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New cancer therapies harness the immune system to fight tumors. One of the main principles behind these therapies is to find out precisely which molecules on cancer cells trigger an immune response... - Optical tractor beam traps bacteria
Up to now, if scientists wanted to study blood cells, algae, or bacteria under the microscope, they had to mount these cells on a substrate such as a glass slide. Physicists at Bielefeld and Frankf... - Perfect crystals from 'flying' drops
Crystals that don't experience mechanical stress during growth, will be of superior quality. Levitate the liquid metal, is the idea behind the new project 'Perfecting metal crystals', led by the Un... - Ice crystals first grow at defects on the particle surface
In the atmosphere, feldspar particles act as ice nuclei that make ice crystals grow in clouds and enable precipitation. The reason was found by researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT... - Strengthening nanotechnology for Europe
Nanotechnology is a 21st century technology. It allows products of just a few nanometres in size to be produced in any shape desired: for microprocessors, for electronic circuits in computers and i... - New label-free microscope enables dynamic, high-res imaging of cell interactions
University of Illinois Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering Professor Brian Cunningham's Nano Sensors group has invented a novel live-cell imaging method that could someday help bio... - Essential compass in more efficient bioplastic machineries
Plastics and other polymers are used every day. These polymers are mostly made from fossil resources by refining petrochemicals. On the other hand, many microorganisms naturally synthesize polyeste... - Cells-on-chip as a powerful experimental tool
JRC scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Lyon (Fr), reviewed the latest advances in multiplex cell microarrays for high-throughput screening allowing for high-throug... - IUPAC Announces the Names of the Elements 113, 115, 117, and 118
On 28 November 2016, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) approved the name and symbols for four elements: nihonium (Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts), and oganesson (Og... - First detection of ammonia in the upper troposphere
Population is growing, climate is warming - hence, emission of ammonia (NH3) trace gas from e.g. agriculture will increase worldwide. Recently, scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)... - Mysteries of enzyme mechanism revealed
An international research team led by the University of Leicester has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme peroxidases and determining its... - Developing portable hydrogen-stored plastic
A research group led by Professor Hiroyuki Nishide and Professor Kenichi Oyaizu from the Department of Applied Chemistry developed a polymer to store hydrogen, a compact and flexible sheet which is... - Hidden order and 5f electron density
URu2Si2 is a mysterious quantum material. Thirty years ago an ordering transition was found at 17 degrees above absolute zero temperature from specific heat (entropy) measurements. Since then, this... - New method for non-destructive testing with ultrasound
Non-destructive testing methods play a major role in guaranteeing quality and safety, driving substantial interest in refined methodologies. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) ... - X-ray experiment opens new route to study biochemical reactions
With a powerful X-ray camera, scientists have watched a genetic switch at work for the first time. The study led by Yun-Xing Wang from the National Cancer Institute of the U.S. reveals the ultrafas... - Understanding the stability, behaviour and surface properties of nanoparticles and quantum dots
Devices based on quantum dots and smart nanoparticles are currently getting a lot of attention. For instance, the colours, contrast and brightness of displays based on quantum dots provide benefits... - Exotic property of salty solutions discovered
Water and aqueous solutions can behave strangely under pressure. Experiments carried out at the GFZ using Raman spectroscopy and a diamond anvil cell showed that magnesium sulfate dissolved in wate... - Innovative process chain for Methanol Synthesis from renewables
To reduce the consumption of fossil materials in the future, renewable resources are planned to supply basic substances for chemical industry. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) now cooperates... - Computer simulations provide insight into the function of proteins
Cholesterol can bind important molecules into pairs, enabling human cells to react to external signals. Researchers at FAU's Chair of Biotechnology have studied these processes in more detail using... - Chemistry driven by the sun, for a sustainable future
A group of European chemists including Prof. Joost Reek of the University of Amsterdam's research priority area Sustainable Chemistry has recently published a whitepaper on Solar-Driven Chemistry. ... - Real-time 3D imaging of living organisms at sub-cellular resolution
SCAPE (swept confocally aligned planar excitation) microscopy forms 3D images of living samples by scanning them with a sheet of laser light. SCAPE's unique capabilities allow scientists to perform... - Iron-munching microbe discovered
A microbe that 'eats' both methane and iron: microbiologists have long suspected its existence, but were not able to find it - until now. Researchers at Radboud University and the Max Planck Instit... - Electrically accessing complex magnetism in rare earth atoms
A new way to electrically access the magnetic properties of rare earth atoms, which are of crucial importance in many modern technologies, has been revealed by a team of researchers from the London... - Nanostructures against antibiotic resistance
Several peptides have an antibacterial effect - but they are broken down in the human body too quickly to exert this effect. Empa researchers have now succeeded in encasing peptides in a protective... - Physicists observe diffusion of individual atoms in light baths
A combination of experiments and theory has enabled physicists to understand the diffusion of individual atoms in periodic systems for the first time. The interactions of individual atoms with ligh...