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An international team of scientists led by Uppsala University has developed a high-throughput method of imaging biological particles using an X-ray laser. Images obtained with this method show proj... - New method which uses light to regulate biochemical processes
The ultraviolet light spectrum is used in research for targeted regulation of biochemical processes, such as protein production or calcium release. However, the harmful effects of UV light have pos... - Electrochemical detection of reversible binding on semoconductor
Scientists from Heidelberg University in collaboration with researchers from the University of Gießen have succeeded in electrochemically detecting protein binding on semiconductor materials for th... - New industrial research technique for analyzing gallium nitride on the nanometer scale
Gallium nitride is difficult to produce and difficult to handle - and the key to the development of blue LEDs, which won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. The award went to three Japanese researc... - Successful twisting of a molecule to receive chirality
Chemists at the University of Basel in Switzerland have succeeded in twisting a molecule by combining molecular strands of differing lengths. The longer strand winds around a central axis like a st... - Increase of atmospheric hydrogen chloride
Stratospheric hydrogen chloride is an indicator of substances destroying ozone. An international team including scientists of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) observed an annual increase... - Two photons strongly coupled by glass fibre
At the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), two photons were made to interact strongly using an ultra-thin glass fibre. This technique is an important new tool for quantum technology. Two ... - Engineered liposomes a possible alternative to antibiotics
Scientists from the University of Bern have developed a novel substance for the treatment of severe bacterial infections without antibiotics, which would prevent the development of antibiotic resis... - New kind of ion channel consisting of short carbon nanotubes created
These carbon nanotube "porins" have significant implications for future health care and bioengineering applications. Nanotube porins eventually could be used to deliver drugs to the body, serve as ... - 125 Years of Liquid Crystal Research - Appreciation for German Physicist Otto Lehmann
Flat-screen TVs, digital and mobile phone displays are common technologies today. The liquid crystals inside allow for a flat and energy-efficient construction of these modern devices. The basis of... - New mass spectrometric method could revolutionize breast cancer treatment
Stroma cells are derived from connective tissue and may critically influence tumour growth. This knowledge is not new. However, bioanalyst Christopher Gerner and an interdisciplinary team from the ... - Usable method for detecting extremely rare inert gas isotopes for water dating developed
In the earth and environmental sciences, radioactive isotopes, atom variants that decay over time, play a major role in age determination. A radioactive isotope of the inert gas argon (39Ar), for e... - A synthesized ferromagnetic superconducting compound is opening the route to detailed studies of this physical properties
Superconductivity and ferromagnetism - the "normal" form of magnetism, such as that found in the familiar horseshoe magnet - are like chalk and cheese: They generally don't go together. Ferromagnet... - Better knowledge on interpretation of RIXS-spcetra
RIXS-spectroscopy is a powerful method to gain insights into molecular and electronic structures in complex samples, liquid or solid. HZB scientists now know even a bit better how to interpret the ... - New microscope allows directly imaging the super-fast motion of electrons
Physicists from the University of Regensburg have developed a novel microscope that allows them to record slow-motion movies of tiny nanostructures with groundbreaking time resolution - faster even... - New, more powerful zeolite catalysts developed
The world would come to a standstill without zeolites. They play a crucial role in the production of petrol, are used in washing powder to remove calcium from water, dry dishes in dishwashers and a... - Nobel Prize 2014 in Physics: New light to illuminate the world
This year's Nobel Laureates are rewarded for having invented a new energy-efficient and environment-friendly light source - the blue light-emitting diode (LED). In the spirit of Alfred Nobel the Pr... - Organic tin in polymers increases their light absorption
Researchers of the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (CAU), Germany, successfully integrated organic tin into semiconducting polymers (plastics) for the first time. Semiconducting polymers can... - Cost-efficient method for magnetic resonance imaging developed
An international research team led by Dr. Jan-Bernd Hövener from the Medical Physics Section of the Department of Radiology at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg has developed a new, cost-... - Detection of iso-propyl cyanide in the interstellar medium
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (Bonn, Germany), Cornell University (USA), and the University of Cologne (Germany) have for the first time detected a carbon-bearing mol... - New Insights into the Role of Water in Biological Function
Water is a ubiquitous solvent in all life sciences - sometimes referred to as the "matrix of life". Contrary to earlier assumptions, it is not a passive witness of biochemical processes; rather, it... - Determination of the 3D shape with atomic resolution from a single image
Imagine that you want to find out from a single picture taken of the front of a house, what the building looks like from behind, whether it has any extensions or if the brickwork is damaged, and ho... - Uncovering the Forbidden Side of Molecules
Researchers at the University of Basel have succeeded in observing the "forbidden" infrared spectrum of a charged molecule for the first time. These extremely weak spectra offer perspectives for ex... - Chemical bond between a superheavy element and a carbon atom established for the first time
An international collaboration led by research groups from Mainz and Darmstadt has achieved the synthesis of a new class of chemical compounds for superheavy elements at the RIKEN Nishina Center fo... - Moving silicon atoms in graphene with atomic precision
In recent years, it has become possible to see directly individual atoms using electron microscopy - especially in graphene, the one-atom-thick sheet of carbon. An international collaboration betwe...