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Diagnosing skin cancer painlessly with an external scan rather than a tissue sample and a scalpel - this is the vision of a joint research team from Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) and the Univer... - Environmental treaty shows effect: Decline in harmful ozone-depleting greenhouse gases
A new study by an international team of researchers, published today in Nature Climate Change, has revealed significant progress in the drive to reduce atmospheric levels of chemicals that destroy ... - How many water molecules does it take to dissolve hydrochloric acid?
Scientists from DESY have made a significant step towards understanding the solvation processes of hydrochloric acid at the molecular scale. HCI is a prototypical acid that is often used for resear... - Nanoparticles: Risk for babies in the womb
Little is yet known about the health effects of nanoparticles on pregnancy. An interdisciplinary team led by Empa researchers is currently analyzing the risks for babies in the womb. Using a la... - Uptake of tire wear additives by vegetables grown for human consumption
Car tires contain hundreds of chemical additives that can leach out of them. This is how they end up in crops and subsequently in the food chain. Researchers at the Center for Microbiology and Envi... - Recovering essential raw materials from wastewater to bring them back into the value chain
The consumption of natural resources by modern industrial societies is leading to a shortage of essential raw materials. This includes phosphorus, for which there are hardly any geogenic sources in... - Plastic particles and climate change as drivers for antimicrobial resistance
A research project based at Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University Hospital targets plastic particles and climate change as driving factors for the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)... - A fungus converts cellulose directly into a novel platform chemical
The fungus Talaromyces verruculosus can produce the chemical erythro-isocitric acid, which has received little attention on the market to date, directly from cheap plant waste and thus make it inte... - Discrimination of plastic waste pyrolysis oil feedstocks using SFC
Despite consumer efforts to sort and separate recyclables, most plastic bottles still end up in the landfill. Standard recycling methods to sort, shred and remake plastics are limited to just type-... - Locating sources of energy loss with the photovoltaic microscope
In the laboratory, solar cells made of perovskite are already converting sunlight into electricity as efficiently as established silicon solar cells. Stefan Weber from the Institute for Photovoltai... - Exploring interface phenomena for more durable and effective nickel-tungsten alloys
The insights into the formation of various phases, including intermetallic compounds, at the interface between nickel and tungsten by researchers from Tokyo Tech can lead to the development of adva... - Nanobubble research to improve green hydrogen production
In a novel study, researchers of the University of Twente have made significant strides in understanding the behaviour of micro- and nanobubbles on electrodes during water electrolysis. This pro... - Cocoa fruit chocolate - more sustainable and healthier than conventional chocolate
For many people, chocolate is a sweet delight: its main components are cocoa mass and cocoa butter, which are extracted from the cocoa fruit. What is less known, however, is that the cocoa fruit co... - Rethinking the chemistry of cations
A team of chemists from the University of Vienna, led by Nuno Maulide, has achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of chemical synthesis, developing a novel method for manipulating carbon-... - How bitter food constituents influence gastric acid production
In the stomach, so-called parietal cells are responsible for acid production. They react not only to the body's own messenger molecules, but also to bitter-tasting food constituents such as caffein... - Discovery of biomarkers in space
In 2018, very large organic molecules were discovered in ice particles on Saturn's moon Enceladus. It is still unclear whether they indicate the existence of life or were created in some other way.... - New approach for antibiotic development
The opportunistic bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is dangerous due to its resistance to multiple antibiotics. A research team from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and Jülich Re... - A high-pressure spectroscopy method to unravel the properties of proteins' native structures
A pressure of 3,000 bar is applied to the cold shock protein B of Bacillus subtilis in a small tube in the NMR spectroscopy laboratory at the University of Konstanz. This is roughly three times the... - A novel spectroscopic method allows ultrafast processes within molecules to be observed
A European research team has developed a novel spectroscopic method that can be used to observe ultrafast dynamic processes of electrons and vibrations within molecules - with atomic resolution and... - New approach in the synthesis of complex natural substances
They are found as fragrances in cosmetics or as flavorings in food, and form the basis of new medications: Terpenes are natural substances that occur in plants, insects and sea sponges. They are di... - A virus could help save billions of gallons of wastewater produced by fracking
An estimated 168 billion gallons of wastewater - or produced water - is generated annually by the Permian Basin fracking industry, according to a 2022 report by the Texas Produced Water Consortium.... - Decisive breakthrough: Foundations for sustainable battery technology
Electric vehicles and portable electronic devices such as laptops and mobile phones are unthinkable without lithium-ion batteries. The problem: highly toxic materials such as cobalt are often used ... - Research into novel approach of using an organic module for storing solar energy
Until now, the generation and storage of electricity from solar energy has been dependent on various devices, leading to conversion losses. That may change soon: chemists at Friedrich-Alexander-Uni... - Adaptation as a strategy for survival: How microorganisms deal with environmental changes
Environmental changes influence microbial communities, which are crucial for the health of the earth and humans. For instance, altered eating habits with heavily processed foods can lead to disrupt... - The structure and evolution of an enzyme in psychoactive fungi
An international research team has investigated the biosynthesis of psilocybin, the main ingredient of hallucinogenic mushrooms. They gained new insights into the structure and reaction mechanism o...