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A study published online in the journal Nature Communications describes how an updated version of this centuries-old tool can now enable scientists to see tiny objects while also measuring their te... - A new formula for creating chemical reactions - with carbs
A wide range of drugs and biochemical probes - everything from antibiotics to Alzheimer's disease biomarkers - rely on natural or synthetic compounds that aid a reaction by adding carbohydrates. It... - Improving a better plastic-degrading enzyme
A breakthrough in enzyme research led by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the United Kingdom's University of Portsmouth has led to an improved variant... - New approach in the fight against antibiotic resistance
According to the WHO, around 700,000 people die every year as a result of antibiotic resistance. In Germany, around 6,000 people die every year because treatment with antibiotics is not effective. ... - A novel way of creating gold nanoparticles in water
An experiment that, by design, was not supposed to turn up anything of note instead produced a "bewildering" surprise, according to the Stanford scientists who made the discovery: a new way of crea... - 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... - Building crystals on a very hot surface
A chemical reactor that operates at extremely high temperatures is being developed by KAUST and could improve the efficiency and economy of a commonly used process in the semiconductor industry, wi... - Peptide induces chirality evolution in a single gold nanoparticle
For the first time, scientists have successfully created optically active, chiral gold nanoparticles using amino acids and peptides. Many chemicals significant to life have mirror-image twins (left... - The 'radical' ways sunlight builds bigger molecules in the atmosphere
With summer approaching, "sea and sun" might conjure up images of a beach trip. But for scientists, the interactions of the two have big implications for the climate and for the formation of tiny d... - New methods for producing and characterizing attosecond X-ray pulses
European XFEL produces unfathomably fast X-ray pulses that are already being used by scientists to explore the unchartered territory of the atomic and molecular cosmos. Intense X-ray pulses lasting... - Sensing interactions between molecules
Nanoscientists at the University of Münster have developed an atomically defined probe tip with extraordinary stability which enables them to image molecular structures by atomic force microscopyIn... - "Body on a chip" could improve drug evaluation
MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs and detect possible side effects before the drugs are tested in humans. Using a microfluidic platform that conne... - What happens when nanoparticles collide
Helmets that do a better job of preventing concussions and other brain injuries. Earphones that protect people from damaging noises. Devices that convert "junk" energy from airport runway vibration... - Engineers turn polymer films into self-sensing high-tech actuators
They might only be made from thin silicon film, but they can squeeze down hard, deliver a powerful thrust, vibrate or hold any required position. And because they can act as sensors, they are becom... - Measurement chip detects Legionella
In an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, finding the exact source as quickly as possible is essential to preventing further infections. To date, a detailed analysis takes days. Researchers at the T... - Using light to turn yeast into biochemical factories
Researchers at Princeton University have now applied a similar method to controlling the metabolism, or basic chemical process, of a living cell. In a series of experiments, they used light to cont... - Bio sensors for a better tracking of oil leaks
A researcher in Mississippi State's Bagley College of Engineering is designing new biosensors that can immediately detect issues in oil pipelines, preventing damaging leaks and maintaining the pipe... - Neutrons pave the way to accelerated production of lithium-ion cells
Developers from Bosch and scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are using neutrons to analyze the filling of lithium ion batteries for hybrid cars with electrolytes. Their experime... - Drug-producing bacteria possible with synthetic biology breakthrough
During this innovative study researchers discovered how to dynamically manage the allocation of essential resources inside engineered cells - advancing the potential of synthetically programming ce... - New tool for the crystallisation of proteins
ETH researchers have developed a new method of crystallising large membrane proteins in order to determine their structure. This will be of benefit to biological research and the pharmaceutical ind... - Setting new standards in solids analysis
How badly plants are affected by contaminated soil, what the sea floor can reveal about past climate periods, or what yield an ore mine could deliver in future - an analysis of the chemical composi... - One for all: super-resolution microscopy with one universal nanobody
To make cellular structures easily accessible for super-resolution microscopy, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, the Natural and Medical Sciences Insti... - Rapid diagnosis of diseases with novel blood test
Prof. Dr. Jochen Guck, research group leader at the Biotechnology Center of TU Dresden (BIOTEC), together with medical colleagues from the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden and partneri... - Converting CO2 into usable energy
magine if carbon dioxide could easily be converted into usable energy. Every time you breathe or drive a motor vehicle, you would produce a key ingredient for generating fuels. Like photosynthesis ... - Nanostructuring increases efficiency of metal-free photocatalysts by factor eleven
Polymeric carbon nitrides exhibit a catalytic effect in sunlight that can be used for the production of hydrogen from solar energy. However, the efficiency of these metal-free catalysts is extremel...