons, physicists have been searching for a particle consisting of two, three or four neutrons for over half a century. Experi... - Circular economy: how synthetic rubber raw material can be degraded
Enzymes are capable of degrading synthetic polyisoprene. The specific conditions for that have now been created and exploited by researchers at Martin Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and t... - New state of matter: crystalline and flowing at the same time
More than 20 years ago, researchers predicted that with sufficiently high density certain particles of matter would form a new state of matter that features the properties of both crystalline solid... - Catalyst technology converts methane greenhouse gas into useful, valuable chemicals
Methane, which produces more warming than other greenhouse gases and is the subject of newly announced U.S. emission restrictions, is hard to break down and keep out of the atmosphere. It's not tha... - Visualising cell structures in three dimensions in mere minutes
Viral pathogens like the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus change the interior structure of the cells they infect. These changes occur at the level of individual cell components - the organelles - and can pro... - X-ray beam explores food color protein
In food products, the natural blues tend to be moody. A fun food colorant with a scientific name - phycocyanin - provides a vivid blue pigment that food companies crave, but it can be unstable when... - Understanding the texture of food with microscopy and mechanics
Many delicacies are based on animal products. Artisan products - i.e. those with natural and identical ingredients - often have a different mouthfeel. This is among others also a big challenge in t... - Corals remove microplastics from ocean waters
Increasing numbers of tiny particles of plastic, known as microplastics, can be found in the world's oceans. Where these waste particles from car tires, diapers, decaying plastic bags and other eve... - "Molecular sea of flags": nanostructures self-assemble and cover specific surfaces
Researchers at the University of Bonn have developed a molecular structure that can cover graphite surfaces with a sea of tiny flagged "flagpoles". The properties of this coating are highly variabl... - Carbon material with unique structure discovered
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth, together with partners in China and the USA, have for the first time produced a carbon material that does not have the strictly ordered structures of a cr...