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Nowadays it is well recognized that most brain functions may not be comprehended through inspection of single neurons. To advance meaningfully, neuroscientists need the ability to monitor the activ... - Optimised strategies for the identification of skin sensitising chemicals
JRC scientists have been developing and optimising animal-free testing strategies for the identification of chemicals with the potential to cause skin allergy, as a contribution towards internation... - Understanding phase transition from metal to isolator with spectroscopic analysis methods
Some materials hold surprising - and possibly useful - properties: neodymium nickel oxide is either a metal or an insulator, depending on its temperature. This characteristic makes the material a p... - New bioinformatics tool for searching sequencing data
Sequencing data from biological samples such as the skin, intestinal tissues, or soil and water are usually archived in public databases. This allows researchers from all over the globe to access t... - First spectroscopic investigation of element nobelium
The analysis of atomic spectra is of fundamental importance for our understanding of atomic structures. Until now, researchers were unable to examine heavy elements with optical spectroscopy becaus... - New microscopy technique to measure the forces exerted by biological cells when they grow
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from ETH Zurich has developed a new microscopy technique that allows researchers to measure in great detail the forces exerted by biological cells when they ... - Harnessing the possibilities of the nanoworld
The laws of thermodynamics govern the behaviour of large, bulk materials in the macro world, while quantum mechanics describes behaviour of particles at the other extreme, in the world of single at... - Enhanced 3D look inside batteries
A team of NYU chemists has developed a method to yield highly detailed, three-dimensional images of the insides of batteries. The technique, based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), offers an enh... - 'Schroedinger's Cat' molecules give rise to exquisitely detailed movies
One of the most famous mind-twisters of the quantum world is the thought experiment known as "Schroedinger's Cat," in which a cat placed in a box and potentially exposed to poison is simultaneously... - Hybrid material opens the door to new possibilities in graphene applications
Many scientists consider graphene to be a wonder material. Now, a team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has succeeded in linking graphene with another important chemical g... - The delicate balancing act of research funding
Many people see privately funded research as a threat to academic independence, but this is an incomplete view. Experts with close connections to politics and business are a logical consequence of ... - How natural gas is converted into methanol at room temperature
Twenty years after the technique was developed, scientists at KU Leuven and Stanford University have unravelled the mechanism behind the direct conversion process of natural gas into methanol at ro... - Scientists model a crucial component of cell division
During the process of cell division, chromosomes must be distributed equally between the two emerging daughter cells. One copy of each chromosome is created and remains glued to the original until ... - Better treatment of food allergies
Food allergies have been on the increase for years. There is currently only one solution for patients: avoid allergy-triggering products. Fraunhofer researchers are making an important contribution... - Taking crystallography into a new time dimension
"Now we have the right people, in the right place, with the right technology!" exclaims EMBL group leader Thomas Schneider, who coordinates activities at the EMBL crystallography beamlines on DESY'... - Nanotechnology Supports Treatment of Malignant Melanoma
Changes in the genetic make-up of tissue samples can be detected quickly and easily using a new method based on nanotechnology. This report researchers from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, the Uni... - Particle mass spectrometry in the West African atmosphere
Within the framework of the EU project DACCIWA (Dynamic-aerosol-chemistry-cloud interactions in West Africa), scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, among others, are analyz... - Low-cost and defect-free graphene
Graphene is one of the most promising new materials. However, researchers across the globe are still looking for a way to produce defect-free graphene at low costs. Chemists at FAU have now succeed... - A patent for oxidised fat
It is a hotly debated, highly researched subject that has taken on the semblance of a religious war: what are good and what are bad fats? But research from ETH Professor Manfred Kopf's group publis... - New procedure for detecting silver nanoparticles in water bodies
For a number of years now, an increasing number of synthetic nanoparticles have been manufactured and incorporated into various products, such as cosmetics. For the first time, a research project a... - Scientists solved a mystery from the world of art using X-ray radiation
With the help of the brilliant X-ray radiation from DESY's research light source PETRA III, scientists have solved a decades-old mystery from the world of art: A team led by Dr. Geert Van der Snick... - Calcium channel blockers caught in the act at atomic level
An atomic level analysis has revealed how two classes of calcium channel blockers, widely prescribed for heart disease patients, produce separate therapeutic effects through their actions at differ... - Molecular signature shows plants are adapting to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide
Plants are adapting to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide according to a new study from the University of Southampton. The research provides insight into the long-term impacts of rising CO2 and ... - Catching proteins in the act
Some of the fastest processes in our body run their course in proteins activated by light. The protein rhodopsin sees to it that our eyes can rapidly take in their ever-changing surroundings. Free-... - Atomic structures of proteins elucidated
The more we know about the agents that cause disease, the more specifically we will be able to combat them. These are the words of Prof. Adam Lange of the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakolo...