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An international research team headed by Professor Dr Annie Powell, a chemist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and Professor Dr Jürgen Schnack, a physicist at Bielefeld University, h... - The superionic form of water confirmed
An original state, both solid and liquid at the same time: this is the latest news on a substance-water-so familiar to everyone but which appears to hold always fresh surprises for scientists. ... - Breakthrough for peptide medication
Peptides, short amino acid chains that control many functions in the human body, represent a billion-dollar market, also in the pharmaceutical industry. But, normally these medications must be inje... - Innovative nanomaterial produced from natural substances
Be it in spider silk, wood, the spaces between body cells, in tendons, or as a natural sealant for small wounds: protein fibres are found virtually everywhere in nature. These small protein fibres,... - Transportable optical clock used to measure gravitation for the first time
A European collaboration involving clock experts from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and the Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRI... - Plastic-eating bacteria more diverse and numerous than previously thought
We only recycle a small amount of plastics such as PET (polyethylene terephthalate), used to make bottles and packaging. Most ends up in the environment, where it takes a very long time to decompos... - Improved prediction of pesticide residues
The use of pesticides can lead to a build-up of toxic and ecologically harmful residues in the soil. Until recently, it was not possible to ascertain in detail to which pesticides this applies and ... - New insights into high-temperature superconductors
After 30 years of research, there are still many unsolved puzzles about high-temperature superconductors - among them is the magnetic "stripe order" found in some cuprate superconductors. A Danish ... - Chemical composition of aircraft exhaust aerosols investigated
Can aircraft pollutant emissions be reduced by using biofuels? And what influence does an alternative tank filling have on the formation of contrails? In mid-January, a joint German Aerospace Cente... - A simple, easy-to-use method to break down pollutants in water
Chemists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have found out how stubborn pollutants in water can be disintegrated easily and cost-effectively. To do so researchers only need a gree... - Quantum chemistry solves the mystery of why there are these 20 amino acids in the genetic code
Using quantum chemical methods, a team of researchers led by Dr. Matthias Granold and Professor Bernd Moosmann of the Institute of Pathobiochemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz solved on... - A new mechanism for the regulation of protein synthesis
Mitochondria, best known for their role as cellular power plants, perform numerous vital tasks in the cell. During cell respiration, reactive oxygen species can be formed in mitochondria. If these ... - 3D printing of living cells
Using a new technique they call 'in-air microfluidics', University of Twente scientists succeed in printing 3D structures with living cells. This special technique enable the fast and 'on-the-fly' ... - Unlocking another piece of the puzzle that is crystal growth
From Mother Nature to our must-have devices, we're surrounded by crystals. Those courtesy of the former, such as ice and snow, can form spontaneously and symmetrically. But the silicon-based or gal... - Structural insight into the molecular mechanism of PET degradation
This is the first report to simultaneously determine the 3D crystal structure of Ideonella sakaiensis PETase and develop the new variant with enhanced poly ethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation.... - Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology 2018
Eppendorf and the journal Science are now accepting applications for the 2018 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology. This annual international research prize of US$25,000 is awarded to young s... - Charge order and electron localization in a molecule-based solid
Charge ordering in mixed-valence compounds, which usually contain positively charged cations in more than one formal charge state, is of crucial importance for materials science. Many functional p... - Simple Organic Molecules form complex materials through self-organization
Floor parquetings are typically found in living rooms. But microstructured parquetings, or rather tessellations, may occur in materials as well. Materials with tessellations can, for example, be ch... - Researching electrochemistry live
Scientists from Jülich, the USA and the Czech Republic have developed an experimental set-up enabling electrochemical processes at solid-liquid interfaces to be monitored "live" and with unpreceden... - New process could slash energy demands of fertilizer, nitrogen-based chemicals
Manufacturers currently make fertilizer, pharmaceuticals and other industrial chemicals by pulling nitrogen from the air and combining it with hydrogen. Nitrogen gas is plentiful, making up about 7... - Ultra-sensitive temperature sensor
Can a "thermometer" consist of a thin film or tiny (micrometer or even nanometer scale) particles, operate in real time and in very well-defined regions with a spatial resolution ranging from a cen... - Measurement of noble gases in Antarctic ice cores
The average sea temperature is an essential parameter of the global climate - but it is very difficult to measure. At least until now, because an international team of researchers including Empa sc... - A major step forward in organic electronics
The first printable organic electrochemical transistors were presented by researchers at LiU as early as 2002, and research since then has progressed rapidly. Several organic electronic components,... - Observing brain cells at work
Tomas Cizmar's research work concerns new methods of controlling light propagation in optical fibres. The aim of his research work is to produce miniaturized fibre-optic probes which would enable h... - Ultrafast processes to be followed using a single pulse of light
An international team of scientists has developed a new experimental method at the FLASH X-ray laser which allows the sequence of events involved in a process to be observed using a single, ultrash...