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As hide-outs for bacteria, biofilms cause problems for antibiotic treatment or the cleaning of medical tubes. They contribute to the spreading of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. A biofilm i... - Unique thermal properties in 2-D black phosphorus nanoribbons discovered
A new experimental revelation about black phosphorus nanoribbons should facilitate the future application of this highly promising material to electronic, optoelectronic and thermoelectric devices.... - New class of materials: hybrid aerogels with biopolymers
Although they are considered to be the best insulators of all, silicate-based aerogels have the disadvantages of being brittle and tending to produce dust. With the development of a hybrid aerogel ... - Einstein's Theory of Relativity explains fundamental properties of gold
Some fundamental properties of the coinage metal elements gold, silver and copper, such as chemical behaviour or colours, are already predetermined in their atoms. The unique properties of gold can... - Showing chiral crystals on butterfly wings by using electron tomography
FAU researchers have succeeded in pinpointing the three-dimensional structure of microscopic photonic crystals in butterfly wings. These findings will help researchers to understand the formation o... - Non-toxic polymer literally sucks mercury out of water and soil
A brand new, dirt cheap material is set to become a game changer in the battle against one of the world's most reviled pollutants. The dark red material, developed by Flinders University's Dr Justi... - Observing one of the world's fastest chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy
UV radiation often damages our DNA. Researchers at Kiel University and The University of Bristol, Great Britain, have now seen for the first time what happens in DNA building blocks when they are s... - Organic framework serves as a catalyst for the photocatalytic conversion of water into hydrogen
Humanity's need for energy is ever-increasing. However, the traditional energy sources are finite. In contrast, water and sunlight are available in vast abundance. Scientists at the Max Planck Inst... - Proteins from rice - raw materials instead of waste
Proteins remain after starch is extracted from rice. Until now, this valuable raw material was disposed of by rice starch producers at great expense. A new process is being developed to split prote... - New family of chemical structures can effectively remove CO2 from gas mixtures
The zeolites - crystalline aluminosilicates with frameworks that contain windows and cavities the size of small molecules - can separate out carbon dioxide more effectively from fuel gases than tho... - Nanocarbons clean water without the use of chemicals and transform waste heat into electricity
Scientists at Leibniz Institute for New Materials INM are working on a desalination method which does not require the addition of chemicals and which is highly energy-efficient. This environmentall... - Observing the motion of a protein in a crystal
X-ray crystallography reveals the three-dimensional structure of a molecule, thus making it possible to understand how it works and potentially use this knowledge to subsequently modulate its activ... - Rapid analysis of kidney stones using Raman spectrosopy
Kidney stones rank among the most common illnesses. Their recurrence might be prevented with the right postoperative care. However, for this to be effective, composition of the stones should be kno... - Protein reactions identified with combination of infrared spectroscopy and computer simulations
Using subatomic resolution, researchers have gained insights into the dynamic modus operandi of two switch proteins which are responsible for the import of compounds into the nucleus and for cell g... - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015: The cells' toolbox for DNA repair
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2015 to Tomas Lindahl, Francis Crick Institute and Clare Hall Laboratory, Hertfordshire, UK, Paul Modrich... - New method enables researchers to sequence complex sugar molecules for the first time
A team of researchers from Berlin succeeded in an effort to fundamentally improve carbohydrate analysis. With the new method, developed by Kevin Pagel (Free University Berlin and Fritz Haber Instit... - Researchers develop ideal Single-Photon Source
With the help of a semiconductor quantum dot, physicists at the University of Basel have developed a new type of light source that emits single photons. For the first time, the researchers have man... - Research uncovers a unique microbial cloud that surrounds people
Research done at the UO shows that we all have our own microbial cloud made up of bacteria exuded by the skin and breath, and each cloud is unique to that person. Think of it as an organic signatur... - Discovery of the redox-switch of a key enzyme involved in n-butanol biosynthesis
Two Korean research teams at the Kyungpook National University (KNU) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have succeeded in uncovering the redox-switch of thiolase, a ... - Laser-based molecular fingerprinting
Scientists often need to detect and measure levels of specific substances in a sea of irrelevant molecules, and infrared light offers an ideal tool for this task. Infrared radiation is invisible to... - Nanoparticles can make medicines more effective
Nanoparticles disguised as human platelets could greatly enhance the healing power of drug treatments for cardiovascular disease and systemic bacterial infections. These platelet-mimicking nanopart... - What happens on the molecular level when smog gets into the lungs?
Coughing. A sore throat. Maybe a pain in your chest as you take a deep breath? These are all common symptoms for many city-living Australians when smog levels are high. And while it is well underst... - New microscopy methods revolutionize neuroscience
Anyone who wants to understand the brain must be able to see the brain's microscopically small switching units - the neurons - at work. Conventional light microscopes are not sufficient to do the j... - Metallic gels produce tunable light emission
Researchers at MIT have developed a family of materials that can emit light of precisely controlled colors - even pure white light - and whose output can be tuned to respond to a wide variety of ex... - ESCMID publishes guidelines aimed at preventing build-up of dangerous biofilms
The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID) - an organization that explores the risks and best practices in infectious disease - advocates the need for greater edu...