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Researchers from Göttingen in collaboration with colleagues from Augsburg have 'filmed' the movement of lipid molecules using an X-ray stroboscope at DESY. In the scientific journal Physical Revie... - Explored mode of action of tyrosinase
The research team of Annette Rompel from the Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, University of Vienna explore the mechanisms behind the "browning reaction" during the spoilage of mushrooms. The re... - New method for the very efficient integration of photosynthetic proteins in photovoltaics
A cooperation between chemists and biologists from the Ruhr-University Bochum resulted in a new method for the very efficient integration of photosynthetic proteins in photovoltaics. Their recent r... - Researchers work on safety checks for minute particles
Nanoscale structures enable geckos to crawl up walls, water droplets to form on lotus flowers or sharks to become swift hunters in the sea. For several years, researchers have been experimenting wi... - Computer simulations visualize ion flux
Ion channels are involved in many physiological and pathophysiological processes throughout the human body. A young team of researchers led by pharmacologist Anna Stary-Weinzinger from the Departme... - Near-perfect test system for understanding the physics of colliding particles.
Interest in carbon and its use in new technologies is very high right now. A lot of commercial and academic research and development is going into making nanometre sized systems out of it. In recen... - Hydrogen powers important nitrogen-transforming bacteria
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria are key players in the natural nitrogen cycle on Earth and in biological wastewater treatment plants. For decades, these specialist bacteria were thought to depend on nit... - New technique for measuring nanostructures
Scientists from the University of Würzburg have managed to take a unique look at the membranes of human cells using a new technique. This technique that they have devised makes individual saccharif... - Production of synthetic polymers from algae oil
Algae are rich in valuable substances and can be grown easily, which makes them promising candidates for the sustainable production of raw materials. The work done by Prof. Dr. Stefan Mecking at th... - Phosphate increases the concentration of sodium in the blood
A previously undiscovered role played by the hormone FGF23 has now been discovered in a project funded by the FWF. Scientists were already aware that greater quantities of this hormone are produced... - New class of protein crystals discovered
Scientists at the Helmholtz Center Berlin (HZB) along with researchers at China's Fudan University have characterized a new class of materials called protein crystalline frameworks (PCFs). Thank... - Chemical reaction yields "tapes" of porphin molecules
Dr. Wilhelm Auwärter and his team are working on a research project to develop tiny flat molecule tapes at the Department of Physics of Technische Universität München (TUM). These structures could ... - Carbon nanotubes and near-infrared lasers promise a cost effective solution for cell membrane manipulation
Japanese researchers have developed a new, targeted method for perforating cell membranes in order to deliver drugs to, or manipulate the genes of individual cells. The method involves the nea... - How microbes deal with nitrate - New study could help to improve fertilizers and reduce greenhouse gasses
The impact of human civilisation on the global carbon cycle and its consequences are well known. Other important processes are generally not in the focus of the public: the massive input of nitroge... - New method to measure intracellular protein movement
Numerous obstacles posed by cellular structures hinder protein movements within the cell. Researchers from Heidelberg University and the German Cancer Research Center have succeeded in mapping the ... - Breaking a chemical bond
A new theory for the breaking of (bio-)chemical bonds under load may help to predict the strength and performance of synthetic nanostructures and proteins, on a molecular level. Theoretical physici... - X-ray vision for quality assurance
A DTU researcher has developed a method that uses X-rays for the rapid identification of substances present in an indeterminate powder. The new technique has the capacity to recognize advanced biol... - New technology to transfer magnetic fields to arbitrary long distances
A group of physicists has developed a new technology to transfer magnetic fields to arbitrary long distances, which is comparable to transmitting and routing light in optical fibers. Oriol Romero-I... - Neutrons and X-rays reveal structure of high-temperature liquid metal oxides
By levitating a bead of ceramic oxide, heating it with a 400-watt carbon dioxide laser, then shooting the molten material with X-rays and neutrons, scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy's O... - Carbon-gold compound of high stability isolated
With a chemical "trick", scientists at Heidelberg University have succeeded in isolating a stable gold carbene complex. Chemist Prof. Dr. Bernd F. Straub and his team are the first to have created ... - Portable environmental measuring device records concentrations of noxious substances especially efficiently
Matthias Schmittmann and Johannes Weber, Class 14 students at NIT Northern Institute of Technology Management, have together with the Institute of Measurement Technology at the Hamburg University o... - "Enzyme Google" enables search for new enzyme functions
A new search engine, including database with more than 100.000 proteins opens up totally new possibilities in the search for new enzyme functions. This "Catalophor system" is patented. Enzymes a... - Successful manipulation of atoms on an insulating surface at room temperature
The manipulation of atoms has reached a new level: Together with teams from Finland and Japan, physicists from the University of Basel were able to place 20 single atoms on a fully insulated surfac... - Imaging method improved by scrambling X-rays from a new source
X-ray phase-contrast imaging can provide high-quality images of objects with lower radiation dose. But until now these images have been hard to obtain and required special X-ray sources whose prope... - Identifying the structure of a vital enzyme intermediate by neutron crystallography
An international team of researchers led by the University of Leicester and the Institut Laue-Langevin have solved a long-standing mystery in biology by identifying the structure of a vital enzyme ...