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Chromium in its hexavalent state (Cr(VI)) is a major water pollutant. It can be treated, however, by converting it into the less toxic trivalent chromium or Cr(III) via "reduction." While several m... - Turning a coronavirus protein into a nanoparticle could be key for COVID-19 vaccine
A University at Buffalo-led research team has discovered a technique that could help increase the effectiveness of vaccines against the novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19. Jonatha... - New sulfur dioxide conversion method may transform current industrial techniques
A single-step, plasma-enhanced catalytic process to convert sulfur dioxide to pure sulfur from tail gas streams may provide a promising, more environmentally-friendly alternative to current multist... - Corrosion-resistant electrodes for electrolytic splitting of water
As part of an international collaboration, a team at the HZB has examined the corrosion processes of high-quality BiVO4 photoelectrodes using different state-of-the-art characterisation methods. ... - Molecular water discovered on the moon
For the first time, the SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) flying observatory has provided direct and unambiguous evidence of water molecules on the moon beyond the permanent ... - A new way to produce nanoparticles
One nanometer is smaller than small, or, to be more precise, the millionth part of a millimeter. This makes even viruses (generally about 30-50 nanometers in size) seem enormous. But it is not just... - New material for the separation of CO2 from industrial waste gases
Chemists at the University of Bayreuth have developed a material that could well make an important contribution to climate protection and sustainable industrial production. With this material, the ... - Zeptoseconds: New world record in short time measurement
In the global race to measure ever shorter time spans, physicists from Goethe University Frankfurt have now taken the lead: together with colleagues at the accelerator facility DESY in Hamburg and ... - Nanopatterns of proteins detected by cryo-electron microscopy
A team from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) used cryo electron microscopy to detect regular, two-dimensional structures in the form of Pascal triangles in a shock frozen protein material. The sampl... - Biotechnological solutions for degradation and recycling of plastics
Plastics are wonderful materials. They are extremely versatile and of almost eternal durability. But that also causes a problem. After around 100 years of plastic production, plastic particles are ... - Project to reveal fate of tyre particles in the ocean
A new study involving experts from Newcastle University aims to assess an until now hidden form of marine litter and show the effects it could have on our seas. Tyre particles are believed to trans... - Environmentally friendly supercapacitors
Similar to batteries, supercapacitors are suitable for the repeated storage of electrical energy. TU Graz researchers have presented a particularly safe and sustainable variant of such a supercapac... - Microscopic studies of the interaction between particles and lung cells
Tiny floating particles from polluted ambient air, known as particulate matter, represent a growing problem and a health risk for millions of people. An increased particulate matter pollution incre... - New electrode materials for the oxidation of water
By splitting water electrochemically, green hydrogen can be produced, which can be used as fuel, energy storage and for chemical reactions. This way, we can decrease our dependence on fossil resour... - World's smallest ultrasound detector developed
Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world's smallest ultrasound detector. It is based on miniaturized photonic circuits on top o... - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for the development of CRISPR Cas9 technology
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Prof. Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, Scientific and Managing Director of the newly established Max Planck Unit... - Indirect impacts of a pandemic on women in science
On 9 September, EMBL hosted a conference to discuss the indirect impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on women in science. As one of the speakers noted, the pandemic has been a torrential storm. But... - Controlling ultrastrong light-matter coupling at room temperature
Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, together with colleagues in Russia and Poland, have managed to achieve ultrastrong coupling between light and matter at room temperature. ... - Dust particles in space are mixed with ice
The matter between the stars in a galaxy - called the interstellar medium - consists not only of gas, but also of a great deal of dust. At some point in time, stars and planets originated in such a... - A new class of materials containing precious metals
Precious metals such as platinum, palladium, gold, rhodium or iridium can be found in a variety of everyday products, for example in catalytic converters of cars, in mobile phones and laptops as we... - News from the cell membrane
The red mould Neurospora crassa belongs to the group of sac fungi and serves researchers as a common model organism that allows a comparatively simple analysis of genetic information and the functi... - Laboratory study analyzes the toxicity of bioplastics and plant-based materials
So-called "bioplastics" are marketed as an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional, petroleum-based plastics. They can be made from renewable feedstock, might be bio-degradable or even... - New NMR methods for analysing molecular structures in more detail
Chemistry and structural biology use the standard methods of NMR spectroscopy (NMR = nuclear magnetic resonance) to examine the structure of molecules including large molecules like proteins in sol... - Studies on biological macromolecules awarded
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Gregori Aminoff Prize 2021 to Henry Chapman, University of Hamburg, Germany, Janos Hajdu, Uppsala University, Sweden, and John Spence,... - Proposing a way to reduce three times the temperature for the oxidation of alkanes
Until now, the reaction of catalytic oxidation of alkanes to alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids could be carried out only at high temperatures - 150 degrees Celsius and above. Lowering ...