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Colorado State University polymer chemists have taken another step toward a future of high-performance, biorenewable, biodegradable plastics. Publishing in Nature Communications, the team led by... - Safer component for lithium batteries
The power source for implanted medical devices, electric cars, unmanned aerial vehicles and other such objects is vital to their performance. So, what would happen if that powerhouse of energy - a ... - Teaching an enzyme a new trick, with potential for building new molecules
Princeton chemists have found a way to make a naturally occurring enzyme take on a new, artificial role, which has significant implications for modern chemistry, including pharmaceutical production... - On the path to an artificial cell
It is hoped that cells created in a test tube can answer some of the major questions in biology. What is the minimum that a cell needs in order to live? And how did life on Earth begin? Researchers... - A new way to detect bacterial activity using gold nanoparticles
"Bacteria exist everywhere in an average person's daily life, and they usually develop into biofilms - a society of bacteria," explains Dr Huangxian Ju, director of the State Key Laboratory of Anal... - Biological light sensor filmed in action
Using X-ray laser technology, a team led by researchers of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has recorded one of the fastest processes in biology. In doing so, they produced a molecular movie that re... - Electron microscopy images provide important insights into ribosome assembly
Berlin-based researchers have produced snapshots of the 'protein factories' of the cell. Their findings could set us on the path towards a new class of antibiotics. The study - a basic science stud... - Chemical fingerprint of North America's largest river
Materials containing carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur build up, break down and transfer between the atmosphere, freshwater, the ocean and rocks. Dissolved sulfate is a key chemical compound in t... - On the trail of chemical bonds
Professor Paul Popelier is a computational and theoretical chemist at the University of Manchester. He spoke about a chemical concept called bond order, and explains how his research in this area w... - Neutrinos weighed by the world's most precise scale
What is the mass of neutrinos? To answer one of the most fundamental and important open questions in modern particle physics and cosmology, the KATRIN Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Ex-periment was de... - Quick identification of multidrug-resistant pathogens
If doctors diagnose a patient with blood poisoning, the patient will immediately be administered a broad-spectrum antibiotic. In many cases, however, the drug is ineffective. Multidrug-resistant pa... - Surprising new behaviour in gels
"Imagine putting a brick next to a stone and finding that the brick was moving into the stone, and vice versa" - this is how Professor David Smith of the University of York describes his latest pie... - Observation of different reactivities of ortho- and para-water
Water molecules exist in two different forms with almost identical physical properties. For the first time, researchers have succeeded in separating the two forms to show that they can exhibit diff... - Tiny chemistry lab to seek evidence of life on Mars
An international team of scientists has created a tiny chemistry lab for a rover that will drill beneath the Martian surface looking for signs of past or present life. The toaster oven-sized lab, c... - Molecular switch will facilitate the development of pioneering electro-optical devices
A research team led by physicists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed molecular nanoswitches that can be toggled between two structurally different states using an applied vol... - Negative effects of microplastic particles on corals
Coral reefs belong to the most diverse habitats on our planet. Thousands of species of fish use corals as shelter, food source and nursery. However, coral reefs are increasingly suffering from the ... - Preserving a painter's legacy with nanomaterials
Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and Johannes Vermeer have been delighting art lovers for years. But it turns out that these works of art might be their own worst enemy - the canvases t... - Tailor-made synthesis of cyclic chemicals by means of enzymes
Penicillin-based antibiotics contain a five-membered hydrocarbon cycle, additionally incorporating a sulfur and a nitrogen atom. Nadine Zumbrägel, doctoral student at the Chair of Organic Chemistry... - A micro-thermometer to record tiny temperature changes
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and their collaborators in Swinburne University of Technology have developed a micrometer-wide thermometer that is sensitive to heat generat... - Successful demonstration of imine hydrogenation with inexpensive main group metal
In future, inexpensive and bio-compatible main group metals could replace expensive and toxic transition metals during catalytic processes. Chemists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürn... - Antibiotic resistance - quick and reliable detection
Early detection of antibiotic resistant pathogens can be life-saving. DZIF-scientists at the Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, have developed an ant... - Accelerating analysis for designer drugs
Designer drugs - drugs that are similar in effect, but slightly different in structure, to existing drugs - are an increasing problem for regulators and lawmakers, and a real threat to society. The... - Mechanism of action for a class of bacterial toxins uncovered
Pore-forming toxins are common bacterial poisons. They attack organisms by introducing holes in cell membranes. A team of scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now unraveled th... - High efficiency synthesis of insulin by self-assembly based organic chemistry
Researchers at Tokai University, Osaka University, Tohoku University and Fukuoka University report in the journal /Communications Chemistry /on the synthesis of insulin based on the self-assembly o... - Discovering cheap fluid that could lead to cheap MRIs
Researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (National MagLab) have discovered a substance that could help MRI machines evolve from today's bulky behemoths to hand-held scanners strai...